At 06:03 AM 3/31/01 -0800, B. Young wrote:
> Why the hell do black people equate electronic music with white people?
> Before anybody jumps to conclusions, I am not ignoring the contributions
> white people have made to this music... some of the best artists around
> are white. I'm just really tired of people calling it "white
> music". Whats up with that? And finally, there is a huge amount of
> electronic music circulating that i'm completely unaware of... is most of
> it in fact created by white people?
Well, speaking as a non-white *and* non-black person (hey, do we count?), I
could only guess it might have to so with the perception of race with
regard to economics/demographics. Electronic music does require a lot of
electronic equipment to make (samplers, synths, computers, effects units,
mixers, etc), and it's probably a white=high income, black=low income
mentality that suggests that.
Though on the contrary, black R&B artists go into studios equipped with Pro
Tools, and white alternative/metal/punk bands play on rusty Marshall amps
and 3rd-hand pawnshop guitars...
Elson
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