On Sat, 9 Dec 2000, Fahd Al Noor wrote: > > I still dont quite understand the statement "Techno came from Detroit" > very interesting concept..how things "come" from a place, out of the blue > and how people like to ignore everything that took place priorly > Nothing "comes" from a place..it is originated due to the influence of > something else, music genres dont come from a place, they originate from > other music styles, I hope you are not trying to tell me that blacks > "invented" music
Sarcastic--but accurate--response #1: Well...given that all people come from Africa, and that the first spiritual conceptions came from Africa as well...it wouldn't be absurd to argue that music was first created in Africa....and as the phenotype of the Central African is what we think of as "black"...then YES we ARE saying that blacks invented music. Sarcastic--but accurate--response #2: Music styles don't exist in and of themselves, but in specific times and places. Jazz for example has roots in both Africa AND America...but it is appropriate to say that the artform originated in America. Techno has roots in both America and Germany...but given that the term used to describe the artform comes from Juan Atkins, who also created music that can be subsumed under that label....then we can say the following: "We're just saying they invented TECHNO." ;)
