"Richard Neer" is an United States/American disc jockey and sports radio personality who has been involved in, and has chronicled, key changes in both music and sports radio.

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They asked me to put together a sample.

I think in some ways the major labels have given up. They now cater to the lowest common denominator in response to what gets played. If I were a young musician, I wouldn't know where to turn.