This is hilarious! Michael, Matthew, to both of your responses...WELL SAID!!! I too am getting sick of this bait and switch BS. Enough with the elitism SPW...this list is supposed to be about the music..NOT the trends you observe in the various dance music magazines you read.
Mad love 313, d$ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 5:43 PM To: spw Cc: 313@hyperreal.org; Matthew MacQueen Subject: Re: (313) Vestax or Technics But there is a difference between "being trendy" and having your tastes develop along side a developing trend (or shall I say continuum) in music style. sh*t if we didn't develop and move along we'd all be discussing the latest tunes sung on Sesame Street. like I've said before - things change Steve - WAKE UP! it ain't 1991 anymore. I could have sworn you said at one point you were into minimal techno because it was future music - well, follow along (and I do mean follow) MEK spw <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Matthew MacQueen gy.net> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <313@hyperreal.org> cc: 07/28/03 04:02 PM Subject: Re: (313) Vestax or Technics As funny and ridiculous as my statement must seem, people would have not made statements like you must play records at normal tempo back in the early to mid '90s when minimal techno was all the rage. Now even Jeff Mills is mellowed out and mid tempo, trends change and a lot of times people here reflect the latest trends like the popularity KDJ and 'soulful house' ect.. on 7/28/03 3:57 PM, Matthew MacQueen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> To be fair, this is a statement that it's trendy now to >> play records at normal tempo and house music is more trendy >> than techno at least on this mailing list. >> People here seem to feed off the vibes of the deephousemusicpage > > Ha! Steve I always like how you keep us abreast of the latest trends in > dance music.. as I can't be bothered much myself to worry if I'm > following trends or bucking trends properly or not. I'm too busy > finding and playing out the music I like. But if any music or DJ styles > I post about fall in or out of "trendiness" can you please let me know > and I'll change accordingly. > > Best! > Matt MacQueen
