Major issues in techno.

[John Vella]

I have 3 main issues to share......


1)Too many techno people take themselves too seriously....

Nothing is wrong with putting 110% effort, love and devotion into your music. But at the same time there's no need to be an ass about it either.

Chris Liberator is a great example of someone who has dedicated his life to music, but at the same time manages to keep a proper prespective on it all.

2) Another issue is that of "Musical Hogs". There are far too many cliques of techno people who are too snobby to share the sounds to people from other walks of musical life..... As if this music is just for them. And as if "nobody else would be clever enough to understand".

Once again this is Bull. With my own eyes, I have seen lifelong happy hardcore lovers shake their butts off to Christian Varela PAINS remixes....

Just take yourself as an example... You didn't come out of your mother's womb knowing about how sweet dozens of drum loops can sound together! Everyone started out listening to something before techno.


3)Techno people who waste so much energy on this "superior" self image. You know the ones that try so hard to talk, walk, look and act like they so much more in the know than you.... These people go on and on about how their musical tastes are more refined..... How such & such is not "REAL" techno.... Half the time you really wonder if they are lying to themselves because they are usually missing the whole point.... THEY AREN'T ENJOYING THEMSELVES. Like this techno thing is all being done for image....


-JOHNNY

[miromiric.]

true johnny, but it`s kinda hard to stay cool all the time.
i know i get frustrated when i see what people are falling to. i get frustrated when i see 2000 people go crazy on adam beyer (who i respect for what he used to do), playing some really funny stuff, and when oscar mulero gets almost no applause after 2 hours of the sweetest, most innovative thing.

and on the other hand maybe all this talk is completely useless.

[aggressor]

SOLUTION

Cut yourself off from the rest of the techno world
stay at home and listen to UR / Redplanet

Result

Nothing wrong with techno

[gunjack]

...and on the other hand maybe all this talk is completely useless.

[daviec]

I have 3 main issues to share......


1)Too many techno people take themselves too seriously....

Nothing is wrong with putting 110% effort, love and devotion into your music. But at the same time there's no need to be an ass about it either.

Chris Liberator is a great example of someone who has dedicated his life to music, but at the same time manages to keep a proper prespective on it all.

Exactly. Chris obviously isn't up his own arse, but who could question his dedication to the music he loves. Brilliant example. :)

2) Another issue is that of "Musical Hogs". There are far too many cliques of techno people who are too snobby to share the sounds to people from other walks of musical life..... As if this music is just for them. And as if "nobody else would be clever enough to understand".

Once again this is Bull. With my own eyes, I have seen lifelong happy hardcore lovers shake their butts off to Christian Varela PAINS remixes....

Just take yourself as an example... You didn't come out of your mother's womb knowing about how sweet dozens of drum loops can sound together! Everyone started out listening to something before techno.

...and again. Spot on! If you've only ever listened to techno how can you know for sure it's the music you love the most, and if you have listened to other styles of music you probably liked some of them for a while and moved on, eventually coming to techno.

3)Techno people who waste so much energy on this "superior" self image. You know the ones that try so hard to talk, walk, look and act like they so much more in the know than you.... These people go on and on about how their musical tastes are more refined..... How such & such is not "REAL" techno.... Half the time you really wonder if they are lying to themselves because they are usually missing the whole point.... THEY AREN'T ENJOYING THEMSELVES. Like this techno thing is all being done for image....


-JOHNNY

3 out of 3, your on a roll :D

You've just described a guy I know down to a tee. I won't even to the guy about techno as he gets up on his high horse. A year and a half ago the guy didn't even listen to techno, now he thinks he knows it all. He stands at the side of dj boxes noting tunes on his mobile and I swear he didn't even crack a smile last time we were at Pressure.

[miromiric.]

He stands at the side of dj boxes noting tunes on his mobile and I swear he didn't even crack a smile last time we were at Pressure.

What a bastard!