in reply to david turgeon.
quoted 5 lines ah, the reynoldian fear of the hole inside geekdom where releases fall>ah, the reynoldian fear of the hole inside geekdom where releases fall
>only to lose all meaning & influence forever...
>
>the bug of elitism as we currently know it is indeed a plague. but the
>fact is, it only marginally happens:
heh. that is the 'reynoldian fear,' isn't it ? well, i just wanted to
state his views earlier. my own follow.
to be frank, i haven't seen elitism on this list as much as i feared i
might. what is being called snobbiness, by some such as our
self-righteous populist friend Shirei3000 ("You 90% are completely snobs"),
is really just preference of one style of music over another. some of
these "underground" movements tend to be comprised of people who simply
want to spite the masses ; this is not so much the case in idm, i don't
think. i gather that the majority of you are not music-deaf record
collectors, but genuine appreciators of the music as i am.
it is not its mere state of marginality that draws me to idm : when i
discovered it, it was the first genre as a whole that i really *loved*. it
reconciled my disparate tastes (namely, a classical appreciation for music
and a fascination with modern electronic tools) where rock or jazz or
trance could not satisfy.
quoted 2 lines 1) the reluctance of the general public to purchase marginal releases,>1) the reluctance of the general public to purchase marginal releases,
>resulting in less sales;
here is the question : do we wish that *everyone* listened to idm ? would
that change our opinion of it ? .. marginal music must exist because the
whole world can't listen to the same music (homogeny does not breed
community, yadda yadda), etc. idm will probably never be a *huge*
movement, but i would still listen to it if it were. if it were a large
movement, then the question of availability would be irrelevant. it would
be quite available ! but, like i said before, it appeals to emotions and
mindsets which are not natural for casual music listeners, and, i find, are
really just peculiar in general. "music that destroys its own momentum,"
as wayne coyne once said of his own songs, is not pleasing to the masses
who really just want celebreties and anthems.
i do wish more people could appreciate it, though. i don't have any
friends who are very into idm. it sucks ! they say "wow, that's cool, but
most kids like dance music," and i say, "well, there are people on the
internet that think it's cool." so, here we are, a small community spread
across every time zone, culturally together but miles apart..... is this
what the internet's done ??
quoted 3 lines this however leads to a sad recognition: that to keep up with all this>this however leads to a sad recognition: that to keep up with all this
>production, one has to have a certain amount of time & money to put into
>it, which the majority of america clearly doesn't possess.
i simply can't deal with it. ! i'm going to just listen to inaudible,
subscribe to grooves magazine, and trust their recommendations. i'll go
mad if i continue to spend two hours a day researching breaking artists !
this list will yet be the end of me !
.af.
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