I think we should actually have a thread on this. it seems to be one of spw's pet peeves :)
to me the answers lie in different factors: age. let's be honest, we get old and our tastes change. some of us here were into grind and death metal besides hard acidic techno. now we dig metro area and theo, moodyman etc. let's say there's an evolution taking place. also, and this is related to the age thing, a lot of us dont go clubbing as much as we used to. those of us that used to take chemical dance enhancers probably dont anymore, and certain types of music just dont sound the same no more. another factor is that 313 techno, at least to me and generally speaking, is characterized by harmony and melodics - not just a pounding looped groove. oh, dont interject with references to mills, hood, oldham et al., im speaking in general terms here. there is a definite song structure there that other types of techno just dont have. this leads to the appreciation of the types of music that spw is singling out. these are some of my opinions on the subject - please excuse any perceived superficiality in my post, im at work and writing a 4 page essay on 313 users musical preferences isnt exaclty what i get paid for ;-) btw, i agree with ken, theres either good music and bad music, regardless of genre, type or style. have a nice weekend all of you fab. ----- Original Message ----- From: "spw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Odeluga, Ken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 4:41 PM Subject: Re: (313) Every Dog 4 > It is my observation there is favoritism towards song based format techno > over track based techno form regular mailing list contributors. > This would explain the interest in pop music, deep house, pre-techno retro > music and a dislike of techno genres such as Swedish techno. > > on 5/9/03 10:05 AM, Odeluga, Ken at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > M McQueen > >> what Mills does in this style is better than a lot of the crap out there > >> diluting the market with average techno -- , but I'd rather have fewer > >> tracks that are just... well... more memorable or something. Or when the > >> "best of Every Dog vols. 1 thru 6" comes out let me know. ;) I feel like > >> I keep buying the same tracks. That said there are some standouts, to be > >> sure! > > > > Could I ask whether you don't think there is a utilty for a dj in *all* the > > tracks of each volume as a whole? (i.e. fewer tracks is fewer to play with, > > more is greater freedom to be more varied in how you program/mix). > > > > Genuine q fr som1 who's not a dj, only plays records together (sometimes > > well.) > > > > k >
