September 2011 Listener Survey Feedback

Thanks to all who filled out the most recent listener survey.  Here is a sampling of the feedback we received...with a summary of what we're planning to do based on your feedback in italics after each question.
-Jay

My #1 reason for listening to DMPulse is:
-Great music! I get to discover new bands and listen to my favorite bands while at work. No commercials is even better.

-The lack of commercials, the variety of music, the genres that are played.

-I love listening to new bands

-Great music selection and I'm always looking/listening for something new that will catch my ear and make my happy.

-I like the music. I listen to it all day at work.

-Fantastic selection, rotation of new music.

-I like your sensibilities, your direction, your tone.

-Plays new music.

-Great selection of music!

-I can listen while I work at my computer.

-love the music and love to hear new stuff

-like the mix of new and old, good way to hear new music.

-better variety, no commercials :) supporting independents

-New music, no ads.

Recently, DMPulse became a non-profit organization and donations made to the station are tax deductible. While we need donations to cover our operating expenses, we want to be careful not to burn-out our listeners with too much fundraising. How often should we do on-air fundraising?

4 times a year, in March, June, September and December    = 81%


**We'll go forward focusing our fundraising efforts in the Spring and Fall, with smaller fundraising times in summer and the end of the calendar year.

If I could change one thing about DMPulse, I would:
-I miss how when DMPulse was on Live 365 we could see the Album names and art.

-I also enjoyed the "thumbs up/thumbs down". I don't know how to have an imput with this radio stations about the songs I love.

-I am glad the current songs are being displayed, the "coming up" should automaticaly refresh as well.

-Like it if the website displayed the playlist for the last few hours. I listen at work and it's hard to check the site all of the time to see what the song name and artist is, right when it's playing. I'd love the ability to look through the playlist and be able to see what I've been listening to for the last hour.

-Add yet more variety--longer playlist incorporating "oldies but goodies" along with the new gems.

-Don't become simply a channel-er for your listeners. If we wanted to hear what we know about then we wouldn't need you. In essence, you decide what to play, don't pander to our mediocrity.

-"now playing" missing description of album / year

-While I love the new music, I do like to hear some older stuff every now and then. Seems like the Clash is the only older stuff I hear on DMPulse.

-Put the current playlist online.

**We're currently looking for a better way to display both the song currently playing as well as previous tracks played.  Our current vendors do not seem to offer a solution that meets our needs, so we are searching for other solutions or will have to build something ourselves.  In my mind, improving the player window is the top priority.  

**Secondly, based on your feedback, we'll be adding some older tracks to the playlist.  I'm looking forward to finding a way to incorporate some "classic alternative" will still maintaining our focus on new music.

If I were in charge of the DMPulse.com website, I would change or improve the following:

-Improve the website by better display and timelines of song title, album, artist. Who's next in rotation is nice too. Add some links to purchase music or band websites.

-The playlist feature needs work, as you've mentioned.

-It would seem that you should be able to provide a better interface, one that could detail more about the music that you are playing at the time. I would hope song track album artist info is in the meta data and should be able to stream with the music to a more page that can decode it...

-Maybe have a featured artist of the week/month-with related artists. Or, when a song is playing show artists/songs I may like. I know it is a lot like Pandora, but I think it opens you up to new stuff!

-more news about played artist, f.e. new rotated band, etc

-I'd fix the "now playing" function, which seems to get stuck after a while.

-Put the current playlist online.

-The box that shows what is currently playing sometimes doesn't work.

-its fine

**We'll add a full playlist to the site.  What is currently there is out of date.

New Adds - 9/27/11

Wilco - Dawned On Me
From the album: The Whole Love

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Parlours - So Still
From the album: Parlours EP

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Dan Mangan - About As Helpful As You Can Be Without Being Any Help At All
From the album: Oh Fortune

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Mister Heavenly - Hold My Hand
From the album: Out of Love

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Girls - Honey Bunny
From the album: Father, Son, Holy Ghost

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The Pack A.D. - Sirens
From the album: Unpersons

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The Blood Arm - Introducing Randy Newman
From the album: Turn And Face Me

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Canon Blue - Indian Summer (Des Moines)
From the album: Rumspringa

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National Skyline - Letting Go
From the album: Broadcasting

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September Listener Survey!

Here's the link you heard about on-air!  The survey is 6 questions long, and should only take a minute or two to complete.

Click here to take the survey via Survey Monkey!

