sorry, but since when did IDM have a definitive drum / sound effects /
structure? for me the whole idea of IDM is to be as creative as possible
without limitations... for me IDM is the underground before the
mainstream...
it's the experiment before the bandwagon.
although i do agree that IDM music will never catch on in the US, because
most (all) pop acts rely on their videos and images to sell their music and
often try to sell the image with it. but most IDM music makers are
experimental and often extreme, and their sound is not too often accepted by
the 'mainstream market', therefore they are not seen as money/image/trend
makers, and therefore they do not get funded to sell the music.
i know this'll start a nuclear war of words, and i apologise.
quoted 26 lines From: Cichli@aol.com
>From: Cichli@aol.com
>To: idm@hyperreal.org
>Subject: [idm] IDM in the US mainstream
>Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2000 15:55:38 EDT
>
>josh wrote:
>[i give it a year, maybe less. "modern rock" is so stagnant we are due for
>another Nirvana-style paradigm shift.......but "IDM" in it's current state
>will never make it to the mainstream in the USA because there are no
>vocals.]
>
>i'm actually starting a project right now with some friends like this.
>it's
>gonna be me on guitars/programming, my friend Nate on bass and my friend
>Brandy on vocals. it's gonna have all the IDM drums, sound effects, and
>structures with guitars and vocals. as far as the style, it'll probably
>range from Tool and Deftones to Sarah McLachlan and Portishead. if it
>works out it will be orignal to say the least, and it may even be a
>mainstream kinda sound. who knows......
>
> :jason (ecux)
>
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