quoted 3 lines im afraid of what happens if/when it becomes mainstream, mostly >because it
>im afraid of what happens if/when it becomes mainstream, mostly >because it
>could very possible rob it, the music and the movement, of any power >it
>has
or could it multiply that power as more people hear it, and dicover they
like it?
quoted 1 line the masses never know what they want
>the masses never know what they want
sounding a bit trotskyite, mate: maybe 'they' never find what they really
want as all they hear is pop tat....could kid A be a door into happiness for
all as the shining light of IDM is revealed?
quoted 3 lines but the music, the creation and the listening, fills
>but the music, the creation and the listening, fills
>a void in my life that i have no idea how id be filling it without the
>music
the spice girls could *(at least in theory) also fill that hole (musically
speaking)
personally, i think a big part of the problem is 'i'm cool' agenda---i have
a record no-one else has, let alone heard (but its on a cool label)therefore
i am better. selling millions of records is no sign of quality, but neither
is selling 100 copies of a ltd edition boards of canada double 7" (this does
exist)....
as long as artists don't sign to major labels and get treated/marketed the
same way as beans its ok, keep it DIY....do it for the love, not the money,
the feared exploitation is unlikely to happen. However if artists do start
signing to majors, then in my eyes they are no better than the spice
girls_____simply a product
maybe IDM needs to be more explicit about this as hardcore(the punk version)
was/is: it's not a sound but an ethic
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