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From: robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>well it could be said at this point, don't knock it till you've
tried
>it.
>
>if my main focus was music i'd happily move to a city where i
thought
>my shti was best received. and where i could readily go out and
see
>other stuff i was interested in.
>
>why limit yourself by geography?
how do you think techno would have ended up if every single person
interested in house moved to chicago permanently in the mid 80s
instead of staying home and doing their own thing? or what if all
the guys in chicago had moved to NYC to be around disco? so many
great things have come from remote cultural locations simply
BECAUSE people had to come up with some alternative instead of
just moving away. i know people these days arent fans of
limitations (physically, or musically: everyone wants all the plug
ins and 10 million tracks of audio or whatever) but limitations
are almost always a great source of creative inspiration.
>doing your own thing, wherever, takes effort. in the right place
that
>effort has more chance of reward (and i don't mean money, i mean
a good
>party where people dance and have fun).
this is a good point, but the idea is that you can still do these
things from far away. like i said, the internet is quite useful
for people trying to collaborate on music, and plane travel makes
touring far off lands quite possible for even the brokest people
living in cities with little to no techno scene.
>there is nothing more disheartening than planning a party for
weeks and
>not getting the turnout cos the people in the place your are in
are
>into trance, acid-techno, or whatever.
believe me man, i know all about it. we had titonton play live
with a drummer and synths in januaray and basically nobody showed
up. that doesnt mean we give up, it means we have to work harder.
which is fine by me.
tom
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