i like the crap to excellence ratio idea - i think it would be a nice
addition to the evening news if put alongside the nasdaq and dowjones
indexes and i agree it doesn't usually change that much.
i think in terms of electronic music it used to be easier to ignore the
sucky stuff as venues were pushing out lots of good tunes and the only other
time i would hear tracks was on my stereo, while now "electronica" is a sort
of soundtrack to public life, making it seem sometimes like there is way
more of it just because you end up hearing it more.
christopherotto
----- Original Message -----
From: stephanie <nnine@yahoo.com>
To: Giles Walker <gileswalker@hotmail.com>; <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: Why DJing is headrushingly beautiful in 2000
> What are you talking about, cranky old man??? Yeah,
> there's a bigger bulk of dj crap replacing guitar rock
> crap of ten years ago, but do the math and you'll find
> that the lean, mean creative underbelly is
> proportionally larger as well.
>
> It is always harder to find challenging stuff than top
> forties, in music, film, tv, books, etc... the
> proportion of crap to excellence never changes, but
> the flourishing electronic scene means there is more
> room in the tucked away corners for the
> faithful/vigilant to come out and play. And as always,
> the search makes the reward more delicious. The only
> time for woe and confusion is between breakthroughs
> when people are kind of standing around waiting for
> something to happen. Ignore the crap, keep finding the
> good stuff, and stay focused on the abundance of
> beauty happening RIGHT NOW. We are so lucky, and my
> record collection is proof. =) It's the year 2000:
> unforeseen possibilities, tiny differentials yet
> unturned... We've never been here before, gotta think
> positive.
>
> (Ok, I admit I've been listening to Grupo Batuque
> "Between The Lines" a lot this past week, with lyrics
> like "Life is yours, it's a gift"...turning me into a
> damn hippy ;P )
>
> On a similar note...Last night I pulled out a Seiji
> record on reinforced from like '97 or so (hard, dark,
> busy, mechanistic dnb) and compared it with a Seiji on
> 2000 Black or one of those, the new "Question It"
> single, a Neon Phusion-ish thing with that
> african-sounding chant-singing in it...The 2 records
> are radically differently beautiful. What a joy to
> watch musicians grow and change like that. They are
> the same person, right?
>
> --- Giles Walker <gileswalker@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > After Reading the rules for dj's/producers I thought
> > I would comment on the
> > dj aspect of it. I think because there is so much
> > dance music in the charts
> > and all the dj's are big stars it makes it harder to
> > find clubs that play
> > quality dance music that sounds like someone has put
> > some soul into making.
> > The majority of people don't enjoy hearing music
> > that they don't know and
> > even in the underground clubs people will cheer and
> > fill the dance floor
> > when Eminem, The Beastie Boys or Basement Jaxx are
> > played. Its a shame
> > because djing used to be about finding records that
> > no one else had and
> > building your own classics. The big name guys never
> > seem to stray to far
> > from the obvious. I'm not saying there aren't any
> > decent dj's and clubs,
> > left i'm just saying its a shame they are in such a
> > minority.
> >
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