I would just like to see techno to have enough awareness and support among the general populace that it's a) taken seriously as a musical form b) gains a large enough audience to support events in places other than major cities.
Not only has techno never really entered the pop music scene in the US, techno and dance music seems to be dying on the vine out here in the hinterlands. A couple of years ago we could bring out prominent Detroit and Chicago artists and not lose our shirts. No more. I don't think Iowa is unique, either. Factors like the putrid state of the US Economy, Anti-rave laws, changing tastes, have made it harder to find an audience for the music. On Mon, 5 May 2003, Darren Longton (Marketing) wrote: > ooooo....don't think that'll go over well with the heads in detroit. > Don't want to get into the whole elitism thing again, but....guess heads > will have to except that our "underground scene" will eventually be a > POP-MTV-CEO controlled genre....if it becomes the next hip hop. I > mean...I LOVE hiphop...but it's getting a little too...well...MTV!!
