I wouldn't fret about it, you know? Too many people go under the
'underground' banner because they are elitists (obviously the normal man
can't 'hear' what they are hearing...), or they aren't particularly talented
in the first place (Versivo? No, it wasn't good, it was shit. Is this all
that Manchester has to offer?), or they might be lazy and want to rest on
their laurels (who needs to make something new and better than the last
record when only 1000 die-hard bumlick fans bought up all the copies in the
first place?)
Or maybe some underground artists just have a very long-term marketing
strategy?
I know two things - I want to make good music, and I want to be rich. To
suggest that you can't achieve both is utter rubbish, and for someone to
suggest that good music can't be on adverts, well, that tells me he is trying
to avoid *something* about himself. He is being the most commercial of all -
he is obsessed by it.
I'm not trying to be anti-underground or pro-commercial, I just think people
should be open-minded about the different motivations and methods people have
to achieve what they want. Mummy can't buy everyone a Minimoog. We should
judge the art on its own merits, and nothing else.
What'son?
In A Silent Way - Miles Davis