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Mr. Drukman writes:

quoted 10 lines those who have the talent to make music that people want to hear can do it

>> those who have the talent to make music that people want to hear can do it >> on anything, regardless of cost or sophistication. those who do not, we >> generally find spending more and more money, surrounding themselves with >> complicated gear, while their music becomes more two dimensional, less >> human, more sterile, until no-one at all takes any notice of them, and they >> give up. > > the musicians i respect the most know what to do with a studio full of > expensive gear. it is easy to spot those who are overwhelmed by their > gear list.

[ Poor Jon, hardly back with us and embroiled in a gear controversy. hehe ] Indeed. I don't wanna speak for Jon but I suspect he's an acolyte in the Church of Dangers and Key, and if there's two people who know more than they do about what to do with a studio full of expensive gear, I dunno who they are (maybe FSoL). I got a chance to hear Jon's new Bass Kittens EP over the weekend and I liked it quite a bit. If you likes yer Bleeps and yer Breaks, and yer Electro and yer melodies, they're all there in spades. Nice job Jon. I also saw the Roni Size "Brown Paper Bag" 12" and decided that since there was this storm of controversy around it, I should find out what all the huff was about. Needless to say I understand both sides of the coin - the original poster I could see hating it/him for the short Radio Edit version, 'cuz the vocals really annoy and the rest of the track doesn't do much. On the other hand, I see why everyone else shot back at him, because the longer 7 minute version isn't quite so annoying, and the Photek mix dispenses with the vocals pretty much entirely and it's a perfectly nice listen. While I found other things more tempting to buy (the Depth Charge "Disko Alien" 10" - where *does* J. Saul Kane find all this BASS? - a Nico/Fierce/Optical release as "Fortran" on 31, and a tasty atmospheric Techstepper on Moving Shadow offshoot Audio Couture by Brass Wolf, which got a 9 in the latest Musik too, amazingly enough), if I had more endless cash I wouldn't mind owning the Roni Size. ('Course, they also had the newer "Watching Windows" if I'd been inclined in Roni's direction.) The other thing I listened to was the Roupe 12" on Dot. Dot's already up to Dot 009? Whoa ... Put it back though, reminded me too much of TKWSD again: i.e. burbled pleasantly along, but without enough peaks and valleys to suck me in with an "I'm timeless, buy me!" refrain. I guess Dot is just doomed to stay in the "lukewarm" category with me. Now this dark Techstep mix tape by local Junglizt DJ E-Sassin that I picked up, on the other hand - that's amore! So much for my weekend shopping extravaganza, - Greg