how do you think techno would have ended up if every single person
interested in house moved to chicago permanently in the mid 80s
instead of staying home and doing their own thing? or what if all
the guys in chicago had moved to NYC to be around disco? so many
great things have come from remote cultural locations simply
BECAUSE people had to come up with some alternative instead of
just moving away.
i completely understand that point of view.
so, i've actually stayed put in cities where it's clear that the music
i play/promote wasn't being recieved as well as it could be. other ties
to those cities have meant that i can't move. so yeah u don't give up
and you and your friends keep plugging away. i's clear when you're in
that situation that it isn't ever gonna really take off.
if in that situation my main focus was the music (and not other things
in my life) i'd have moved away. a lot of US artists are in that
position at the moment and some have chosen Berlin for a variety of
reasons.
both approaches are cool tho, they are both born out of necessity.
there is nothing more disheartening than planning a party for
weeks and
not getting the turnout cos the people in the place your are in
are
into trance, acid-techno, or whatever.
believe me man, i know all about it. we had titonton play live
with a drummer and synths in januaray and basically nobody showed
up. that doesnt mean we give up, it means we have to work harder.
which is fine by me.
sometimes no amount of work is gonna make it happen tho.
it'd be like me being into country music and wanting to start something
in Manchester (UK)....it just ain't gonna happen.
ok bad anology mebbe but you might see where i'm coming from.
robin...
