quoted 4 lines Another part MAY be -- and this is my thesis -->Another part MAY be -- and this is my thesis --
>that because the music is largely home made, it fails to have the
>production values and sonic quality that the vast majority of people
>have come to expect from their audio entertainment.
awhile back, when I was being blown away by early swing band records, I
lamented to my father that it was unfortunate that it was no longer
possible -- it evidently was in the 30's and 40's -- to have hit records
that were instrumentals. it surprised me when he said that even during the
big band era, radio airplay was essentially dominated by vocalists.
most IDM, regardless of production values is categorically unsuited for
mainstream consumption: no vocals, and, more importantly, no visible
personae to market via the usual channels.
of course successful mainstream recording artists get big piles of money to
work in great studios with great engineers, but there are other, very
important big piles of money being used to promote these artists and their
products. the only way the average CD buyer ever hears of a recording
artist is via mainstream channels which are incredibly suceptable to the
efforts of major record labels.
anyway...I'm well aware that my tastes have little to do with what the
"vast majority of people have come to expect from their audio
entertainment."
I'll stop free-associating now.
k
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