in related news:
A Poem About Clockworm (That's ME!!)
I'm the living shit,
I'm dope as fuck,
You may think you have,
But you haven't had enough....
regards all,
blake
aka Clockworm
http://mp3.com/clockworm
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Piontek" <adam@damek.org>
To: <idm@hyperreal.org>; <idm-m@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 12:00 PM
Subject: [idm] kid 606 is the fucking SHIT
quoted 122 lines I was coincidentally listening to Soccergirl EP & PS I
> I was coincidentally listening to Soccergirl EP & PS I
> Love You this morning when I came across this post on
> the Planet Mu messageboard. It's written by Kid 606
> (safe to assume, I believe), in response to somebody
> slagging on him.
>
> Anyway, just passing it on because I think it's so on
> the money, and I respect him and what he's doing all
> the more for this post, though I still don't like
> everything he's released, and I still will continue to
> like some of the formula-followers that he's not into.
>
> such is life... here's a link to the thread, and then
> the text:
>
> http://www.planet-mu.com/phorum/read.php?f=1&i=8683&t=8683
>
> I am the fucking SHIT
> Author: kid606 (---.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net)
> Date: 01-28-02 22:11
>
> spending time complaining on message boards that you
> could do
> something with your eyes shut that someone
> else is making a living and having the time of life
> doing? tsk,tsk
>
> im sorry i dont make records designed to make the
> people who end
> up obtaining them happy and that just doing what i
> want and feel is best doesnt fall within what you want
> to hear.....
>
> but on the other hand im glad im not another
> creatively devoid
> electronic musician trying to put together just the
> right hipster elements
> and audio tricks at any given time period to appeal to
> a certain group of people...
>
> and im also glad im not like all the wonderful
> musicians out there
> who just do what they want (in theory) and what comes
> out just happens
> to be what their audience wants to hear....
> does it make me a worse musician? probably but i think
> thats dope as well...
> for a shitass musician to get somewhere is a fucking
> acheivement in
> my book, word up to the underdog while everyone else
> is just going through the steps already set before
> them of exploiting their "talent".....
>
> the main difference for me between the backstreet
> boys/n sync and most shit electronic idm acts is that
> someone else is pulling the strings with the boy bands
> and carefully planning what they should do, while
> these other "independant" musicians are just carefully
> planning what they should do and pulling there own
> strings....because its not a profitable enough
> industry for anyone to waste time being a
> svengali....I am not dissing him but brothom states is
> to autechre
> what O-town is to n-sync....eat it up......
>
> not to hate on a well executed and devised plan or
> formula cause that deserves respect also but its not
> what me or any of the artists i like are doing....
>
> it would be nice if someone ever asked me what the
> fuck goes on with my filter
> of what i release and what i dont and what kind of
> judgment i use
> cause ill be the first to admit its dodgy as fuck and
> ive been flying by the seat of my pants since i
> started releasing music, sorry for not letting that
> stop me, and im sure a lot of people will think im an
> idiot for making that statement.....but all my
> favorite artists are the same way, and if they didnt
> take chances id have never heard some amazing
> music....
>
> i could run my next album through the "idm list
> filter" or the "planet mu messageboard" filter and
> most likely get something that would pass but
> other than making a few people happy for a very short
> period of time (and myself miserable) it wouldnt sound
> nearly as different or special as if i just ran it
> through
> the "this is what i want and am proud of" filter....it
> would probably just sound like a lot of records you
> already own....
> (which seems to be what must people want)
>
> and on a sidenote i dont understand why i am "so
> popular" either or what it means or if it will last
> but do i think i deserve it?
> hell yes.
>
> no matter if you like it or not, there is a reason why
> you actually listened to my music (and in turn put
> more money in my pockets, thank you! steal away!)
> and i have never heard any of yours.....
>
> hate on haters,
> miguel
>
>
>
> =====
> .Adam
> http://www.damek.org/
>
>
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