On the "music doesn't sell as much as it used to..." tip - I've read that while record sales are going down, tickets for concerts are going up very fast... Is it the same in the US and Australia as well, or just some European cultural exception ? Gwendal
-----Message d'origine----- De : Cyclone Wehner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyé : Wednesday, October 06, 2004 6:19 PM À : 313 Detroit Objet : Re: (313) Is this the new Swayzak sound? Music isn't selling as it used to, period. The market is in transition and no one knows where it's heading. I think it's some kind of technological revolution that we don't completely understand as of yet. There does seem to be a trend for underground acts to set themselves up as bands, get a singer, and make something more organic, perhaps less 'faceless'. I don't think it's necessarily cynical as after all most grew up with bands like Depeche Mode or whatever (many techno types here are old goths, weirdly, who are rediscovering their love of bands like The Cure) and that's a genuine avenue of exploration for a maturing producer. But at the same time I hear a lot of tracks with vocals, not songs, and when the music is like that it's not especially memorable, doesn't stand out, doesn't click. I'm not sure what I'm trying to say - I'm not a slave to pop structures, but... I think Technasia make brilliant techno 'songs' with hooks and the vocals and everything - superb. The songs with Charles Siegling and their instrumentals are first-rate. I am sure with a different marketing strategy (and some money for videos, ha ha) they could have become a techno Daft Punk without changing their music at all.
