> I guess the things I just mentioned are integral parts of his > personalityand that might explain why he tries to make his label a > sought-after > commodity rather than being down with the locals. Drug-mongering > simpleminds are just not his thang as he was working hard enough > to transcend this > stage of low human existance and I think he likes to see himself > as a man of > class and style - certainly the way he dresses and the hotels he > chooses.
Kat, thanks for the insight. I enjoyed reading, but have a problem with the above paragraph. I went to school for fine arts and around my senior year I started visting galleries, artists, and museums to get an understanding of the business. I soon realised that I had no interest in the art community due to the intense elitism involved. Charging thousands of dollars for conversation pieces and dealing with agents, galleries and curators who wouldn't give the time of day unless you display a working knowledge of contemporary critical thought and art history. I ended up working in the academic community where knowledge is embraced and the main goal is to spread it rather than horde it. This is also what brought me to the music community. The price tag of vinyl is a lot more accesible to anyone interested, and the community is a lot more accepting of people from all walks of life. Passing off local music lovers as "drug-mongering simpleminds" reflects the same elitism that drove me away from "high art" in the first place... I think the real way to transcend the "low stage of human existance" is to work within that stage to help improve it rather than to ignore it.. Just my .02 - and I'm sure someone will call me on also stereotyping the art community as elitists (as I call them on stereotyping the "simpletons"). I met a handful of very down to earth people in the art community and I make judgement calls on an individual basis based on words and actions. But what I encountered overwhelmingly was the aforementioned attitude, and Kat's words above reinforce that attitude.. PS - I do see the desire for having techno appreciated as an artform rather than passed off as druggies making music to take drugs to - but I think that can happen without alienating core parts of the community. The art can speak for itself and has already spoken for itself with the likes of Mills, Brinkmann, Panasonic, Aphex Twin, Hawtin, Basic Channel and lots of others who are certainly being recognized by the art community. This is great, but I don't think techno artists should be pandering to them specifically and ignoring thousands of music lovers who don't pass their subjective art-IQ tests. peace, & sorry for blabbing so much, I think its all out of my system now :) pete
