My name is Pat. Iv'e been lurking here for a while now. I am a single mom
w. 2 kids & a house & a small business so I barely have time to read all my
e-mail never mind respond to everything I'm interested in...
Well, I'm an "older people" (46... I qualify, right?) & I must say, I would
not miss this musical FEAST for anything! I felt like I waited my whole
life for the phenomenon of "raves" too. I LOVE to dance & I love good music
& I never want it to stop! I've hunted down good books, good music & just
generally good stuff my whole life.
My kids (16 & 19) don't go to raves or really like techno/electronic the
way I do. I was always into the music more for the sake of the music rather
than to represent my generation or anything else about me when I was young.
I was actually a bit shocked when I realized that most of my friends were
not listening to the music the same way that I was.
I think that the world of music has changed SO much since I was a kid. I am
pleased to see power slip away from the big corps', as long as the artists
survive (& hopefully thrive).
I just want to say that I am stunned by the quality & variety & abundance
of really good music these days, most of that in the techno vein, it seems.
It strikes me as a very pure "art" medium. Like other forms of design I
believe it very much respects, responds, interacts, honours & exploits our
biological makeup or "hardwiring" so I think that although it may be
commonly thought of by some as mechanical & removed from the "natural"
human experience I think it is very much the opposite of that in various
ways. I think this is kind of related to the turn-of-the century painters
who were studying the biology of colour & expressionist interest in
psychology or psychiatry, etc.. Wasn't there a thread recently about the
relationship of art with techno? What about "Tomato" & Underworld?
I do have a bit of trouble finding other people my age who are as
interested in this kind of music, so it looks like that's a bit rare. I
really do not believe that it is just "music for youth" as some people from
my generation seem to think. It is awesome music! & awesome music is for
everyone! There are no lyrics about "puppy luv" or first dates. (but that's
what a lot of folks my age are still listening to!???) It's not "immature"
or age-limited music just because younger people listen to it! I listen to
"everything" from industrial to dub & i always have. Due to the large
presence of techno music in my life I have a predominance of younger
friends & aquaintances, but I wouldn't mind meeting more older techno
friends. :) so where are they!!!?
Pat
>My Mom (over 50 but fighting) went and loved it while I was stuck in SF
>la bouche and other cheese dance pop, but loves house I have played,
>although she liked Rolando's Aztec Mystic mix the best. She also said she
>thought mdma sounded pretty neat after the reading the Time article a few
>weeks back. Parents just aren't the same as they used to be methinks.
>>On Sat, 24 Jun 2000 16:43:34 PDT, Diana Potts wrote:
>>
>> On the DEMF tip there were tons of "older" people getting down and loving
>> the music. Lots of parents of performers totally getting into the beats
and
>> vibe. It was so great to see...and lets not forget all the little kids
too
>> shakin their little legs.
>>
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