I`m not sure what my point in this thread was to be honest. So here are some further thoughts.

They just are my thoughts and opinions, so please don`t jump up and down about them.


To me, techno was and should be a music that stood on the edge of commercialism, sticking fingers up to mediocrity and predictability.
Kind of acting as the leading edge of future music.

Certain modes and types of techno, have become very predictable and very unadventurous, using the same hooks and tricks again and again. The excuse used by a lot of people is "yeah, well, it rocks the crowd though"
Now when I hear this, I just think - Well, yeah, but so does Britney, and so does a lot of pop music. Using certain predictable hooks and tried and tested tricks again and again.
So in a way, I find it hard to define the difference, when a statement like that is made. The only way you can judge it using those parameters, is by asking which rocks more people?
Well, britney does. She rocks to bigger crowds than any techno bod.

the point being that when the music just becomes about crowd pleasing, or who can get the most bodies jumping, or shift the most units, then it`s no better than the music it stands against.

Personally it`s a dilema as I wanna make people dance, but at the same time, approaching the creation of a tune within a dance music context, instantly places constraints on it. And to me, music that is constrained, has no future.

I`m not really sure of the point I am making here either, these are just more of my daily thoughts.

It`s a difficult subject to take in, because techno is such a subjective term. I was speaking to people today from my girlfriends work, and they were asking about my music, and as soon as I mentioned techno, then 2Unlimited were mentioned, or doof doof doof doof
So it means different things to different people.

I guess I`m just really itching to explore the limitations of the music, and myself, and these kind of thoughts and questions are just a part of the process.