> Thats a good question - but does the theory take away from the > music or add > to it? Does it make any difference? Not on the dancefloor, when I just > want to dance and generally don't care, but I do like reading the > UR patter > on the sleeves! Don't you think that sometimes it can help to give more > perspective on where the producer is coming from, though? Reading it is > optional.
I almost look at this question another way, thinking that dancing to it is optional. Think about how many hours on average per week that you spend dancing to music relative to how many hours a week that you spend listening to techno. So many times people look at this music as strictly dance music. I spend at least 8 hours a day at work listening to "electronic dance music" and never get out of my chair and dance around the office. And when I get home and sit down to do some reading or when I'm in the car racing around to blaring music, I never break into dance. So for people such as myself (I tend to think that I'm the norm rather than the exception), I'd rather listen to music that engages me -- cerebrally or emotionally -- rather than music that makes me want to dance.
