Quote Originally Posted by RDR View Post
Ive said it before, music IS the very essence of change, it revels in change, without change it wouldnt be exciting at all. Sure the wave will come back, but then no two waves are alike.

Techno in its very nature is supposed to be at the cutting edge of technology, yet I see so many people stuck in 1995, or 1990 or 1985... nothing wrong with that per-se but at what point does a person become an echo of technology rather than the sharpened blade of the music that made them sit up and take notice.

Or do we believe that we are different? Do we truly believe that we are nothing like the majority of bands who play covers or busk to make money so they can follow their art or song writing? What is a DJ if not a person who plays covers? When are we going to admit to ourselves that the special position we put ourselves in when we became "Techno" isnt really that special and the world owes us nothing... except that which we work hard enough to make for ourselves.
Yeah, very well put and I think everyone likes to believe that their particular genre of music is the most special on the planet - - and yet there is the reality that you mention...

My motivation to do something in the world of Techno is purely because it is a type of music that for a long time would throw at you sounds and scapes that you have never heard before, and emotional journeys within a dance music format that I had never been on, which I struggled with at first, but then got the point and fell in love with...

What is the motivation these days to put in the large amount of effort, physically and emotionally, that is required to run a moderately successfull night... surely the initial motivation has to come from within in order to sustain the emotional drive that will keep your belief system in place when the going gets tough.??? ....hmmm:coffee: