Hello there, right before your weekend starts, Id like to go back to the post from John 00 Fleming that came to my attention yesterday and that completely made sense to me. I would like to develop and give my opinion and conclusions, not based on todays scene only, but also compared to 40 years ago when electronic music was born and 20 years ago when club music really emerged. Id like you to have a look at how the music is made in the 3 cases and youll make yourself your opinion. Im just trying to give my 2 cents here as for what went wrong. Back in the 70s electronic music wasnt being produced most of the time, it was being PLAYED live and recorded to tape, eventually layered and several takes edited. The most emblematic artists to name a few were Jean-Michel Jarre of course, and also Klaus Schulze to name just a few. You have to see how this music was made with 0,001% of the technology we can use today. https://youtube/watch?v=BUCYq2qLxJc is a perfect example of what Im talking about. Of course you might not like the music, but at least you get the idea. Sequencers were just an aid to get everything backing your playing in sync. Almost 20 years on and look at Derrick May and Carl Craig https://youtube/watch?v=HE8x4EZgOos playing Strings Of Life. You see what I can see? Those guys dont pretend to be keyboard wizards either but at least they are playing a few parts on top of sequenced ones. Techno was an improvement, a democratization of electronic music and those two pioneers deserve their credit today. In the same period you have people like Underworld and Orbital pushing the envelope and bringing EXACTLY what the masses needed to see at festivals. August 2014. What can you see today headlining not only your festivals but your clubs, your homes? Djs who not only demand a quarter millions us$ for faking it when performing, but on top of that put their names on records they havent even played a single note for, and the latter been the norm for almost 2 decades, and believe me if I tell you I know what Im talking about, witnessing many MANY things in the lines. But Im not here to rant, so I wont talk about it. We let those people take an empty seat after all! Whats absolutely shocking is the way records are made in comparison with traditional bands and artists. The music is completely sequenced, programmed. Its not about the content and the vibe but about the sickest drop, sound that you, as in the artist, even cant play in front of an audience with your keyboard, because of those factors: 1) your parents didnt learn you how to outdo yourself. 2) you are scared of being ridiculous 3) event promoters today are scared of electronic musicians playing live. Which leads to my observation which is just personal after all. What I see now is that on one hand Electronic music has been evolving, and Im so glad we have this wonderful technology that helps us pushing forward. On the other hand it partly lost its credibility because the masses praised the djs filling an empty space called stardom and not the humble performers like you and me who should have been a bit less lazy. I admit Ive been very VERY lazy myself. Well always need the trophy holders. Theyve always been around and they will always be. What I want to see emerge now, is a scene full of solutions so we get out of this vicious circle of immobility into the world of electronic music compared to the technology around thats truly GROUNDBREAKING. I have decided myself to go back to where it should start: education, educating myself first and then feed the others. And soon you will see the very first steps of mine in that area. My conclusion to this (incredibly long, sorry about that) post can be as follows: 1) I think Ive spent enough time being too lazy and most people should think the same about themselves. If we want movement, we have to become that movement. 2) Enough blaming the fake superstars. Theyre around because theyve done an incredible job at showing off what people like you and I should have done, theyve come a long way and deserve all the credit for that. 3) Dont be afraid anymore of who you are and do your stuff with passion. Ill start with myself. Ill do a ton of dj sets, dj compilations because theyre great to make and Ill make them with a ton of humility on top. Im not taking any pride of good dj sets. But theres something big into my head, something Ill be very proud presenting you one of these days, and that Ill develop in parallel. If Im doing right, the rest of the people will follow, and that will be the turning point of our scene again, for my biggest pleasure. 4) And the most important: Ill stop relying on others too often and show them the way to go instead. Listening to how a company such as Spectrasonics has started its business was a revelation to me, the perfect example of humility and pride mixed together, with as a single cause the success of a very humble and passionate group of sound designers. So you see my friends, we always have something to learn from others. Lets outdo ourselves for good, show that we can do things in a better way, share our passion without overcharging for it, and well have a much better future ahead of us. Just the two cents about someone whos not scared about the future but simply feels involved, every single day. Many hugs to the all of you who will give a bit of interest to this immensely long post.
Posted on: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 12:31:18 +0000
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