quoted 1 line 1) There's a *lot* of great electronic music being made right now...> 1) There's a *lot* of great electronic music being made right now...
This is true, although there seems to be a lessening of variety. A couple
years back, there would be a few notable releases, but they each had a very
distinctive sound. There's a lot of good stuff coming out now, but it seems
to focus on similar themes...
It also sucks for those of us on a budget =D
quoted 3 lines 2) There's a lot *more* electronic music being made than anytime before...> 2) There's a lot *more* electronic music being made than anytime before...
> Obviously, this is Reynolds' main point in the article, but it's so true.
> Compared to when I started listening to this stuff (early '90s), there
must
quoted 4 lines be at least a hundred labels/artists for each one operating back then. I> be at least a hundred labels/artists for each one operating back then. I
> think it's great too -- more artists means better work, which means more
> people will grow accustomed to electronic music, which in turn means this
> whole thing'll grow as an important musical subculture. Onward and
upward,
quoted 1 line I say!> I say!
I think this will be an interesting thing to happen, as well. Of course,
it's impossible for anything without words to "take over", so to say, but
the recognition aspect has been happening pretty gradually for some time,
and the prolificity (??) of artists seems to assist in matters.
When there weren't that many releases coming out, it was especially hard for
brick/mortar shops to carry things, since they couldn't devote a couple
shelves to it (if they tried it would be just like half a shelf). Now
there's tons of different things, although a large majority is in the
"dance" category, which Reynolds seems to focus on. Of course i still
haven't heard a radio station that caters completely to electronic music ;)
on an aside: I've always found it funny that the main focus of articles
like Reynolds' is geared toward the DJ culture. I believe there are
significantly more DJ's doing the trance route and the house route than the
"idm" route, and I *still* remain confident that 4/floor is much easier to
mass-produce than non-4/floor.
I mean, when you hear about rave-kiddies talking about how cool ReBirth is
(the program), and when you overhear discussions of musical tastes and
people just mention "oh i like trance" (instead of, say, actual artists
names), it makes you wonder if the quality is really increasing...
hmm... =D
-derek
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