and truth be told, a lot of electronic music is released without the artist making much of anything off the record/CD sales. its kinda a prerequisite to doing better live shows, which is where the money (if any) is.
----- Original Message ----- From: "techno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 5:11 PM Subject: Re: (313) Moby > on 12/15/02 9:48 AM, Adam Haupt at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Are there any black techno people out that there make crappy rocktronica for > > the masses and possess marketable qualities at the same time? > > Why cant a Carl Craig or Cajmere character achieve pop music stardom? > > > Will Smith is black, but at the same time he is extremely marketable to a > > majority of people. > > Will Smith?! > what does he have to do with techno? > > on 12/15/02 11:52 AM, Cyclone Wehner at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > There's the Neptunes - NERD - and Chad Hugo knows his techno and house and > > it's evidently an influence. Timbaland. And if Missy's Work It ain't a > > techno/electro record, I don't know what is?? > > That new Snoop single From Tha Chuuuch To Da Palace has a techno feel.\ > > Cyclone you live in Australia. > > > Anyway, you can't always use record sales as a baromoter since not every one > > who would go to - and enjoy - a Mills DJ gig would buy a record of his..... > > I think this is something the wider music industry has yet to come to terms > > with, other ways to measure success. How many people per year would hear > > Mills DJ? > > > > Not sure if any of that made sense. > > Jeff Mills can only sell out a hand full a good sized venues in select US > cities, Paul Okenfold on the other hand can go on a fifty state tour and > easily sell out each venue. >
