> > Basically what mani was expressing in his email to the list is that > Obs/Ear management has represented a good amount of techno artists from > Europe in past years as well as thrown a bunch of parties in Chicago, and > what he is saying is that he has made a mistake in the artist's he chose > to represent and that he feel's it his fault that certain american artists > can only make like 2-300 bucks in Chicago while Adam Beyer, Surgeon come > here to America and get paid 5000 bucks plus a 5 star plus business class > airfare....it has just become ridiculous, and i think mani is tired of it > and taking a stand.
Mike, i don't know what year you live in, but i can guarantee you that neither Beyer or Surgeon are making $5000 (maybe at the biggest rave at the height of the big raves- but everyone was making money then). Besides- Adam can certainly hold his own, if not out DJ, everyone on Mani's roster and Surgeon? Forget it! When it comes to skill DJing/production/ experimentation, no one on Mani's roster (or few in the world) can touch Surgeon. Maybe you're just using those two as arbitrary examples, but think before you speak please. > > Along with alot of other things mani has gone through this year, from > going back to his homeland in which he has not been in 19 years and coming > to some realizations. As well as meeting and talking with mad mike this > year and sharing opinions on the global techno scene and i think he was > very inspired with alot of what mad mike was saying..... It sounds like the only realization he had was that his own sh*t's not moving fast enough for his liking, so hes railing against those who have much in deferrence to those who have not quite as much. If the only thing you can get from a trip to one of the most humanitarily challenged countries in the world is that your American techno scene isn't up to par, then you have to seriously re-evaluate the center of your universe. As for Mike, I don't think he's above making a wise crack about outside DJs who get paid more than his American peeps, but it's unfortunate that someone would twist that into his own tirade. > with the exeption of the ones who have > always supported the American scene which in this case is Cisco from the > Advent and Steve Rachmad aka Sterac. \ Not diss to Cisco, he has worked America hard for at least as long as i've been in this music. But Rachmad never even played in America until DEMF 2002, and with the exception of Mani's events, I don't believe he's played America much at all. they're just his boys (and his money makers, at least in the case of Advent) and it is supreme hypocricy. > > it all may seem a little late for dicovering all of this but i'd take late > than never anyday..... > > > > michael > > > > >
