funny how this has become the oldest friendly argument in the world...
who cares if you like mills or not (besides You)?
who cares if your definition of Good or Worthy is anywhere near mine?
who cares about your opinions or sense of techno right & wrong (besides You)?
who cares about my opinions of the same (besides Me)?
enjoy what you enjoy, don't what you don't. that's why it's all
there. neither of 'us' is more right than the other for feeling any
way about it. the only rules are the ones you make, and then they
become only the rules for you - you being anyone. if it makes your
mind or body (or both, whatever is important to you) move, or
challenges you in some manner, then great. mission accomplished. if
it doesn't, move on and find something that does. or don't. that's
fine too. ...make some trance records. haha.
i dig ben's production, even if perhaps it's not absolutely
groundbreaking. i'll admit to being a sucker for the current
tracky-techno thing. i love it. and from the sounds of it, i'd
really enjoy his dj set. but then i really enjoy claude young, et.
al. however that's not the case for many people. seeing claude stop
records with his face is too much fun... some people think it's
ridiculous. whatever. to each his own. i've also travelled far and
wide to make available the opportunity to see hawtin whenever
possible, but i've never seen him sit on the decks or anything.. ;)
> I agree with you in that the future of music relies on
innovation and breaking boundaries. Though, I think
that there is a point where music is no longer music
and it just becomes an racket (damn, I sound like my
dad!!!). It must be a progressive 'breaking of
boundaries' with constant references to the past and
present otherwise it is not recognised as 'music'. I'm
sure music in 1000 years will sound a lot different
than music today (if it still exists), but you can't
just jump there now. It cannot be created in such a
way.
Nothin' wrong with trying tho.
J.
