the removal of certain Don Cab songs

[Yesspaz]

I said above that I expected this would deteriorate into a "kill 'em all" debate. It hasn't. Hats off to you Mooners. I apologize for thinking lowly of the whole crew.

That being said, I'll comment. Jim said he KNEW "Music in Twelve Parts" was a stretch. Well, I knew that him adding the four tracks I listed above would be about the same. So if I was the boss I might even delete those four myself.

As for SAM, there's nothing to hide behind. SAM is a fact. He is the software that makes things work. If there is no request on tap, he pulls a song. It happens. As for me building that base, um... yeah. And if Don Caballero reformed and released a sixth album, it'd probably be added to the Moon too. So...

Let's compare some artist song counts...

Don Caballero - 43
Starcastle - 31
The Tangent - 9
Gentle Giant - 55
Can - 11
Tangerine Dream - 73
Hatfield and the North - 13

My point is simply that some artists are more prolific, regardless of how "classicly prog" they are. Starcastle is more the definition of prog than Don Caballero, but they didn't produce as many albums. So, when SAM chooses randomly, Don Cab will play 43x to Starcastle's 31. Any variance is due to request. (The other variable is that perhaps not all of an artist's material on on AM, such as Acquiring the Taste by GG).


All that is beside the point. The question is not "how often is it playing" but rather "is it too extreme to be playing?"