“Despite the disparate nature of today’s pop music consumption and the implosion of the genre’s distribution, there are still “tastemakers” out there, people who influence what many of us hear on TV (the last bastion of massive music promotion), commercial radio, surging satellite radio and the Internet. These people aren’t publicists, record producers or frustrated artists-turned-critics. They started out as music fans, then parlayed their passions into rewarding careers behind the scenes – on TV, through satellite radio and online – managing to carve out a role exposing listeners to new music.”