Payola, in the music industry, is the illegal practice of payment or other inducement by record companies for the broadcast of recordings on commercial radio in which the song is presented as being part of the normal day's broadcast. Under U.S. law, 47 U.S.C.§317, a radio station can play a specific song in exchange for money, but this must be disclosed on the air as being sponsored airtime, and that play of the song should not be counted as a "regular airplay".
The term has come to refer to any secret payment made to cast a product in a favorable light (such as obtaining positive reviews).
Some radio stations report spins of the newest and most popular songs to industry publications. The number of times the songs are played can influence the perceived popularity of a song.
The term payola is a combination of "pay" and "-ola" a common suffix of product names in the early 20th century, such as Pianola, Victrola, Amberola, Crayola, or brands such as the radio equipment manufacturer Motorola. Payola has come to mean the payment of a bribe in commerce and in law to say or do a certain thing against the rules of law, but more specifically a commercial bribe. The FCC defines "payola" as a violation of the sponsorship identification rule that in 2005-06 resulted in tens of millions of dollars in fines to cable corporations in New York.
The group's first release was the album Gone To Ground in 2005. Lead vocalist Solomon Cole had exited his prior band, Auckland based Rootskonductor, to release a solo album through Wellington label Jayrem Records. The album was to be titled "PAYOLA".
Cole enlisted the help of drummer and childhood friend Adrian Bergman and jazz keyboardist Timothy William, a musician introduced through Rootskonductor manager Stephen O'hoy. UK bassist Lee Catlin (formerly of Orange Can) joined shortly after, having responded to an advert posted on the internet. He, in turn, introduced the band to Manchester percussionist Nick Wood to complement the recordings. Rehearsals took place in Mamaku, a remote suburb of Rotorua. The group of players proceeded to form a "band" as the focus of the solo record shifted. The original name of the record was adopted as the band moniker.
While Read Music/Speak Spanish, the band's first album, focused on themes relating to socioeconomics, marriage, and the American workforce, Payola consciously tackles a wider range of political issues. Payola is a cohesive body of raw, loud, and angry songs about endemic injustice, racial profiling, the mistreatment of immigrants, corporate greed, and domestic spying.
The band reunited in 2010 to play a Concert For Equality in its hometown of Omaha—an event organized by lead singer Conor Oberst to promote the repeal of then-recently enacted measures to prohibit businesses and landlords from hiring or renting to undocumented immigrants in Fremont, Nebraska. In 2012, the band worked with Mike Mogis to record some singles, and in the subsequent years recorded all the material for Payola.
At the dawn of rock 'n roll, record labels struggled to get airplay for their artists. A grimly culture emerged that had emerging artists doing whatever it takes to get in the radio, even if it meant something illegal. By the end of the 1950s, it would take power of the US Congress to sort out the mess.
This is a snippet from "How Bands Pay Bribes To Get Stuck In Your Head." Check out the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvWtaHFG7QI
A little-remembered scandal back in '04-'05 gave a revealing and hilarious look into music industry corruption. Dozens of popular bands, from Pearl Jam to Norah Jones, relied on a playbook of unscrupulous tactics in order to get their songs played on the radio. "Gifted" playstations, six-figure payola schemes, hiring college kids to make phony song requests: These were among the tricks employed just to stay on the Billboard chart an extra week.
The 2005 radio payola scandal is a disturbing reminder how much the mainstream music market was, and continues to be, fixed. It's also, in retrospect, really, really entertaining.
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The Music Industry's Darkest Open Secret...
The music industry has a dark secret that they don't want anyone to know about, but it's actually quite obvious once you learn about it.
In this video, I cover:
Alan Freed
Morris Levy and his mob connections
How Much It Costs for a #1 Radio Hit
Payola Scandal
INSTAGRAM
https://www.instagram.com/spencercornelia1
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
0:31 - Alan Freed & Morris Levy
4:39 - Payola: The Music Industry’s Dark Open Secret
5:44 - Alan Freed & Payola
6:32 - Nicki Minaj Calls Out Cardi B for Payola
7:30 - Cost of a #1 Radio Hit
8:25 - Alan Freed’s Connection to Payola
9:40 - The History of Payola in Music Business
11:58 - Paying for Radio Play
13:08 - Cost to Break “Closing Time” by Semisonic
14:52 - Spotify Participates in Payola?
15:46 - Social Media Guru Example of Payola
16:30 - Conclusion...
