From: christina long (info_at_citrona.net)
Date: 2004-02-19 00:46:10
Well I have a question or two that some may want to respond too. I've
read the acid-jazz archives and watched the transitions from Acid-Jazz
to Downtempo, to NuJazz, 2step, broken-beat now Nu-soul, or what ever
it's called. It's interesting to see the trends come and go yet still
merge together is some form.
. Now this does not apply to all music but something I've noticed.
My question is: Why does it seem the recent trends of the past few years
are more about imitation verses innovation or even basic
inspiration/influances? A good example is a really cool set I heard
while NYC a few months back. A big fan of just about anything funky,
this night seemed devoted to a wicked set of an old school funk sound
yet when I inquired about the records playing, a hand full of them were
quite new yet sounded like something James Brown would of produced 30
years ago. One of the labels was from Australia I think.
Just curious......
. Another quick question if I may, a friend of mine called a while back
complaining about the lack of melodies & hooks in an album he had been
anticipating. How do you guys feel about melody or the lack of it in
some cases?
btw- a great list for one on one interaction as well as up to date
information, is the downtempo list as mentioned by Sirka. No longer a
member of that list due to not having as much time to interact, I do
miss it a great deal.
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