Rolando should play > wherever he feels > it will help get good music out to interested ears, > make some money > and promote his career. >
i pretty much agree with you ... when we brought the UR electric entourage to Portland OR not many people knew who Rolando was.... lots of people just thought he was the best they ever saw at that time.... i mean most people knew who UR was but did not even know much about Rolando's involvment with the UR crew. of course it really don't matter "WHO HE IS" or who he's DOWN with cause it's all about the music but , i can say that most people there LOVED rolando's set and fliped out and will come to see him next time we bring him, which brings it all back to the same old thing, EDUCATION ........ but it does suck real badly when our own country cannot enjoy what Rolando , UR , Detroit, Chicago, ..ect.... has to offer cause they would rather watch the new prodigy video..talk about moby , look at pictures of brittney spears and go to Mega TRANCE fest's... maybe thing's will change in the future and everybody will listen to Rolando , jeff mills , richie and watch them on MTV, or maybe they will stay the same , alot of VERY TALENTED techno and house producers who have to go out side the US to be truly appriciated..... either way I win cause i listen AND dance to the music and try not to be concerned with all the other shat..... and your right most people out here on the west coast don't know about Rolando , UR , ect.... but they are never going to learn if people don't support Dj's/producers like UR , Rolando , the Burden Bros when they come around. Before the jaguar situation we brought the electric entourage tour (granted it is Portland , OR) there were MAYBE 350 people ..... which was great from my point of view (i love small underground parties) but it did not give Rolando , Twonz , octave one , random noise generation, wildplanet the exposure they deserve.... it's a tricky situation.... all i know is i have known about Detroit and Chicago music since 1992 and me and my crew are trying our best to get a nice appriciative scene here in Portland Oregon by supporting the best Underground Dj's/producers in america... but it's a hard thing to do when most are worried about the worlds #1 dj, and what club carl cox played in yesterday.. i think people have short attention spans and want instant gratification............being as good as UR , Murat , Ben Sims, dj TRAXX , Richie does'nt happen over night at last nights rave party. it takes many years.......... michael............ check out our web site www.renegaderhythms.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/