----------------------------------------> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: [email protected]> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 10:45:54 -0500> Subject: Re: (313) have we run out of reality?>>>> Its a complex chain of affairs .. but is the artist the person who>> records the record>> or the person who builds the sound system? Or is it the Dj who>> plays the record>> or the Engineer who tunes the system and the frequencies that you hear.>> It's all of them - if they do it right. Problem is, few good sound system> designers exist.> Raves have been a black hole of good sound system design. Line up a bunch> of speakers into a single wall and blast it as loud as you can has been the> rave motto for ages.>>> Our societies have ways of isolating these roles and giving one> moreimportance>> over the other .. but if one role can't exist with out the other ..>> which is really>> more important.>> eh? I think those that know speak of all of the "legendary"> DJs/engineer/sound system designers in the same breath. Where would Larry> Levan be without Richard Long? Nicky Siano and David Mancuso without Alex> Rosner?>> See, the BIG problem is the entire rave culture was outside of the original> DJ nightclub thing (especially the legendary NYC gay nightclubs). I've> argued countless times with local raves who just Do Not Get It. They tell> me lasers and other bs are just as important as a sound system which is> complete bull crap. They don't understand the importance of sound and how> it translates into an experience that can send people into outerspace.>> Raves were disassociated from the discos and as a result you've had to deal> with people who don't get it. As far as I'm concerned they are two totally> different cultures with different histories with only occasional> cross-over. However, one does not translate well into the other. I see> more DJs from the disco world being asked to perform at raves than I see> rave DJs being asked to perform at the discos that know.>> MEK>>
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