I have a different interpretation. He's telling the truth as he sees it and that's fine by me.
fh ----------------- >I find grand "retirement" announcements barely tolerable from artists >I massively respect (like I-F), and I have nothing against Alex >Cortex, but he is nowhere close to being in that league for me, >although I liked some of his music just fine. I also find whining >about the scene really naive and beyond obvious at this point. There's >nothing insightful or constructive in his anti-scene ranting, it's >trite and simpering. He hasn't made a track in 6 months and he's tried >of club culture so he's retiring from making music? He doesn't make >enough money, so he's flat-out retiring? Uh, okay, don't see how that >should affect anyone who is really compelled to make music/art, so go >ahead on then...See ya when you cool off and get it out of your >system... > > > >On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 4:59 PM, kent williams <chaircrus...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Honestly if he's unhappy, godspeed and all that. >> >> But the downside he's describes to the 'techno scene' isn't a new >> thing. Where you have a party scene, you're going to have people >> doing things you may not be down with, you're going to have shallow >> people, you're going to have politics and backstabbing and bitchiness. >> >> In other words it sounds like pretty much every other professional >> scene I've ever been involved with. Only, in my experience, working >> at a University, by contrast doesn't have nearly as much in the way of >> hookerz and blow. >> >> So I don't know what he's going to do for a living where he'll be able >> to avoid a certain amount of negativity and bad behavior. Why not >> focus on the fact that you're actually making a living out of music, >> something lots of us would be feel blessed to be able to do? >> >> On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Ivan Tomasevic >> <to...@tesla.rcub.bg.ac.rs> wrote: >>> >>> http://www.testindustries.com/2009/10/alex-cortex-not-so-slight-return.html >>> >>> regards, >>> >>> ivan >>> >>> >> >
