quoted 12 lines On Sat, 12 Mar 1994, djkc wrote:>
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> On Sat, 12 Mar 1994, djkc wrote:
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> > Anyway, I'm surprised nobody's even been disappointed or anything due to
> > RDJ "sellingout" as a commercial artist...he is very popular.
> > Is he not the top seller in techno ("techno" in the very broad/general
> > sense)??
> Well, considering the quality of SAWII, I wouldn't be too worried... But
> if he puts out a track called "You Make Me Feel So Good"...
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But what? Does musical style determine if one is a sell-out or not?
Imagine if Aphex's music became mainstream without changing style,
then you all would probably go for something else, something underground,
and do the whole thing over again.
Exactly what I was going to say at first - What's the difference, aside
from performance & music, between Moby's success and Aphex's success?
Both guys are on several labels, even big ones. How does Sire compare to
Elektra?
I've only seen one guy really wonder about Aphex's success...someone saying
"He is 'not interested in the money'? Ya, right..."
I'm just trying to understand the psychology behind it all.
Aphex is becoming a *BIG* star, and nobody's complaining, whereas Moby
became the "rave-god" of the US, and lots of people flame him (on the net
atleast). So what's the difference in commercial success?
Could it be that Moby is successful cause his stuff is closer to mainstream,
pop techno, and LOTS of people are in the mainstream? And Aphex is successful
cause his tracks are gifts from the heavens given to him in his dreams, and
LOTS of people are into this sound of his and the experimental stuff? So
then, they've made the same kind of commercial success but with different
styles of music; but why does Moby get all this heat and not Aphex? Soley due
to the musical style?? But then you must understand that style is a taste, an
opinion, and there is no right or wrong, so I must say that the crap directed
towards Moby and/or his music is unwarranted. Don't mean to make this into a
Moby topic only - I am more interested in hearing how others would react if
Aphex became TOP 40 in the same charts that Moby has... Anybody?
-djkc