here is something i was asked to post to the 313 list.......
---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: FW: EAR techno declaration of an EU boycott and an END TOEUROPEAN insourcing of TECHNO MUSIC From: "Mani Miglani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, September 30, 2004 5:52 pm To: "Carrie Miglani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: EAR techno declaration of an EU boycott and an END TO EUROPEAN insourcing of TECHNO MUSIC The year 2004 has been an eye-opening one for myself and the obS/ EAR collective. For 28 years of my life I have always looked outward when it came to many aspects of my existence (my cultural identity, even appreciation from others and my choices in music). For a long time obS/EAR existed as an entity which assisted in marketing EU artists and beyond into the US. However, a trip to India (my cultural homeland) after a 19 year absence, a trip to Detroit - one of techno's homelands to visit with Mike Banks, Murat's visit of the Chicago offices, the Parental Advisory tour that ended in Bigfork Minnesota, the Advent West Coast Tour with Murat, Tetric, SOG, Twonz and Man Dude Bryan along with a few other events that included spiritual places and books - I have decided to make a major change in the way EAR considers techno music from here on as an individual organization and collective of artists. I have decided that I am going to begin looking inward. This means that this collective of artists will remain tied to the American scene and American DJs as it is our artists who need the assistance, the monetary funds and even the recognition that is deserved and lacking. I cannot sit by any longer and watch what was created here in the States get redone and sold back to us at import prices. Yet, we have made an exception with two artists: The Advent and Steve Rachmad as they have shown their respect to the American sound and to the scenes in Chicago and Detroit respectively, while also pioneering their own sounds and even actually helping the American scene and its artists. Below is the current EAR Roster with a few purposeful omissions, as I have not yet been able to talk over the changes with some of the non-exclusive current members of E.A.R. (the artists you can book direct through themselves anyway). E.A.R. CURRENT ROSTER (12 acts) Manish Miglani... aka dj mani... Chicago, USA via New Delhi, India Murat... New Jersey via Istambul, Turkey The Advent... London, UK via Madiera, Portugal G Flame... London, UK via Madiera, Portugal Steve Rachmad... Amsterdam, Holland via Surinam, a Dutch colony SOG... Portland, Oregon Tetsuji Miwa... Portland, Oregon via Nagoya, Japan Magda... Berlin, Germany via Detroit, USA Twonz... Detroit, USA Mike Huckaby... Detroit, USA Mike Dearborn... Chicago, USA Robin Porter... Los Angeles, USA via London, UK The new website to be posted soon will accurately and definitively reflect our technology initiative through the obS Productions Inc. and our now US-centric aims in marketing American Techno Music, or the soon to be not-for-profit E.A.R./ Are You Techno? Collective. Most importantly, special thanks to my family in Chicago ILLINOIS, Bowling Green, KENTUCKY, Big Fork, MINNESOTA, New Delhi and Gaziabad, INDIA, and others in my immediate family. In addition, major respect and gratitude to Cisco Ferreira, Murat, Tetsuji Miwa, SOG and Mike Banks from UR for helping me en-lighten myself and guiding me on a path I must follow. Lastly, I depart with this. Why is that the USA is up in arms when technology jobs are outsourced to India and China, yet not at all DISGUSTED when the European magazines and scene come into our scenes demanding huge fees and arriving with difficult attitudes, resulting to a trend of the US getting InSourced...? How many US artists do you know with day jobs, more talent than the the headliner flown in on business class, yet that same cat plays his/her heart out for a few measly bucks after working a full time work week and has to watch a premadonna global talent get paid tens of thousands and refuse to play a minute longer than the contract. It is not proper and I am personally making a stand with my collective of artists... Peace Namaste Love and Respect If you feel the same way, contact me and drop me a line or two. Manish Miglani aka dj mani ------ End of Forwarded Message
