ooops: that should have read "pop acts... *are* small industries..." and not *our* small industries. andrew duke
Andrew Duke wrote: > 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 -- Cognition/Andrew Duke's In The Mix mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://techno.ca/cognition 1096 Queen St #123 Halifax NS Canada B3H 2R9
