One good thing about mainstreaming of techno in America could be that Planet E, or Trnasmat could get as powerful as some of their European underground counterparts. To my knowledge, most Planet E 12"s are not distributed outside the US, but some European labels are stable enough to do this. If more underground American labels can sustain a larger customer base, it may be easier to obtain that music in Europe, and the scene would be that much more global. Just thinking out loud, but it makes sense to me. The DJs who travel are opperating on a global level, it would be nice to make it easier and cheaper for DJs who don't travel and Joe consumer to have this kind of cheap access. I think one huge unified undergound community, where everyone has access to the same music at the same price is a good goal to attain to. No quality compromise involved, just better distrobution.
Tristan --- Peter B Leidy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > me in the first place. i've always thought of the > people involved in the > > music to be intelligent enough to circumvent this > whole entire system. > who > > needs them? with the technology and communication > that is at eveyones > > disposal, the big money has no power or at least > not as much power as it > had > > > > a lot of people can rationalize actions for money - > i dont see juans track > in the ford commercial as selling out per se, but as > more and more people > take similar deals, i'm sure a bit of the scene will > cross-over into > mainstream culture. its hard to maintain a scene > like this entirely > independant of the capitalist mainstream at large > when youre still living > in that capitalist society. I dont want to be rich > and famous, but I'd at > least like a reliable car, a decent pad, and some > nice furniture, and i > know i'm not gonna get that from djing for free or > selling 500 records. > thats why i have a day job. but for those that > dedicate their entire life > to the scene- you either have to be willing to > sacrifice a helluva lot > (i remember TP mentioning living in his car for a > year or something), or > be willing to take the occasional deal from the > mainstream industry. > > i think the people at the heart of this scene are > aware and discerning > enough that these sorts of decisions to be made will > be made in the > interest of keeping the scene self-supported. it > seems that most people > either have day jobs- or are very hard workers, and > only give in to > mainstream publicity on fairly rare occurances. > hooray for techno :) > > ps- i know my views are very slanted to american > culture- i've never even > been to europe- and theres a whole new can o' worms > as mainstream and > dance culture are already intertwined over there, > but i'm sure theres > still the 'real' underground that will stay true to > itself w/in any > society thats heavily reliant on capitalism.. > > pps- sorry to those getting sick of this thread - > but this is something i > think about a lot - the whole mainstream/underground > dichotomy and how it > works - how they can get the most out of each other > w/out the > uncontrolable mainstream crushing the fragile > underground scene. its a > rather complex matter and inevitably controls the > much of the future for > the scene's existence as we know it. and i dont even > make/sell records > (yet), i'm sure all you producers/store-owners/etc. > are thinking about > this a lot more than i am (or at least you should > be). > > p > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one Place. http://shopping.yahoo.com/
