What is this! This is the rock 'n' roll attitude.
Electronic music is for the masses. For the kids, kids with computers and
shitty samplers who make GOOD music. They have the fresh ideas, 40 year-old
producers in million dollar studios dont. I dont care how hard it is to
make a good "pop" record. Who gives a fuck.
You are all forgetting what is important here, and forgetting it badly.
You want to listen to "well produced music?", go ahead and do it.
Cutting edge electronica, however, has nothing to do with it.
Polished, wimp-ass, sugar-sweet production, is NOT the point, get it?
----- Original Message -----
From: Intermodal <Chrome3@ix.netcom.com>
To: wells <s0ewoliv@titan.vcu.edu>
Cc: Kent williams <kent@avalon.net>; billy ray cyrus antichrist
<idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Monday, November 15, 1999 11:43 PM
Subject: Re: (idm) irrelevance of boards of canada bear list
quoted 26 lines I will defend the guy who is getting slaged for appreciating any of the
> I will defend the guy who is getting slaged for appreciating any of the
> corporate pop that is going around these days.
>
> I dont like the music, but I can appreciate the skill it took those
> engineers to get that sound. Just like I might not like alot of
> classical guitar playing, but I respect and appreciate it because I know
> how much effort it takes. I also appreciate the guys who engineer those
> classical records, because it takes a hell of a lot more talent and
> knowledge to get a good live mic'ed guitar sound than it does to
> randomly fuck up a text file converted to wav. in hyperprism and call it
> art music.
>
> I bet if the people who talk shit about real audio engineers were to go
> into the studio with professionals, they would be made to realize how
> ignorant they really are.
> You dont get gigs like that unless you have hella credentials. It takes
> a lot of talent to get into a position to make records like those. I
> might not like the music itself, but I know enough about engineering to
> be able to respect what the guys behind those records did.
>
> I know it isnt immediately obvious. Once you get into recording music,
> you will understand how hard it really is to make a commercial pop
> record.
>
> take care
> mt