Oh come on Rjyan ! Are you saying that people who tend to be reclusive
and introverted lack ambition and are underachievers ?
God help IDM if extroverts like Kid606 are its spokespersons to the rest
of the world !
(that isn't meant to sound so dramatic)
I don't know, personally I don't give a shit about IDM's popularity. I
don't think people who buy Third Eye Matchbox 182 records would help out
the IDM community in any way besides financially. Call me arrogant and
elitist, I don't care. I prefer things small and tightknit and where
quality control is prevalent. I don't really believe in "the people" and
making music for "the people" and all that. Maybe that's cuz I grew up
under communism and I've seen what this "for the people" shite comes to in
reality. Hope this doesn't sound like I don't have a lot of compassion for
other people, cuz I certainly do, I just mean that I don't believe in the
"masses".
Andrei
On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Rjyan Kidwell wrote:
quoted 19 lines Somebody e-mailed the other day asking why something like Proem isn't> > Somebody e-mailed the other day asking why something like Proem isn't
> > getting the coverage that Kid is. Well, it's pretty obvious to me.
> >
> > Could you see Proem opening for Fantomas? Could you see kids who were
> > into punk and now looking for something to listen to getting into Proem?
> >
> > IDM artists make it a habit to be introverted and camera shy. I've
> > never seen a picture of Proem in my life.
>
> fucking a, right on.
> like it or not, there are electronic music artists with *ambition*. artists
> who believe enough in this little scene to want to tell other people about
> it, people who might not otherwise get the chance to hear it.
>
> i'll never get tired of saying this: fuck an underachiever hide-in-my-cave
> aesthetic.
>
> i think the scene is MORE than ready for experimental electronic music
> artists who talk. to other people.
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