Oooh I feel the heat ... potential flame war but I just HAD to respond to
this one....
>
>I just wish the band would stop going for the big name remixers in hope that
>it will generate more club-cred or sales or whatever they use to let it
>tilt their decisions. Another example that came about recently was the whole
>Trouser
>Enthusiests drama. Now SS were the only party involved (from what I have
>heard on the list - which can,t always be taken as gospell) that were
>actually doing what they had to do - in covering the TE fee by releasing
>x-amount of copy,s. Now even that sounds like another remixer (or most
>probably their greedy agent) more worried about getting their fee than
>producing a remix that they are proud of. There are a lot of very talented
>remixers and artists out their that are not big names - but have what it
>takes (passion, pride and respect) to give these already great tracks, that
>extra special twist. It,s getting too overlooked lately (the quality verses
>the big name mix) - and we should all take a step back and look at how much
>the remixing side of this industry affects our daily listening and overall
>enjoyment level of the genre.
>
First off, I totally agree with your sentiments about there being a lot of
good mixers out there with little or no recognition...and some very big
name ones who couldn't give a f***. But this has always been the case, and
not just in music. Name me an area of life where there isn't a group of
people out of the limelight working hard, doing good stuff and not getting
respect for it (ok so maybe politics is an exception...). It is an
unfortunate fact of life that only some people get famous, and it's often a
case of luck rather than outstanding talent. It's also a fact that if you
want to sell a dance record these days having a big name or two on the
sleeve really helps. But certainly in the case you mention this was not
anything to do with it. The plain fact of the matter is that no-one at SSHQ
had ever heard of the TE until I mentioned it to John and played him a
couple of their PSB mixes, suggesting he gets them to do a mix or two. 2
months or so later he calls me up excitedly sounding like he'd had a
religous (or possibly sexual!) experience. Turns out he sent them a couple
of tapes not expecting much...a quote from the first time he played it to
me - "THIS is why I love dance music...this is what I do it all for". I
love the TE mix, but more importantly everyone involved loves it, everyone
I know who's ever heard it loves it...the important point is they were not
hired for their name.
Now remixing is not a very profitable business, and TE are not very well
off at the moment (I heard they were half way through building a new studio
and had to stop for lack of cash...leaving them doing remixes for anyone
and everyone to pay the bills). It was basically a matter of principle on
the part of SS that these guys should get paid for their work. The amount
involved was not much, and I think it's important that your 'cut-throat'
image of the music industry doesn't get in the way of the fact that these
guys probably spent a week or so on this project and deserve money for it!
On a lighter note....just how broke must a remixer be to agree to have
their name on a Bryan Adam's record?? :-)
Screeming to the millenium...
Adam.
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