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You can make your own inferences. Vince Woolums AOL IM: vincewoolums http://bnsrecords.gemm.com http://www.recordcollectorinc.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Jayson B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 12:58 PM Subject: RE: [313]Regarding Business > > >Yes I have been reading all this bullshit about what I said or didn't >say > >in my interview with xlr8r > > I'm glad to see that you're reading all this. it amazes me sometimes how > many high profile people are on this list and actively reading it. > > I'll still continue to speak my mind on you or anyone else who puts their > profile out for public display. When you have the fame to have a magazine > ask for a interview, you should expect people to speak their mind on what > you've said. I can't STAND IT when people tell me, "stopping talking about > dj x, he's not here to defend himself." Of COURSE he's not here to reply, > he's a dj. He's busy doing dj things. The fact of the matter is, when you > choose to make yourself a public figure, *expect* the public to make and > voice their opinion about you. In my humble opinion (and since i'm > semi-jealously not in your position, i may not have much room to talk), if i > was in the high profile position of being able to make my music daily > without the need of another job, and having people contact ME for a gig > instead of the other way around, i would do one of two things with the > comments that a little techno producer on a web list is making: > > 1. ignore them completely if they pissed me off. > or > 2. take them to heart, and see if there is some validity to them. > > You are in the public eye. You are an icon to hundreds of thousands of > people all over the world. You have the ability to pracically walk into any > club in the world and tell THEM that you're spinning that night, for the > mere fact that you are juan atkins. People simply will talk about you, and > that doesn't make them playa haters. that makes me someone with an opinion. > > > >1) I did not go into xlr8r and hold a gun to the editor's head and >make > >them interview me or put me on the cover, contrary to the haters > > never said that. Like i said, being the great producer that you are, you > have the fantastic ability of people chasing after you for an interview. > and so you chose to put your opinion in a big spread in a magazine, which > then entitles me to speak my opinion in response as well. > > > >Apparently, I must be currently doing, and/or > >saying something of some status/substance to warrant a recent cover >story > >on their mag. > > Wouldn't disagree with this whatsoever. you *are* juan atkins, and i > certainly am not. > > > >3)Since when did a coupla new jack playa haters (Poivrenoir,Yussel,& > > >Jayson B,etc.) become the authority on this list as to who is in or >out > >of touch with Detroit ? > > hehe. new jack playa haters. I have a my newest song's title now. > > Pretending to be an authority and stating an opinion are two different > things juan. > > > >or that Oakee or Digweed are so commercially viable. > > > they are commercially viable. that's why oaktree has commercials on mtv, > and does all those faboo remixes for the popstars. > > but you have more integrity than that right? or is it the fact that you are > black, they are white, and if you were white you'd be doing all the things > they do? All this time I though juan atkins was an artist, making fantastic > music and (when you showed up for a gig) putting on great dj performances, > and that juan atkins had more pride in his music than the sellout > cheeseballs. was i wrong? > > > >I can't recall hearing any of their records (that they actually made) >on > >the radio ? Maybe I'm wrong ? someone please correct me if I am. > > > ok, maybe i am getting confused, and i'd love some clarification. What *is* > your stance on commercial music? do you feel that they although they cater > to the masses, that you do it better? or do you feel that you simply write > a better form of music, even though its obviously not as accessable to the > mainstream? > > >4) And please give me credit > > > I'll give you credit till i'm blue in the face. I've said it a billion > times in this email; you *are* juan atkins, and that means a fuckload more > than being jayson b to the entire world of electronic music. but i'll still > speak my mind about you. that won't change. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
