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OK Here's what I think... Yeah there's going to be less females on the list cos Internet is mainly male. And maybe less females than males buy IDM, but then again its the same sort of thing with most, if not all, types of music. One thing I notice is that females may well go to a club and like the music, but lack the (lets admit it!) anal motivation to go to the DJ and ask what records he's playing etc... ie males have a tendency to get really deep into things. For example at the Serve Chilled night I ran here at Brunel there were slightly more females than males present... which is surprising considering Brunel has a 65-35 male-female ratio. Some girls I was speaking to were metallers, indie-fans etc that claimed to love the ambient music (having just been converted from ambient-haters) but they didnt ask me for a list of 12"s or an EG discography or anything! Thats the difference... Also, as for the "What will we be listening to when we're 50?" thing... IDM is unique in that almost all the producers are very young... under 30, so I expect their music will mature as the listeners do, and I may well still be listening to Nuron and Stasis in 30 years time! _And_, because IDM is so varied (from Acid music to ambient) we wont view IDM as either pretentious artwank _or_ throwaway cack when we're old. Thats all I can think of to say! :) Bye! Brendan Nelson Kinetic Illusion at 19, perhaps the youngest IDMer?

quoted 3 lines Brendan Nelson

> Brendan Nelson > Kinetic Illusion > at 19, perhaps the youngest IDMer?

hehe, yet another statement that is disproved by us lurkers. I'm only 17, and I've been into IDM for a year or so. :) Onnow: Autechre, Incunubula (hey, I know it's kind of old but I really like it, plus the fact that I have no job. :) |~~~~|~~~~| |~~| | Merrick Brown | | | |/~~~~~\|~~/~~~|~ ~~| | Vertigo | | | | | | |~|_)| |~' : mvbrown@tenet.edu : \ /| ~~~| | | |~) : ab178@rgfn.epcc.edu : |.....| \...../|..| |....| .........................

quoted 8 lines hehe, yet another statement that is disproved by us lurkers. I'm only 17,

> > hehe, yet another statement that is disproved by us lurkers. I'm only 17, > and I've been into IDM for a year or so. :) > > Onnow: Autechre, Incunubula (hey, I know it's kind of old but I really > like it, plus the fact that I have no job. :) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >

Quit bragging, youngster. :-) ObOnNow: Lynnrd Skynnrd unfortunately filtering in from the cubicle next to me. Time to head for lunch & go buy Delerium and Space Time Continuum. -H-

quoted 4 lines One thing I notice is that females may well go to a club and like the music,

> One thing I notice is that females may well go to a club and like the music, >but lack the (lets admit it!) anal motivation to go to the DJ and ask what >records he's playing etc... ie males have a tendency to get really deep into > things.

> at 19, perhaps the youngest IDMer?

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wrong on both counts. For one, I am just as obsessive as any male when I hear something I like. second, I'm 18. -j-

On Sun, 23 Oct 1994, tuh boinhhh wrote:

quoted 7 lines at 19, perhaps the youngest IDMer?

> > at 19, perhaps the youngest IDMer? > > > > wrong on both counts. For one, I am just as obsessive as any male when I hear > something I like. > second, I'm 18. > -j-

and the battle rages on...