quoted 25 lines im sorry but i disagree... once anything (any kind of expression)>>> im sorry but i disagree... once anything (any kind of expression)
>>> is brought into the mainstream and is "commercialised" it loses its
>>> original quality of being pure, innovative, or groundbreaking...c'mon
>>> when 3rd graders start totting blackdog lunchboxes to school
>>> youll see what i mean (of course im making a gross exaggeration)
>>> when i say purity im talkin bout the idea of how electronica
>>> now exists beneath pop culture...its created for people that
>>> are truely into the music, not for the hopeless trendies
>>> riding the wave of something thats cool for now... artists know
>>> this and honestly create brilliant innovative, provacative tunes
>>> knowing their bona fide audience will respond...we're in it cuz we're
>>> into it, not because its a cool thing to do for now.
>>> if electronica gets pushed up into the mainstream the music
>>> will lose its purity, it will be evently churned out quickly and
>>> halfheartedly for the trendies, innovation and experimentation given
>>> a back seat. itll become essentially a moneymaking "hip-nu-thing"
>>> for entities like mtv, coke, (any huge label) etc. and again more trendies
>>> will be brainwished into it becuz...its on mtv and coke commercials
>>> ...so its gotta be cool-un-dope.
>>> i want to spend my life thinkin im darn cool and i want you to be darn cool
>>> too Oskar...
>>>
>>> thanks, but no thanks,,,
>>>
>>> afo at mt.osikanawa design labs.1998
okay... i guess i'll throw in some thoughts/opinions/whatever. what's the most
important thing here? i'll tell ya what i think. guinness lets me tell you that.
to thine own self be true. i think that's it in a nutshell. whether you're
talking about the artists or the fans or the industry or whatever. if you like
the music, listen to it. if other people like it, let them listen to it. just
because eight million other people buy an album doesn't mean you should abandon
that artist. in some cases that may be true, but not in most. because if eight
million people buy something, maybe it's because that something is *good*. why
don't eight million people buy everything rephlex or warp or whoever puts out?
because they don't even know that it's out there! and how would they? really, i
think a lot of us have come across this music purely by chance, maybe because we
heard a remix by aphex or the orb or mu-ziq or whoever, or because a friend of
ours played something for us or put something on a mix tape. i'm really happy
that i've found some new stuff to listen to, whatever the case may be, and i
think that even if this was super-popular, i'd still be just as happy listening
to it. another thing that gets me is people getting upset about seeing the
prodigy on mtv. when have they ever been considered idm? never. i like them, but
i don't consider them idm. so what's all the fuss? hell, i'd love to turn on mtv
and see an aphex video. it would sure beat the hell out of the goo goo dolls. oh
well. i'm being rushed, cause someone wants to play minesweeper. have a good
night, and feel free to pound me into the ground.
alan!
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