I believe Jeff Mills is a true visionary. This man is a philosopher. Try reading some in-depth interviews with the man to (try to) understand what is going on in his head. About two years ago I read a super-long, super-in-depht interview with Jeff in Magic Feet. It only made me respect the man even more. Everybody has his/her feelings about music. Wouldn't it just suck really hard if everybody liked the same?
John -----Original Message----- From: Joseph Ross Lynn IV [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 4:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) Ben Sims kicks ass??? This is about art. Not stardom. Jeff Mills is an artist. his vision is his vision, and the reason he is so well known and respected is because his vision resonates so strongly with so many of us. I think he is trying to be true to himself, not get his face on MTV. Art is about a new perspective. Art that serves its function shows us a way of looking at things that we hadn't known before, or sometimes it defines what could previously only be hinted at. It is still his vision, but maybe it jusn't mesh as well with yours. Or maybe (gasp!) you might have to put a little effort and attention into his art in order to try to understand. J. > > I wasn't having a go at Mills. His skill and ingenuity > has had a huge influence on techno and dance music as > a whole. What I'm saying is, plenty of ppl have access > to production equipment these days and the dj/producer > is becoming more and more common. Anyone, can be > innovative, but the truely innovative producers today > aren't the ppl that are getting the respect. Mills has > been a lot better in the past. > > Concerning pushing the boundaries forward, I s'pose > music is about the feel, not necessarily technical > skill. It's more about the ingenuity of it's creator. > A lot of reviewers give tunes respect e.g. because > they've used a full orchestra instead of sampled > strings and stuff... which is good, but it doesn't > always work. I think a lot of this experimental stuff > is a load of parp. Few 'experimental' tunes actually > push the boundaries forward. However, a lot of big > names are getting respect for stuff that I could throw > together... (I'm not so good by the way...:). How do > they get away with that? Does that mean that once > you're famous you don't have to try anymore? > > Dj Pacific:) > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com > -- Knecht
