Strip Clubs As Focus Group Facilities

Well not quite, but an article on Yahoo! News looks at how music companies use strip bars to research, trial and promote their music:

The music industry increasingly has embraced the strip club out of necessity and convenience. Tighter radio playlists mean it’s harder than ever to break a track on the FM dial, and regular dance clubs — where songs get played for a moment and then lost in a mix — tend to play what’s already on the radio. At strip joints, DJs are able to play full tracks and can take a chance on underground and unproven material.

Two principal DJ collectives have sprung up that target the strip club circuit — the Hen House in Detroit and Atlanta-based Hittmenn DJs, a 72-DJ collective established three years ago by Robert “Kaspa” Smith, now president, and CEO Greg Street.

The DJs reach 32 million people in 29 markets, Robert Smith suggests.

At strip clubs, hip-hop is big business – Yahoo! News