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>but how did the hip-hop heads hear it? obviously there's some
sort of
>'trend' leading them to discover this music.
from hearing me and other deejays playing the records in the first
place. the guy who owns the shop is a massive hiphop head and
loves his native tongues era stuff as well as many other kinds of
music. hes into some house, but now he buys just about every
mahogani or andres record that comes in. its a matter of the guy
hearing the music without anything attatched to it.
>you seem to be very fond of subdividing people. i walk into a
party and
>see a bunch of people who are there to enjoy whatever music is
being
>played at that party. You seem to walk in a break them down into
little
>categories to which you obviously attach judgement values to.
i dont see why its a bad thing to be aware of trends and
advertising. some music gets popular because theres money behind
it. some gets popular because its just that good. most has a
little bit of both mixed in there in varying amounts. kompakt has
existed for how long? and just now everyone is getting into it?
the motives seem questionable to me. music writers are always
looking for that "next big thing" to latch onto before everyone
else. it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy when thats what gets
covered so thats what people gravitate towards.
all im saying is that in alot of cases people like music for many
reasons that ARENT how good the music is. you cant honestly argue
that point, but it really seems like you want to.
tom
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