wow hakka!!! havent you unearthed a can of wrms mate!!! :lol: good thing too though, if it is not spoken of how are we supposed to know what others think! my views on it are that to many clubbers they believe the scene is not as good as it was because they scene a faze of it come and go...dont mean to sound girlie but its like a first kiss is always better than it is a year later...
everyone has been on about the decline of dance music simce i can remember! but we are all still here, going out, bying tunes, making tunes and getting on stage infront of people and doing are thing. it is becoming increasingly harder to make money out of dj'in, producing or promoter but that surely is a good sign...its because everyone is doing it! there are more dj's etc... now thaqn there ever has been, from that we have to remember thaqt the cream will rise in the end. instead of worrying about it i really believe we need to work as hard as possible to make it abit diferent, a new twists!
the whole subject of promoters going out of business and stuff to me is simple. if you cant afford a venue...dont use one! if you cant book the big dj's...then dont. there are so many wicked acts who will play for a laugh in the woods or warehouse. i really dont believe that dj's pull in crowds alone or the same with kick arse venues...the vibe of the party does that, wherever it is and with whoever is playing!!! a few summers ago a friend of mine (matt handy) put on a party in some woods miles from anywhere with a few mates playing, 1000 people came...a few weeks later in some sand dunes...about the same number turned up! networking with genuine people from all ends of the industry is what makes it all happen in my opinion. be honest and dont treat people like cunts is always a good philosophy for me.
as fare as the actual music being made today, i have to agree it s hard to find real quality to appeal to our own unique taste, but it is out there. ive just had to become alot more selective as to what i buy and play as apposed to walking into a record shop with £'s and spending them anyway because thats why i went there.
i hope that made some kind of sense anyway...just my opinion!