> outside forces > ? there are a lot of kids who think Orgy wrote the song "Blue Monday", and while some might say - so what, music will speak for itself- this sort of misrepresentation to new audiences affects the growth potential of musical genres. this is a bit of an extreme example, and complicated because it enters the realm of mainstream pop. I consider Orgy outside the realm of electro/new wave, but they are a widespread representation of such music to a lot of kids.
perhaps "outside forces" is a poor choice of words- because unless you are a huge corporation- all the forces that determine your audience are going to be external, people cannot govern how others will react to their music- but its easier to keep the spirit of something alive when there are not people bastardizing it and deciding to capitalize on it for the sake of money, fame, kitsch, whatever. p ps- as you may notice- i'm not very wordly- my world consists of usa and sometimes canada- hope my references and viewpoints are understood/applicable elsewhere as well :) > > > > i don't understand why all the new-school electro-pop gets so much > > > criticism > > > but so much new-school jazz/house/breaks, broken-beat-type stuff passes > > > the > > > "quality" test. i know it all comes down to individual tastes, but it just > > > > I thought this was because new-school electro pop is crossing over to the > > indie rock crowd- and has all the makings of an indie rock fad, which in > > turn means that the fad will end and people will forget about it. > > > > While the broken beat movement has enjoyed the same fast growing > > popularity- the audience is still largely withing the techno-house-idm > > camp- so techno headz are not worrying about outside forces controlling > > the fate of this music. the only outside attention seems to be coming from > > r&b and jazz audiences, and it seems to be a bit more modest- i.e. - has > > not been turned into a standard formula song structure (at least not as > > much as the timbaland breakbeat formula :), has not suffered as many > > limited-pressing/status-symbol type releases to promote the hierarchic fad > > structure among audiences. Also broken-beat does not suffer the negative > > connotations of retro and nostalgia in the same way that electro does. > > > > i'm mostly critical of the electro-pop movement because i think there is a > > lot of quality electro/italo that is going to get lost in the sea of > > mediocre electro-pop, and will soon go unappreciated because people will > > be tired of all things electro. > > > > -p > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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]