DMPulse Top 30 - Week of Sept. 26

TW	LW	Artist	Title	Album	Plays
1	2	Beirut	Santa Fe	The Rip Tide	26
2	7	Noah & The Whale	Tonight's The Kind Of Night	Last Night on Earth	25
3	10	Death Cab for Cutie	Monday Morning	Codes and Keys	25
4	3	The Antlers	Putting the Dog to Sleep	Burst Apart	25
5	12	She Wants Revenge	Take The World	Valleyheart	24
6	1	Woods	Pushing Onlys	Sun and Shade	24
7	5	Arctic Monkeys	Black Treacle	Suck It And See	24
8	8	Beirut	East Harlem	The Rip Tide	24
9	4	Washed Out	Amor Fati	Within and Without	23
10	6	Feist	How Come You Never Go There	Metals	23
11	27	Givers	Meantime	In the Light	13
12	26	Thao & Mirah	Eleven	Thao & Mirah	13
13	18	The Submarines	Shoelaces	Love Notes/Letter Bombs	13
14	24	Wye Oak	Holy Holy	Civilian	12
15	--	The Rosebuds	Woods	Loud Planes Fly Low	12
16	30	Washington	Welcome Stranger	How to Tame Lions	12
17	--	The Antlers	Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out	Burst Apart	12
18	20	Beirut	The Rip Tide	The Rip Tide	12
19	25	Bon Iver	Holocene	Bon Iver	11
20	--	Boy & Bear	Feeding Line	Moonfire	11
21	21	We Are Augustines	Chapel Song	Rise Ye Sunken Ships	11
22	22	The Envy Corps	Make It Stop	It Culls You	11
23	19	Quiet Company	You, Me & the Boatman	We Are All Where We Belong	11
24	16	The Lighthouse And The Whaler	White Days	The Lighthouse And The Whaler	11
25	9	Cassettes Won't Listen	The Night Shines	Evinspacey	11
26	23	Mister Heavenly	Bronx Sniper	Out of Love	11
27	--	Dum Dum Girls	Coming Down	Only In Dreams	10
28	--	The Envy Corps	Ms. Hospital Corners	It Culls You	10
29	--	Grouplove	Tongue Tied	Never Trust A Happy Song	10
30	11	Middle East	Land of the Bloody Unknown	I Want That You Are Always Happy	10

DMPulse Listener Survey - September 2011

Take the latest DMPulse Listener Survey!

It's been 2 months since we went commercial-free at DMPulse.com, and we'd like your feedback.  The survey is 6 questions long, and should only take a minute or two to complete.  We are seeking your feedback on how often you are listening, how often we should fundraise, and how we can improve!

Click here to take the survey via Survey Monkey!

New Adds - 9/20/11

Foster the People - I Would Do Anything For You
From the album:  Torches

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The Big Pink - Stay Gold
From the album: Future This (out in 2012)

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Los Campesinos - By Your Hand
From the album: Hello Sadness (out 11/15)

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Mates of State - Palomino
From the album: Mountaintops

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DMPulse Top 30 - Week of Sept. 19

TW	LW	Artist	Title	Album	Plays
1	4	Woods	Pushing Onlys	Sun and Shade	27
2	7	Beirut	Santa Fe	The Rip Tide	26
3	1	The Antlers	Putting the Dog to Sleep	Burst Apart	25
4	26	Washed Out	Amor Fati	Within and Without	25
5	3	Arctic Monkeys	Black Treacle	Suck It And See	25
6	28	Feist	How Come You Never Go There	Metals	25
7	2	Noah & The Whale	Tonight's The Kind Of Night	Last Night on Earth	25
8	25	Beirut	East Harlem	The Rip Tide	24
9	18	Cassettes Won't Listen	The Night Shines	Evinspacey	24
10	10	Death Cab for Cutie	Monday Morning	Codes and Keys	22
11	23	Middle East	Land of the Bloody Unknown	I Want That You Are Always Happy	17
12	17	She Wants Revenge	Take The World	Valleyheart	16
13	19	Wild Beasts	Lion's Share	Smother	16
14	6	Mates of State	Maracas	Mountaintops	16
15	9	M83	Midnight City	Hurry Up, We're Dreaming	16
16	16	The Lighthouse And The Whaler	White Days	The Lighthouse And The Whaler	15
17	20	Chadwick Stokes	Crowbar Hotel	Simmerkane II	14
18	24	The Submarines	Shoelaces	Love Notes/Letter Bombs	13
19	29	Quiet Company	You, Me & the Boatman	We Are All Where We Belong	13
20	30	Beirut	The Rip Tide	The Rip Tide	13
21	5	We Are Augustines	Chapel Song	Rise Ye Sunken Ships	12
22	8	The Envy Corps	Make It Stop	It Culls You	12
23	--	Mister Heavenly	Bronx Sniper	Out of Love	12
24	--	Wye Oak	Holy Holy	Civilian	11
25	--	Bon Iver	Holocene	Bon Iver	11
26	--	Thao & Mirah	Eleven	Thao & Mirah	11
27	--	Givers	Meantime	In the Light	11
28	--	Arctic Monkeys	Reckless Serenade	Suck It And See	10
29	--	Gardens & Villa	Black Hills	Gardens & Villa	10
30	--	Washington	Welcome Stranger	How to Tame Lions	10