BANANA PEEL RADIO IS A LIVE AND PRERECORDED BROADCAST OPERATING OUT OF VANCOVER CANADA, THAT IS OUT TO PROMOTE THE INDEPENDANT MUSICIANS WORLD WIDE.
OUR AIM IS TO GIVE OUR LISTENERS A TRUE DEFINITION OF WORLD TALENT THAT NORMALLY DOES NOT GET MAIN STREAM AIRPLAY OR PROPER RECOGNITION FOR THEIR EFFORTS. WE FEATURE ALTERNATIVE, PUNK, ROCK, REGGAE, ELECTRONIC,RAP, HIP HOP,AND WORLD BEAT. WE HOPE TO SOON HAVE A SPOT ON SIRIUS SATELITE RADIO IN THE FUTURE.
WE ARE THE 21RST CENTURY WEB CAST VERSION OF THE CLASSIC BRITISH RADIO CLASSIC THE JOHN PEEL SHOW IN WHICH PLAYED ALL SORTS OF UNSIGNED BANDS AND BROKE THE RULES OF MAIN STREAM MUSIC BY OFFERING A MORE ART FOR ART SAKE APPROACH TO THE MUSIC SCENE AS OPPOSED TO MUSIC FOR MONEY APPROACH, IN WHICH IS BETTER KNOWN AS MAIN STREAM OR COMMERCIAL TOP 40.
COMMERCIAL TOP 40 IS OUT TO GIVE THE MAJOR RECORD COMPANIES A COMPLETE CONTROL OF OUR MUSICIANS TALENT , ORDERING THEM TO PLAY A CERTAIN BEAT AND STYLE IN WHICH CONFORMS TO THE EVERYDAY LISTENER,OR MAIN STREAM, THEREFORE ALL EFFORT THAT THE ARTISTS USE TO CREATE THE MUSIC WHICH IS USED TO CREATE THE SONGS OR SONG IS THEN USED BY THE MAJOR LABELS TO MARKET THESE ARTISTS FOR PROFIT IN WHICH FOR THE MOST PART DESTROYS THE ZEIT GEIST AFFECT OR ART FOR ART SAKE EFFECT IN WHICH DEFINES TRUE TALENT OF OUR MUSICIANS. SO AS MORE AND MORE MUSICIANS STARTING OUT TODAY WILL TAKE MORE OF THE INDEPENDENT APPROACH, THUS PROMOTING THEMSELVES VIA THE INTERNET, AND SATELITE RADIO TO AVOID THIS CAPITAL DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE TALENT THEY POSESES. THUS WE AT BANANA PEEL RADIO ARE ALL ABOUT THE ART OF MUSIC AND THE RECOGNITION OF THE INDEPENDENT ARTISTS WHO WILL NOT SELL OUT TO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY STANDARDS DESPITE THE PRESSURE OF MAJOR RECORD COMPANIES, THUS TAKE CONTROL OF THEIR OWN DESTINY TO SUPPORT THEIR OWN CAREERS. IT IS THESE ARTISTS THAT WE WILL FEATURE.