to be honest i only really go on this forum and the reason being there is little negativity because the peeps on here love the scene and i respect them for that. I must admit i have not really seen any techno is dead comments for a very long time now.
I do agree with the big fee's though. I think some of the big guns do charge fair bit from prices i have heard. On the flip side of the coin there are a lot of excellent dj's who are good people as well and won't charge you the earth if you explain the sitiation eg size of night set lengh capacity. I don't think over here there are lots of nights that can afford big fee's cos other than the jam i bet not many nights that are just techno get 400+ so big fee's are out of the question anyway. If the big dj's want to play at nights here in the uk they will have to accept that they will get paid less and if they don't want to the they can **** off and let the new talent take their place. The one's who do play over here now are the ones who love it and its because they enjoy it and its their passion not just all about the££££££££
RANT OVER