I believe the age thing is a big factor. Which is why I was so focused on the misguided marketing or promoting of techno. I think I would be safe to say that most electronic music is marketed towards a 25 and under crowd,,,,i.e. dance night clubs, raves, bars, small records stores, cliché' magazines,,etc. But for most larger cities and small cities the 25 to 40 crowd is the largest in population demographic.
Come on we have to be honest, once we hit 30 it's hard to make it to these late night events with all of our other responsibilites. I'm starting to promote my live P.a.'s to Daytime,weekend festivals, Gallery Crawls,Park festivals, Car shows, Electronics or computer events, etc. and I'm getting way better response not to mention better pay. WAY more people actually buy c.d's and ask for contact information. The music at these events are usually reserved for Rock/top 40 or even some hip-hop. After getting booked I asked why aren't more electronic music being showcased and the event coordinator would state simply,,, "No one from that music approaches me". For 25 years techno in america has been marketed to a demographic that's getting smaller and smaller and more divided. Of the number of 25 and under group, most are into hip-hop and top 40 and the rest are even more divided now days between the plethora of sub-genres within electronic music. Our techno shows very rarely pull progressive house heads or d-n-b crowds and vice-versa. An come to think of it, Even within 25 and under crowds we're poorly marketed. How many 18 year old non d.j.'s actually buy vinyl? Why is it that in almost every University sponsered event electronic music is missing in action with the exception of the occasional big name trance d.j. hear and there.? How do we expect for american, electronic music culture to grow, when our music is only expose to such a small portion of the population. I guess I'm ranting now, but a bunch of us down here in the south have been discussing this very thing. -----Original Message----- From: robin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 4:54 AM To: 313 Org Subject: Re: (313) Electronic music culture in America > >> when i first got on this list i was in my mid twenties with the world >> in front of me. >> now i'm in my mid thirties with a growing family that keeps on >> growing. >> much harder to go clubbing. > > > Good point, how much of it is due to age? we had a discussion with a slightly different focus last year about this. there was a thread that asked for anyone under the age of 25 on this list to pipe up. i think there was one person. i think the rubbishing of things like electroclash on here might be an age thing, for example. robin...
