After culling the lot of frivolous script, we get:
quoted 2 lines good music is not what some piece of trash of a corporate magazine
>>good music is not what some piece of trash of a corporate magazine
>>calls good music.quoted 3 lines So if an artist you *loved* achieved a modicum of commercial success
>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.
Alex may have buried his point with "heavy-handed" prose about Kid606 and
disliking his music, but he makes good about the promotional activities
of the aforementioned and his label. Do articles which focus more on HIM
(Kid606, not Doug Scharin) and less on his MUSIC actually contribute
anything to my enjoyment of his music? To anyone else's? There is a
place for music journalism, and it is firmly in the music camp - not the
lifestyle section of my daily newspaper. There are many journalists that
understand this and I think it shines through the very yeoman work they
do. And then there are many journalists who are simply an extension of a
marketing firm. Kid606's (mis?)use and mastery of this is apparent, just
as RDJ's is legendary. One can enjoy the music while being disappointed
about the way it is knowingly slighted by both the press and Mr. 606. I
guess this is what most burns me. The music has become secondary, it
would appear, to its very creator. What does any of this have to do with
this list? I'm still awaiting an answer to that ...
J
"You should dream more, Mr. Wormold. Reality in our century
is not something to be faced." - _Our Man in Havana_
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