Hello,
My favorite part of the articles was:
``It's the same music they use at sporting events to get the crowd
excited,'' she said. ``It has all that passion, and they're going to
recognize that, and I think everyone will feel comfortable.''
I do not know which games she goes to, but I've yet to hear decent
electronic music at any stadium game in Detroit.
I know what you mean by the over-hyping of Detroit music, obviously
there was a huge Detroit influence in early IDM and much electronic
music since, but it isn't like we had something like Nordwest Deustcher
Runkfunk in the early 1950's. Although Ann Arbor(University town 30
minutes west of Detroit) did have really bitchin' Bell Audio Lab that
did a lot of ground breaking research and development in audio
electronics in the 50's and 60's...but that is another thread.
I will say that I checked out the DEMF yesterday, and it was really
special. It was not geared towards jaded purists, but more about regular
people who might not have access to electronic music through normal
media channels. It was good to see families with small children walking
around taking it in, and perhaps realizing that electronic music is
about more than "rave-danger" spots in tabloid news.
Tikiman/chain reaction was excellent, as was D-wynn and Theo Parrish.
Bill VanLoo apparently had a great set, I missed it, but people were
talking about it all afternoon. After the festival ended I met up with a
few people at the 430west party
(
http://www.430west.com ) and caught Octave One live, which was the
best part of the day as far as I'm concerned. A bit later we headed over
to 7th City (
http://www.7thcity.com ) and saw John Tejada play a nice
set in a 15'x20' room. I got there at five in the afternoon yesterday,
and walked in the door at 5:30 this morning. There is definitely
excitement in the air, and it is going to be an interesting night.
I am looking forward to tomorrow.
Take care,
Mike Taylor
PS what up kemp?
Jeff Shoemaker wrote:
quoted 23 lines >
> >http://my.aol.com/entertainment/story.tmpl?table=n&cat=03&id=0005280342180524
>
> good story, but:
>
> ``It's revolutionary in music because this is the birthplace of electronic
> dance music, and Detroit is revered globally for its achievement.''
>
> thay wuh? that's a little like saying that Vienna is the birthplace of
> classical, or that Nashville is the birthplace of country. shoot, earlier
> in the story the writer states that Detroit is where "electronic music was
> born." i can understand getting really excited about the DEMF, but let's
> not get carried away.
>
> -jeff
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