On Thu, 7 Mar 1996, Mark Turner wrote:
> I said:
> > > >
> > > The whole issue of "underground" music is problematic to me.
> > > I agree with Chris that it's nice to share a special interest
> Then Geoff said:
> > I think I missed the point. Why should we strive to make the music more
> > popular? I kinda get turned off by overproduced commercial music
mass ( and I went on and on...)
Then Mark replied,
> When I suggested we strive to make the music more popular,
> I didn't mean to suggest that the music itself should change.
> What I meant was that we should try to expose people to the
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> Popular music has not always been synonymous with over-produced
> crap. Think of Motown, or the Beatles, or Duke Ellington. I
I agree again. However, Motown, Beatles, and Ellington happened a long
time ago. I think that the record companies may have changed nowadays.
It seems to be a common thread where the record companies "mold" the
artist to sell, stifling their creative spirit. Expression is
restricted. I understand that. I don't like it. I do all I can to
show my support for the kind of companies that let the artist make the
records, and the label worries about selling them. I've
heard soo many times about artists going out and doing it on their own,
it's tough. Like I saw on the AJ web page, Top DJ in 95: Anyone who's in
it for the love.