Quote Originally Posted by Evil G
the only people fighting the good fight anymore are those too ignorant and uneducated to realize that it is a losing battle. for the majority of people, reality is simply too ugly and depressing to face, and the powers that be are too strong to fight, so they are giving up, turning off, and trying to get their piece of the pie before there is none left.
Man, I really hope this isn't the case. This is def a tangent, but, it's way too early to say that it's a losing battle. Look at how far humanity has progressed by fighting oppression in just the past couple hundred years. It's not that it's a losing battle. It's that we have a long way to go before reaching a truly just and fair society. When people give up, those who would **** us and oppress others are more than happy to step in and take back what we have gained. Music has always been a great means of advancing radical or revolutionary ideas. So, hell, if that's someone's thing, there is still plenty to write about which might even move some people in your direction.

Quote Originally Posted by xfive
I don't think adding vocals is necessarily going to help anything... it may attract a few more people who may have been too closed minded at first to listen to purely instrumental techno... but if you think about it.. how many popular genres are largely instrumental?
I don't think it has anything to do with being closed-minded. Like I said, a number of my friends bought full albums of various artists after hearing the vocal tracks and bumped 'em for awhile. Just like some people are suckers for a 303, some people are suckers for good vocals. Personally, I really miss original vocals in techno. It's very cool to hear how people have implemented a human element over the machines. The more diverse your sound, the more diverse your audience which is good for longevity. Small followings die really quick especially when even the hardcore begin to lose interest. I dunno. It wouldn't surprise me if you hear more and more techno sounding stuff coming out of hip-hop. I'm just kinda surprised that the techno scene hasn't moved in the same direction outside of sampling yet for the most part. It just seems like a natural progression. That girl MIA has some pretty tech'd out production work for her stuff but it's not exactly being hyped towards the techno crowd around here.