i think it comes down to the fact that pop acts *individually* are separated from the common person level and our small industries: shania twain, puff daddy, backstreet boys, etc--each one of these acts is like a business onto themselves: they've got their own pr people, handlers, hairdressers, trainers, etc, etc, etc, literally hundreds of people that work directly with them. 313 "stars" such as theorem and aril brikha are humans, down to earth people just like us (ie. they're not "superstars" with huge entourages) in that they have dayjobs, BUT they're also extremely talented in the music department and thus creating music we love. a backstreet boy is a backstreet boy 24/7, for example. he don't go to no dayjob and *then* be a backstreet boy in his free time, he don't have to do his laundry, mow the lawn, pay any bills, etc. whereas someone like dale "theorem" lawrence, *has* a dayjob, does all the life things on his own (laundry, dishes, rent paying, etc) and does his wonderful music in his *spare time*. he's on the same level as us, not separated by many many layers like pop stars. so it's two different worlds. just as pop stars are "larger than life" and about as unreal as you can get (look at shania twain for example, there's tons of women doing country music and any *one* of them could have turned into a "phenomenon" like here, BUT it's not going to happen to more than one or two country musicians, so going from obscurity to shania twain status is akin to winning the lottery in the music industry), whereas "our" 313 "stars" are *very* real and very human. and they are where they are because of TALENT, and not because they've been prefabricated, beeen created to "fill a niche", "cater to a audience", etc. next time you're doing your laundry yourself, think, "hey, dale lawrence and aril brikha also do their own laundry". you know shania twain, the backstreet boys, puff daddy, et al ain't doing their own laundry! andrew duke :) Dave Clark wrote:
> Ok I have a question. > > I know you're all probably sick of hearing the m word, but anyway, > why do you suppose it is, that in our broad music spectrum, just > about all of the artists are approachable, friendly, good to talk to, > and generally avoid acting like superstars, say as opposed to > some commercial act who go around acting like they're king of the > roost. I mean, here we are, listening to music from theorem, aril > brikha etc etc and then we go to our computers and we can > converse with them. Does this happen with any (or many) other > forms of music, or any other type of performers like actors? Not > that I know of. > > And why is it that hardly any of the artists arouse the same > amount of passion (both positive and negative) as jeff mills? Why > aren't people sick of hearing about, say Juan Atkins? I'm curious. > > Dave > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- Cognition/Andrew Duke's In The Mix mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://techno.ca/cognition 1096 Queen St #123 Halifax NS Canada B3H 2R9
