I admit not to be the hugest fan, but has NC actullay released a tune without vocals?
----- Original Message ----- From: Mann, Ravinder [CCS] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Giles Dickerson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 04, 2002 11:33 AM Subject: RE: [313] Marketinbg techno + house to the masses > Robin said > " > i used to think that too but people like norman cook (fat boy slim) and > the chemical brothers are hugely popular over here (UK) and over there > too and a lot of their records don't have vocals as such on them. > > does this mean that people have 'got over' the need for a vocal to latch > the minds on? i don't really have an answer. > " > > There was a TV program that explored this issue. It argued that in the information age > we are exposed to more and more tonal frequencies and that these tones alone > are able to rouse certain emotions. The need for vocals is reduced as soundscape artists > seek to move us emotionly by tones in ever more complex ways. Interesting area... > something that techno has always understood. Waveform transmitions... > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: robin pinning [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 6:45 PM > > To: Giles Dickerson > > Cc: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [313] Marketinbg techno + house to the masses > > > > > > > I think a huge part of why the attempts to marklet house and techno on > > >a large scale have failed is because there is no one singing (sure > > >occasionally there is) but there's no one there dancing singing to make a > > >video of, talking to the audience. Popular music has melodies that are > > >easily remembered and have lyrics than be sung along to. I'm guessing > > >thet's the huge appeal the house and techno are often missing. > > > > i used to think that too but people like norman cook (fat boy slim) and > > the chemical brothers are hugely popular over here (UK) and over there > > too and a lot of their records don't have vocals as such on them. > > > > does this mean that people have 'got over' the need for a vocal to latch > > the minds on? i don't really have an answer. > > > > i also suspect that the marketing problem we are talking about here is a > > lot more acute in the states. vocal-less (and, as it happens, soul-less) > > records regularly make the top ten over here now. perhaps this suggests > > the problem also lies with radio stations too. bbc radio one (the most > > listened to station by young people over here) plays a huge range of music > > and doesn't stick to one particular type as a lot of stations over there > > do. > > > > > > > > robin.. > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
