I think we better quit trying to name "our music"
To my way of thinking its like trying to take the easy way out
Its like going into a record store and asking for "good music" (or acid jazz
or whatever)
To find the good stuff your have got to at least know something about it
better to go into a shop and ask:
Do you have anything like <insert favorite record label>?
does this make sense?
richard
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>Hm, but first you had to define: what is "our" music? Some of the music discussed here falls into categories that already exists that fit well, e.g. Hip Hop or Bossa Nova.
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>Of course, it's only my personal view, but let me illustrate my opion with an example. There's quite a large record store here in town that sells a lot of interesting music. However, "my" music was scattered over the categories "Trip Hop", "Hip Hop", "Dance", "Techno" and so on. When looking for a particular release I either had to ask the staff (that often wasn't available) or had to go through at least some of the categories. It seems they became annoyed of this system themselves and threw everything together and named it "club music". Although the term is far from perfect (some of the music isn't club campatible at all) I know that whenever I don't find a release within this category it isn't available at the store. On the other hand, because this one category contains such a broad selection of music styles I sometimes stumble across artists when I visit the store that I never would have discovered.
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>See, I don't totally reject the use of genre names. When reading reviews they are quite helpful sometimes to get a basic idea of the sound. But especially in a music store I would be happy not to have yet another category I have to go though when shopping.
Seems like I didn't make myself clear on what I was looking for, as you've run into the same frustration as I have.
The question I'm seeking an answer to is: If the people at your record store would have invented a name for all that music (in stead of using "club music"), what would that name have been?
Markus
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