my intention was never to slap juan. my intention was to correct certain ppl who make their living off of juan adn feel the need to discredit other artist in a vague attempt to up their income.
although, in a moment of blatent self appraisal, i suppose i have taken a few shots at juan in the interest of promoting otehr artist who i personally feel deserve the attention more than he does. we're only human. On Wed, 6 Mar 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I cant believe what bullshit this list is. dont you fools > know that the music knows no color? cant you people > remember the days when no one knew what color the guy > putting out the record was and you just listened to it > for, *gasp* the MUSIC? > > This list bickers and bitches about race more than detroit > techno. I doubt that Juan would be making racist sounding > comments. why would you talk shit about the man when you > can EASILY contact him and hash things out with him? dont > you think he (or you if you were in his position) would > prefer that? > > you know he reads this and yet you continue to slap him in > the face with unsubstantiated rumors and other bullshit. > I dont consider myself a fan or his, but he seems like a > nice guy and for that matter, who on this list deserves > the cumulative bullshit you cats are so eager to dish out? > > as for DEMF, its free to get in, and free to get out. I > suggest if you are displeased with it, either dont go, or > leave... more room for the people that are there for the > music, not to say they went to demf all 3 years. > > is this where some of you try to guess my color? I would > bet you have already, after reading the above. > > --- > > this is my opinion. I welcome yours. > > -Joe > _ns_ > > > > > > > > Uh No the DEMF was not a Detroit clique thing and even if > it was it is called > the DETROIT ELECTRONIC MUSIC FESTIVAL. > > you must be a person living outside of the us or in the us > in a white skin > and ignorant of history. > > UR and Atkins are pioneers of this music and get no respect > from the business > end. > > why should Elvis or Eminem make more money and get more > credibility than Ike > Turner or Redman??? > > Because in AMerica white people doing Black art is always > seen as a > marvel....... > > Look at NYSYNC and the list goes on. Look at Black rock > group Fishbone. Are > you telling me they are good enough to get paid. > > > The point is this; the people who run the business are full > of isms that > determine who gets the spotlight. > > No one is denying anyone their right to listen to what they > want but don't > forget the history. > > I spoke with a Black rocker in NYC and he told me that many > A & R men didn't > know what to do with Black guys playing soulful rock music. > > The record executive behind Digable Planets told them they > were not hard > translate "black enough" for hip-hop. > > So Juan is in the same position...... > > I don't have time to break this down anymore but Juan is > not crying he's > simply commenting on the truth; the music business is run > by a bunch of > culturally biased and/or ignorant people who have definite > ideas about the > value of the music based on their racist crap. > > if anyone does not understand where I'm coming from I will > make one more post > I don't have a lot of time to keep repeating this tired > story. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
