my email acct just ate my long reply to this. argh. anyway, i
conceded your point about kompakt working hard to achieve a new
audience, but i simply dont think that is the only reason for
their popularity. we'll remember this thread and 2 years from now
when kompakt shows dont draw 400 much less 1400 people in nyc ill
find it in the archives and prove my point ; )
tom
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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 16:20:30 -0500 (EST)
>
>>
>> >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.
>
>and how many nyc 'hipsters' got into the music because they went
into
>Othermusic and heard some playing on the in-store system. Or
heard it from
>friends. And why are magazines an automatic bad thing. You act as
though
>this type of techno is being played on mainstream media. The fact
is, any
>person who makes it their business to seek out music that is off
the
>mainstream radar deserves our welcome.
>
>
>>
>> >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.
>
>for music to gain a foothold, must reach a critical mass. i'd say
that
>after several years- kompakt has achieved that critical mass. i
would also
>say that their style has evolved away from the glut of minimal
music in
>the late 90's into its own sort of sub-style that lots of people
find
>appealing. furthermore, in the past year or so, kompakt has made a
>concerted effort to reach out to the american audience via
touring and
>distribution and advertising- the same way any music 'breaks'
into new
>audiences.
>
>they are a completely independant business that has networked
through
>like-minded individuals world wide and have, as a result,
achieved a more
>visible profile. that is grassroots at its finest. what more do
you want?
>
>
>>
>> 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.
>
>i will argue the point that the way someone enters into a music
is nowhere
>near as important as what they do once they get there. and not
every fan
>is required to commit whole-heartedly to a lifelong interest in a
>particular type of music. the only thing i require from someone
who is
>interested in the sort of music i am personally engage with is
that they
>pay their cover charge (a nessecity for things like venue, sound,
flights
>and all the real world stuff), that they enjoy themselves and the
music
>once they are present, and that they tell their friends about the
good
>time they had the following monday.
>
>
>
>
>> tom
>>
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