Music Losing It's Meaning

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And in fairness to the producer, that's not the only reason for this. He's done well financially, probably better than most. He's just gotten married and has a newborn so he wants to spend time with them atm.

Maybe its just a break, but we didnt get into that much detail.

Did you ask him if maybe the problem is that he's always been mediocre himself? I mean that quite seriously. The comment about how he'd write "big" tracks that would get "played for months" is kind of what hinted to that for me. The tracks that I, and others, considered huge from the days of past are still ones that manage to make it into my DJ sets when I do it, and are regular plays in my car or home, now well after a decade from being released.

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Did you ask him if maybe the problem is that he's always been mediocre himself? I mean that quite seriously. The comment about how he'd write "big" tracks that would get "played for months" is kind of what hinted to that for me. The tracks that I, and others, considered huge from the days of past are still ones that manage to make it into my DJ sets when I do it, and are regular plays in my car or home, now well after a decade from being released.

The guy is far from mediocre IMO. I don't follow any of his tech-trance releases but I think it's pretty safe to say that his tracks are played in frequently all over the globe. If it's really eating you up inside pm me and I'll let you know who it is and you can decide.
I just don't want to throw it out there as a big rumour because he wants to keep it hush hush. Maybe a few gigs here and there where he is going to be living but that's it.

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The guy is far from mediocre IMO. I don't follow any of his tech-trance releases but I think it's pretty safe to say that his tracks are played in frequently all over the globe. If it's really eating you up inside pm me and I'll let you know who it is and you can decide.
I just don't want to throw it out there as a big rumour because he wants to keep it hush hush. Maybe a few gigs here and there where he is going to be living but that's it.

I think you're missing my point. I honestly don't care who the guy is. Problem is, particularly in the 90s, there wasn't exactly a shortage of artists who got fairly big egos by writing and selling rather predictable and catchy music that people might play out for a couple months. But, yeah, after that, like every other form of pop music, it went to the dust bin. Thus, if his test of "big" is "months," I think his issue has nothing to do with music losing its meaning, and more to do with the fact that there are no longer the same economic barriers to keep others from doing music just as well as he did. As I said, the good tracks that I enjoyed from years ago still get play from me. So, maybe his problem isn't all the other people coming in and doing shitty music. Rather, it was an unnecesary price barrier that merely prevented a lot of people from coming into it at the same time he did who had the same ammount of skill.

Personally, I'm glad that people with this attitude are jumping ship. I've always loathed that attitude. It makes no sense in "techno." The easier it is for people to use tools to express themselves, the better.