Neil, Adam, and rest, further response about the old days of rave.... So the white glove party is back eh? Yeah, the glostick thing was big over here for awhile too. I must confess... I was a parka and plastic pacifier wearing fiend during the time. Playing With Knives.....Praga Khan...OH THOSE WERE THE DAYS!!! It bites really... for all the actual great talent that 2Unlimited is/was, Get Ready For This (over here in the United States) was driven into the ground (heard it on radio, tv, commericals, movies, etc. etc. etc.) and did'nt reach it's big selling era till after it had already been out for a few years (the band had another album out by then). And to top it off, LA Style, who as you noted, had the same if not WAY MORE success over in Europe (and even attention in the United States)...just faded away over here. Rave could have been the next big big big thing.... something to straighten Mtv up and make it watchable again. I'd even settle for the whole Electronica bit to be the next big big big thing... (instead of having to catch up on the videos only when I get to go into a Gadzooks) I have found one way of getting that old rave style again though... it's a big ego headed thing (from America, what else!?! :-) ) because I'm composing/mixing/sampling the music myself... but I got into using Evolution's Dance Station hardware/software (www.dancestation.com) after trying my hand with Mixman Studio. Granted, this is not the real dj stuff... no 303 (but there is a program called Rebirth from Propellerhead software that in a way IS the 303 (and a couple others)) or high dollar sequencers... but along with a few cheap instruments lying around my house, some dj cds from Zero G... I've found that Evolution does a good job on providing the old simple beat happy rave sound. I've got a couple of really really good mixes under my belt thanks to that and thus another aspect of the area of free music begins.... Dave ********************************************************* You are being sent this message because you are subscribed to the Sunscreem Mailing List. For help send the message text: help to [EMAIL PROTECTED] *********************************************************