At the dawn of rock 'n roll, record labels struggled to get airplay for their artists. A grimly culture emerged that had emerging artists doing whatever it take...
At the dawn of rock 'n roll, record labels struggled to get airplay for their artists. A grimly culture emerged that had emerging artists doing whatever it takes to get in the radio, even if it meant something illegal. By the end of the 1950s, it would take power of the US Congress to sort out the mess.
This is a snippet from "How Bands Pay Bribes To Get Stuck In Your Head." Check out the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvWtaHFG7QI
At the dawn of rock 'n roll, record labels struggled to get airplay for their artists. A grimly culture emerged that had emerging artists doing whatever it takes to get in the radio, even if it meant something illegal. By the end of the 1950s, it would take power of the US Congress to sort out the mess.
This is a snippet from "How Bands Pay Bribes To Get Stuck In Your Head." Check out the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvWtaHFG7QI
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A little-remembered scandal back in '04-'05 gave a revealing and hilarious look into music industry corruption. Dozens of popular bands, from Pearl Jam to Norah...
A little-remembered scandal back in '04-'05 gave a revealing and hilarious look into music industry corruption. Dozens of popular bands, from Pearl Jam to Norah Jones, relied on a playbook of unscrupulous tactics in order to get their songs played on the radio. "Gifted" playstations, six-figure payola schemes, hiring college kids to make phony song requests: These were among the tricks employed just to stay on the Billboard chart an extra week.
The 2005 radio payola scandal is a disturbing reminder how much the mainstream music market was, and continues to be, fixed. It's also, in retrospect, really, really entertaining.
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Songs heard in this video:
0:00 NoMBe - Zodiac Structures
0:10 Baha Men - Who Let The Dogs Out
0:18 Baha Men - Move It Like This
0:57 Pat Green - Guy Like Me
1:02 Audioslave - Light My Way
1:10 Norah Jones - Don't Know Why
1:18 311 - Lovesong
1:24 Silent Partner - Heated Seat
1:58 Linkin Park - Points of Authority
2:33 The Mini Vandals - The Shepherd
3:05 Silent Parker - Smoke
4:40 Kevin Macleod - Bass Walker
6:37 Toby Lightman - Devils and Angels
6:56 Jewel - You Were Meant For Me
7:10 Kwon - Beatbox Lighter
7:58 Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
8:15 Pillar - Bring Me Down
8:20 Dream - Crazy
8:50 Blur - Crazy Beat
9:05 Pearl Jam - Get Right
10:48 Gorillaz - 19-2000
10:55 Skye Sweetman - Tangled Up In Me
11:06 New Found Glory - My Friends Over You
11:21 N.E.R.D. - Maybe
11:34 Good Charlotte - Young and Hopeless
12:46 DMX - Where The Hood At
13:23 Ashanti - Rain On Me
13:28 Norah Jones - Don't Know Why
13:32 Ludacris - Stand Up
13:37 Brie Larson - She Said
14:38 Evelyn Thomas - High Energy
14:52 Get Set Go - Break Your Heart
16:28 The Who - Baba O'Reilly (Live at 9/11 Memorial Concert)
17:25 Engine Summer - The Sticks
A little-remembered scandal back in '04-'05 gave a revealing and hilarious look into music industry corruption. Dozens of popular bands, from Pearl Jam to Norah Jones, relied on a playbook of unscrupulous tactics in order to get their songs played on the radio. "Gifted" playstations, six-figure payola schemes, hiring college kids to make phony song requests: These were among the tricks employed just to stay on the Billboard chart an extra week.
The 2005 radio payola scandal is a disturbing reminder how much the mainstream music market was, and continues to be, fixed. It's also, in retrospect, really, really entertaining.
Animated by PartyKaleta:
https://www.instagram.com/partykaleta/
https://www.partykaleta.com/
More videos, cool music stories and lesser-known bands on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/bandsplaining
(It's just $2 -- go for it!)
