Mainstreaming visionary music

For the past eight months I've had the distinct pleasure of my head being crammed full of mainstream radio for hours on end at my workplace. The very small amount of songs that cycle too many times throughout the day leave me annoyed and aurally fatigued to the point of desiring nothing but silence in my spare time. With all of this comes many criticisms and complaints that have been made known in many ways by many people, so I'll spare the world any further griping.

Here's one thing I'm hopeful about. If our current culture takes a turn for the worse (everyone around here knows it), we won't be mass-producing new "hits" every three days anymore. The endless and rapid stream of vapid gratification that emits from our radios and stereos may eventually subside. What if we could turn to our local musicians to give us the much needed fresh dose of aural satisfaction? There are many creative and thriving music scenes to be found everywhere. Imagine the growth of these scenes as more and more people seek them out when American Idol is no more! It's exciting to think of communities with living, breathing, creative musicians as valuable and essential elements of those social units.