At 23:38 11/09/97 +0100, Wayne wrote:
quoted 4 lines maybe another topic for ranting on....why do djs get so much credit when
>maybe another topic for ranting on....why do djs get so much credit when
>most of em play other peoples songs...djs in the uk,like pete
>tong..still play the same stale house/garage music but r making pots of
>cash doing it...
On one level, a DJ has his place and should be paid for what he does if he
does a good job - ie rocks a party or creates a mood, by yes, playing other
people's records. It is one of the basic methods of distributing awarenes
of dance music, and it works. (and - it's a tenuous parallel but I think of
some use - no-one would normally level any criticism at a symphony
orchestra for playing "other people's compositions" would they?) I don't
see anything inherently wrong with this, so long as it doesn't get out of
hand (which of course it does, but that's another story)
DJs like Pete Tong get paid pots of cash for playing stale house music
because its commercial and lots of people like it, so lots of people will
pay to hear it, it's as simple as that. It's the same basic reason that
Michael Jackson makes a lot more money than Aphex Twin. You and I (and most
on idm) are destined to a life where the stuff we would prefer to hear is
sidelined to the situation you outline below.
quoted 5 lines id much prefer to hear stuff like
>id much prefer to hear stuff like
>blackdog/b12/autechre/global comm/ etc on the radio...but this tends to
>get played on late night shows,or john peel plays the odd
>techno/electronic tune like some autechre remixes now and again...i
>heard him play come to daddy,...
My solution (I have the option, due to a comfortable income) is just to buy
everything I want to hear, and largely ignore the radio - years of
experience having taught me that its not worth wasting hours or days of
listening time waiting for the odd thing which does come up. Yes I miss
some good stuff, but on balance I'm happier (if poorer)
J
^
np: Dan Curtin - the web of life
(it's nice having someone else's record collection to listen to as well)
Steady J aka James Skilton steady-j@geocities.com
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