Songs heard in this video:
0:00 NoMBe - Zodiac Structures
0:10 Baha Men - Who Let The Dogs Out
0:18 Baha Men - Move It Like This
0:57 Pat Green - Guy Like Me
1:02 Audioslave - Light My Way
1:10 Norah Jones - Don't Know Why
1:18 311 - Lovesong
1:24 Silent Partner - Heated Seat
1:58 Linkin Park - Points of Authority
2:33 The Mini Vandals - The Shepherd
3:05 Silent Parker - Smoke
4:40 Kevin Macleod - Bass Walker
6:37 Toby Lightman - Devils and Angels
6:56 Jewel - You Were Meant For Me
7:10 Kwon - Beatbox Lighter
7:58 Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
8:15 Pillar - Bring Me Down
8:20 Dream - Crazy
8:50 Blur - Crazy Beat
9:05 Pearl Jam - Get Right
10:48 Gorillaz - 19-2000
10:55 Skye Sweetman - Tangled Up In Me
11:06 New Found Glory - My Friends Over You
11:21 N.E.R.D. - Maybe
11:34 Good Charlotte - Young and Hopeless
12:46 DMX - Where The Hood At
13:23 Ashanti - Rain On Me
13:28 Norah Jones - Don't Know Why
13:32 Ludacris - Stand Up
13:37 Brie Larson - She Said
14:38 Evelyn Thomas - High Energy
14:52 Get Set Go - Break Your Heart
16:28 The Who - Baba O'Reilly (Live at 9/11 Memorial Concert)
17:25 Engine Summer - The Sticks
The music industry has a dark secret that they don't want anyone to know about, but it's actually quite obvious once you learn about it.
In this video, I cover...
The music industry has a dark secret that they don't want anyone to know about, but it's actually quite obvious once you learn about it.
In this video, I cover:
Alan Freed
Morris Levy and his mob connections
How Much It Costs for a #1 Radio Hit
Payola Scandal
INSTAGRAM
https://www.instagram.com/spencercornelia1
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
0:31 - Alan Freed & Morris Levy
4:39 - Payola: The Music Industry’s Dark Open Secret
5:44 - Alan Freed & Payola
6:32 - Nicki Minaj Calls Out Cardi B for Payola
7:30 - Cost of a #1 Radio Hit
8:25 - Alan Freed’s Connection to Payola
9:40 - The History of Payola in Music Business
11:58 - Paying for Radio Play
13:08 - Cost to Break “Closing Time” by Semisonic
14:52 - Spotify Participates in Payola?
15:46 - Social Media Guru Example of Payola
16:30 - Conclusion
The music industry has a dark secret that they don't want anyone to know about, but it's actually quite obvious once you learn about it.
In this video, I cover:
Alan Freed
Morris Levy and his mob connections
How Much It Costs for a #1 Radio Hit
Payola Scandal
INSTAGRAM
https://www.instagram.com/spencercornelia1
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
0:31 - Alan Freed & Morris Levy
4:39 - Payola: The Music Industry’s Dark Open Secret
5:44 - Alan Freed & Payola
6:32 - Nicki Minaj Calls Out Cardi B for Payola
7:30 - Cost of a #1 Radio Hit
8:25 - Alan Freed’s Connection to Payola
9:40 - The History of Payola in Music Business
11:58 - Paying for Radio Play
13:08 - Cost to Break “Closing Time” by Semisonic
14:52 - Spotify Participates in Payola?
15:46 - Social Media Guru Example of Payola
16:30 - Conclusion
At the dawn of rock 'n roll, record labels struggled to get airplay for their artists. A grimly culture emerged that had emerging artists doing whatever it takes to get in the radio, even if it meant something illegal. By the end of the 1950s, it would take power of the US Congress to sort out the mess.
This is a snippet from "How Bands Pay Bribes To Get Stuck In Your Head." Check out the full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvWtaHFG7QI
A little-remembered scandal back in '04-'05 gave a revealing and hilarious look into music industry corruption. Dozens of popular bands, from Pearl Jam to Norah Jones, relied on a playbook of unscrupulous tactics in order to get their songs played on the radio. "Gifted" playstations, six-figure payola schemes, hiring college kids to make phony song requests: These were among the tricks employed just to stay on the Billboard chart an extra week.
The 2005 radio payola scandal is a disturbing reminder how much the mainstream music market was, and continues to be, fixed. It's also, in retrospect, really, really entertaining.
Animated by PartyKaleta:
https://www.instagram.com/partykaleta/
https://www.partykaleta.com/
More videos, cool music stories and lesser-known bands on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/bandsplaining
(It's just $2 -- go for it!)
