--- John Thelin <teaflax@erols.com> wrote:
quoted 5 lines Luckabaugh, Steve wrote:
> Luckabaugh, Steve wrote:
>
> >> * Has it occurred to you that drum and bass is a
> totally
> >> mainstream musical form right now
And why is that?
Because you hear it in a commercial...I hear techno in
commercials...The Orb in commercials...Wait isn't Orb
...IDM OH IDM must be mainstream...huh? Is that the
rational? Are there huge drum n bass sections at
Musicland now? I don't think so. Does the average Joe
even know what drum n bass is...not likely.
I don't believe drum n bass has shared mainstream
success. Ez Rollers had a tune that hit high in the
charts in the UK (due to a movie) and of course there
is Roni Size. But that's about it.
quoted 7 lines In the UK, yes, maybe but in american NO! I don't
> > In the UK, yes, maybe but in american NO! I don't
> hear it ANYWHERE on the
> > radio (meaning normal big commercial radio not
> college radio) so it's not
> > *mainstream*. I don't see a Plug CD or a Wagon
> Christ CD next to Rickie
> > Martin in stores.
Yeah, where's the Grooverider CD? Since he is a big
name, each store must have just tons. Right? :)
quoted 1 line America is a musical wasteland.
> America is a musical wasteland.
For the most part, but there are alot of underground
pockets of good music all over.
quoted 10 lines * Has it occurred to you that many drum and bass
> >> * Has it occurred to you that many drum and bass
> musicians
> >> make most of their living off of selling their
> music to advertisers?
> >
> > Really? Most d'nb musicians? why are there so
> few adds featuring it if
> > it's so widely sold? This doesn't make sense.
> Where do you get your
> > information?
Yeah NAME some producers, a least one notable one. I
think there are alot of people that just put together
tracks for commercials. A friend of mine that makes
commercials has someone make the music he needs for
commercials. Apparently, all he needs is to give the
guy an example of what he wants and the guy can mimic
it.
And let's say a dnb producer did make a tune, what
then? Does that mean he is lesser in anyway?
I don't think your facts are straight.
quoted 11 lines Again, I think that's a UK thing - but even here in
> Again, I think that's a UK thing - but even here in
> the US, I think I hear
> four to five D'n'b or IDM-style background tunes per
> hour. Not all of it
> particularly good, but most of it better than just
> reusing or redoing Top 40
> material and all of it far more interesting than
> anything heard on the
> radio. I'll try to keep score during prime time
> tonight by keeping the TV on
> while I work.
I would rather hear electronic stuff even if it's not
good, then hear classic rock or top 40.
Actually KROQ in LA uses IDM or danceable electronic
for their commercials. They play nothing but crappy
rock, but if they want to talk over something you can
hear them use Aphex Twin and Meat Beat Manifesto. I
guess they feel the music is good for
something...talking over.
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