quoted 13 lines From: Martin Ayrton <mayrton@cev.u-net.com>>From: Martin Ayrton <mayrton@cev.u-net.com>
>Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 16:04:34 +0100
>Subject: (idm) Keep Music Underground (not)
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>On the keep music underground tip ...
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>It's hardly surprising people in the US think IDM is crap if you lot
>are too busy keeping it to yourselves. Get out there, put some
>nights on, play it to everyone, take the soundsystem of your local
>mall hostage. If electronic music gets wide enough coverage it won't
>be long before people of the US realise the guitar is just a piece
>of wood and some string. It's getting electronic music played on MTV
>that will start to change things.
Excuse the delay (if any), I'm a lowly digest reader. :)
I gotta chime in on this one. Guitars aren't what's keeping IDM or any sort
of electronic music from taking off in the US. Over the past ten years
there have been several times where electronic music has been king. Look at
techno-pop, new wave, the Debbie Gibson Experience and rap for instance.
Sure we happen to be in a guitar craze right now, but that's cyclical.
No, the problem is: vocals. American kids can't handle music without
vocals. If "Planet Soul" <gag> lacked vocals, it wouldn't have been a hit.
Even WITH a 303 in it. :) When was the last time a song broke the US top 40
that didn't have vocals, huh? Probably "Axel F" from the original "Beverly
Hills Cop" movie, like 10 years ago. Perhaps there's something more recent,
but that's my point. Whereas you get UK top-TEN hits that are techno,
non-vocal stuff.
Plus, dance music is for pansies (or so many people think), and anything
electronic with a beat must be dance music, ergo....
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