Songs heard in this video:
0:00 NoMBe - Zodiac Structures
0:10 Baha Men - Who Let The Dogs Out
0:18 Baha Men - Move It Like This
0:57 Pat Green - Guy Like Me
1:02 Audioslave - Light My Way
1:10 Norah Jones - Don't Know Why
1:18 311 - Lovesong
1:24 Silent Partner - Heated Seat
1:58 Linkin Park - Points of Authority
2:33 The Mini Vandals - The Shepherd
3:05 Silent Parker - Smoke
4:40 Kevin Macleod - Bass Walker
6:37 Toby Lightman - Devils and Angels
6:56 Jewel - You Were Meant For Me
7:10 Kwon - Beatbox Lighter
7:58 Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
8:15 Pillar - Bring Me Down
8:20 Dream - Crazy
8:50 Blur - Crazy Beat
9:05 Pearl Jam - Get Right
10:48 Gorillaz - 19-2000
10:55 Skye Sweetman - Tangled Up In Me
11:06 New Found Glory - My Friends Over You
11:21 N.E.R.D. - Maybe
11:34 Good Charlotte - Young and Hopeless
12:46 DMX - Where The Hood At
13:23 Ashanti - Rain On Me
13:28 Norah Jones - Don't Know Why
13:32 Ludacris - Stand Up
13:37 Brie Larson - She Said
14:38 Evelyn Thomas - High Energy
14:52 Get Set Go - Break Your Heart
16:28 The Who - Baba O'Reilly (Live at 9/11 Memorial Concert)
17:25 Engine Summer - The Sticks
The music industry has a dark secret that they don't want anyone to know about, but it's actually quite obvious once you learn about it.
In this video, I cover:
Alan Freed
Morris Levy and his mob connections
How Much It Costs for a #1 Radio Hit
Payola Scandal
INSTAGRAM
https://www.instagram.com/spencercornelia1
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
0:31 - Alan Freed & Morris Levy
4:39 - Payola: The Music Industry’s Dark Open Secret
5:44 - Alan Freed & Payola
6:32 - Nicki Minaj Calls Out Cardi B for Payola
7:30 - Cost of a #1 Radio Hit
8:25 - Alan Freed’s Connection to Payola
9:40 - The History of Payola in Music Business
11:58 - Paying for Radio Play
13:08 - Cost to Break “Closing Time” by Semisonic
14:52 - Spotify Participates in Payola?
15:46 - Social Media Guru Example of Payola
16:30 - Conclusion
Payola, in the music industry, is the illegal practice of payment or other inducement by record companies for the broadcast of recordings on commercial radio in which the song is presented as being part of the normal day's broadcast. Under U.S. law, 47 U.S.C.§317, a radio station can play a specific song in exchange for money, but this must be disclosed on the air as being sponsored airtime, and that play of the song should not be counted as a "regular airplay".
The term has come to refer to any secret payment made to cast a product in a favorable light (such as obtaining positive reviews).
Some radio stations report spins of the newest and most popular songs to industry publications. The number of times the songs are played can influence the perceived popularity of a song.
The term payola is a combination of "pay" and "-ola" a common suffix of product names in the early 20th century, such as Pianola, Victrola, Amberola, Crayola, or brands such as the radio equipment manufacturer Motorola. Payola has come to mean the payment of a bribe in commerce and in law to say or do a certain thing against the rules of law, but more specifically a commercial bribe. The FCC defines "payola" as a violation of the sponsorship identification rule that in 2005-06 resulted in tens of millions of dollars in fines to cable corporations in New York.
It’s just a matter of losing and everyday I saw a thing I saw the look on his face, I saw him go without a trace No surprise, no screams, no delivery, no one seems Everybody knows But that’s the way it always goes Just keep looking with your eyes closed Payola, payola, payola-la-la Payola, payola, payola-la-la Try to keep your riches going, try to keep your business clean Find a reason at all, things ain’t what they seem I’ve got something, something to hide Go for a run and go for a ride And I thought I heard you say There isn’t any other way Some fun got in the way Payola, payola, payola-la-la Payola, payola, payola-la-la Payola, payola, payola-la-la [x3] La, la, la
Believe it or not, there are people at far-left MSNBC pretending to have journalistic scruples over the Al Sharpton payola scandal. The post Nolte. MSNBC Staffers Upset over Sharpton’s $500K Payola from Kamala appeared first on Breitbart ... .
Despite widespread mockery, Drake appears to be serious in his claims that Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” received help from payola and bots on its way to being a No. 1 hit... Advertisement. Advertisement ... UMG has denied the claims ... Advertisement ... SheKnows.
... Osmeña on Thursday said former PhilippineNational Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) chief Royina Garma allegedly received P1 million weekly in payola from illegal gambling.