----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Thomas D. Cox, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 8:05 PM Subject: RE: (313) Marketing and music taste
> One the one hand, I'm jealous that these kids have the open mind to > everything musically AND the inclination to dance (when I discovered dance > music, I had to make a serious choice between my new raving interest and > my old indie friends- it sucked). But, at the same time I feel a bit > dsorry for them that their generations music/fashion is entirely based on > past movements. There's nothing for these kids that can be all > encompassing and revolutionary and fresh and new, like dance music was for > so many of us. It must suck to feel like everything cool in your youth is > actualy a hand-me-down. Like Tom said, it's totally a continuum. When I got into electronic music around '91, I was keenly aware how much I was missing and how much had already passed me by. The more I learn about the history of it, the more I recognize how much I've totally missed. I watched a video of UK 'Energy' raves from '89 the other night, and the music was utter cack, but the excitement and novelty of it all seemed so compelling. '89 wasn't long before I first heard my first tape of an L.A. rave, or before I discovered 'This is the New Beat', both of which really opened my eyes. Was it something new then though? So much immense stuff had already transpired. Think of all the Music Institute, Music Box and Warehouse stuff I totally missed, or go back further to disco, or early electro, or the birth of hip hop or whatever. The timeline is really fluid, but because the entry point is rarely at a *very* young age, it always seems like something new when we first experience it. As we learn more, we learn what we've missed, so I doubt todays youf think they've missed it all. Only if they start to explore it in any depth will they realise that it's been around for a while. Tristan ======= http://www.phonopsia.co.uk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
