That's a *good* article Laurens. It would be good to send
it in to DNTO and see what they make of it...
Cheers
Rory
what are the options for surviving the music drought?
1) get involved and make your own music, it's amazing how quickly you can
become proficient at it. minimal training is necessary, just look at BORIS, he
never studied music, and I have yet to find a more creative artist!
2) Hook up with your local DJ and ask him to let you do a guest spot for
say, a 1/2 hour, and see where that goes.
3) Since you are connected to the globe via the internet, scan the
internet radio stations, a good place to start is the college radio stations
(usually listed in the home page(s) of each school! In toronto, there is CUIT
(UofT), CKLN(Ryerson), and a host of others from the surrounding Universities
and Colleges here. It is helpful to scan the programimg guides to avoid the
un-necessary hip-plop that is soooo prevalent these days.
4) If you have time to spare, have a good look at Peter Gabriel's "Real
World Records" site! You WILL be amazed at the quality and quantity of great
music from other cultures around the world. I got a great kick out of the West
African JU JU music that came out in the early 80's, in the way that the
African pop music was influenced by the 'Western' music, which was initially
influenced by the African music in the first place!
with the exception of bangra (personal dislike), there is a lot of neat
stuff from India, Pakistan, and the like, such as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, who
is on the Real World Label (did a couple of great albums with a Canadian
Guitarist, Michael Brooks).
I bought a copy of a double CD sampler of world music called "The Best of
Both Worlds" from Hanibol/Rykodisk. It is a must for any collection. it was
only $12.00 Can., and everyone will find at least one track that they fall in
love with!
5) PUNK IS NOT DEAD! it's just harder to find the good stuff! My favorite
is 'Social Distortion's cover of Johnny Cash's classic: "RING OF FIRE"
6) Try some Electro-Classical, such as TOMITA, (soundtrack from "A
Clockwork Orange", and others, I know they are a bit dated, but, there is
something timeless about Classical Music... ON Pocket Universe, Boris uses a
phrase of classical music from (I think) Debuessy (spelling?) on Beyond
Mirrors,
7) Hang out at your local Church and groove on the PIPE ORGAN!, do you
want to experience a huge audio spectrum?, I did a road trip through Europe 13
years ago, and checked out as many as I could! WOW!!! Some good halls offer
series of concerts with guest artists, and varied musical fare.
8) DISTANT MIRROR is by far the BEST TRANCE I have ever heard! (thank you
Boris)
and Finally,
9) Electronic music began in the 70's, not the 80's. Emmerson, Lake and
Palmer were the first POP band to have a Synth solo, 'Lucky Man' which still
holds it's own today!
(Yes, I do have some strong opinions, and a varied pallet when it comes
to music, but there's just soo much cood stuff out there, Just keep looking!)
I'll shut up now...
Laurens van Graft
The Grip Guy
All your gymnastics grip needs right here!
Abolish Daylight Savings Time; it's past its
usefulness
On Sep 14, 2004, at 6:50 AM, Shaun Turner wrote:
Well it's finaly hit me. electronic music as has been dominating the
scene
since the late 80's since the development and populisation of the
"techno"
music seems to be well and truely at an end.
Despite longings to go only to my local night spot saturday nights with
the
desire to listen to, and if the tunes are right, dance to, some
electronic
music in whatever form the dj is playing. The aforementioned techno was
always popular, with house, trance, and heaps of other variants well
and
truely in there. Personaly i dident mind rap either. Sir-mix-a-lot,
Young
mc, Hammer, Run D.M.C., even the beastie boys where always welcome.
Now rap has been warped into hip-hop. A style of music that you can
only
bounce to, and definatly not dance to in any way shape or form to.
Hip-hop,
largely the domain of afircan americans, has taken over the nightspots
where
electronica in all it's forms once ruled. The young people of today are
taken in by the "gangster" persona of a number of the better known
exponents. the young men are also persuaded by the video clips of
extramly
skantily clad women with ample busts flying about everywhere. Guys,
rarely
do video clips reveal anything. Your wasting your time gawking.
perhaps it's just my narrow look on the world from a country town 200km
from
a town with a 20k population, and 300km from my capitial city. perhams
i'm
being bent by the narrow minds of the dj's at my local night spot who
i've
only ever known to play hip hop. perhaps i need to get out more to the
right
kinds of places - how can one do that in the country. Or perhaps i'm
getting
old set in my ways. Punk is a style that came and went. perhaps it's
electronica's time to go. I hope to god it's not 'cause there's not a
lot
else out there to listen to.
if anyone has any tips on how to survive in the drought of new and
popular
electronica i'd be glad to here it.
sorry to rant, it's been one of those days
Shaun
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