Definitely, it SHOULD be about art. I respect Jeff Mills' ideas and his tunes, yeah, part of his vision. Possibly not part of mine, I buy all off his stuff but I never put it in the mix (maybe I'm just stupid:).
He's always been a bit of a maverick though. Ever since he was with UR. Personally, I dont feel the same way about your definition of art. I think art, in essence, is about the enjotment value. People go to art galleries to enjoy themselves and people buy CD's for the enjoyment value. People don't buy art for art's sake. It's like minimal art, some ppl appreciate a blank white wall as artistic and clever. Give me De Vinci any day... Dj Pacific:) --- Joseph Ross Lynn IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is about art. Not stardom. > Jeff Mills is an artist. > his vision is his vision, and the reason he is so > well known and respected is > because his vision resonates so strongly with so > many of us. I think he is > trying to be true to himself, not get his face on > MTV. > Art is about a new perspective. Art that serves its > function shows us a way of > looking at things that we hadn't known before, or > sometimes it defines what > could previously only be hinted at. > It is still his vision, but maybe it jusn't mesh as > well with yours. Or maybe > (gasp!) you might have to put a little effort and > attention into his art in > order to try to understand. > > J. > > > > > > > I wasn't having a go at Mills. His skill and > ingenuity > > has had a huge influence on techno and dance music > as > > a whole. What I'm saying is, plenty of ppl have > access > > to production equipment these days and the > dj/producer > > is becoming more and more common. Anyone, can be > > innovative, but the truely innovative producers > today > > aren't the ppl that are getting the respect. Mills > has > > been a lot better in the past. > > > > Concerning pushing the boundaries forward, I > s'pose > > music is about the feel, not necessarily technical > > skill. It's more about the ingenuity of it's > creator. > > A lot of reviewers give tunes respect e.g. because > > they've used a full orchestra instead of sampled > > strings and stuff... which is good, but it doesn't > > always work. I think a lot of this experimental > stuff > > is a load of parp. Few 'experimental' tunes > actually > > push the boundaries forward. However, a lot of big > > names are getting respect for stuff that I could > throw > > together... (I'm not so good by the way...:). How > do > > they get away with that? Does that mean that once > > you're famous you don't have to try anymore? > > > > Dj Pacific:) > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > > http://im.yahoo.com > > > > > -- > Knecht > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
