Alex Reynolds <reynolda@sas.upenn.edu> wrote:
quoted 14 lines i, too, am familiar with noise/glitch sound (fripp/oval/xenakis/etc.)>i, too, am familiar with noise/glitch sound (fripp/oval/xenakis/etc.)
>and i can distinguish what sounds good to me with what is also called
>"marketing bullshit". the music industry is being dishonest with
>people, encouraging those not familiar with the music to put down
>cash for it, to pay money to join in the fake-punk attitude, and i
>don't think that's right.
>
>good music is not what some piece of trash of a corporate magazine
>calls good music.
>
>some of you may really enjoy k*d606 and friends, and that's fair. i
>suppose i'm being a bit heavy-handed in my criticism of their work.
>but anyone with a lick of sense knows what's going on behind the
>"scene", so to speak, with this ongoing promotional push.
So if an artist you *loved* achieved a modicum of commercial success
via a substantial promo push, you'd be just as disgusted
with the process? I doubt it. It's because you dislike
Kid606's music that you make such bitter posts. Just a theory.
Dave Segal
Managing Editor/Alternative Press
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