Dance music is already mainstream in America, the problem with techno is it had it's 15 minutes of fame in the early 90's. This is how artist like Moby established a name for himself with major label support. Jaguar had a chance to blow up in the late 90's but DJ Rolando chose to stay underground.
"b) gains a large enough audience to support events in places other than major cities." This has never been the case for most US major cities. on 5/5/03 10:45 AM, Kent williams at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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.
