How Jaded Are You About Techno?

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Now my main question is this. How many people are open to other forms of electronic music and sincerely mean it?

Gotta admit, I've really always been into all of it. Yeah, there's a certain number of genres that pretty much grabbed me (acid breaks, acid techno, hardcore/gabber/speedcore), but it's always been on a case by case basis, much like all music. Some of it sucks, some of it doesn't. Can't pin it to a genre though.

I never got jaded with the music. Just the lifestyle.

And that about sums me up completely. Unfortunately, the majority of people who I became friends with who I "worked" with turned out to be complete douchebags. People chasing a rockstar lifestyle that is essentially a loser lifestyle. It didn't kill my love for the music but, as far as music that I used to write, given that the scene for it is populated by such douchebags, it's a lot more difficult for me to continue writing it and loving it, as there just isn't a crowd that I can vibe off of when I play it out. And, unlike others (since I don't still live with my parents or in their property), I don't have the luxury of lengthy vacations in Europe to have experiences where it might be different. That definitely bummed me out for a bit. However, as a direct result, the music I write (on the much more rare occasion when I do it now) is something completely different than I've done before, which is nice. Plus, I started focussing on visuals more, which ended up turning into a full time thing, rather than just a background act for music I worked on with others, which I simply wouldn't have pursued the same way otherwise. Took a little time to figure out exactly what you said, as I was ready to walk away completely for good. But, thankfully, came to the realization of "**** it." A lot of people may suck, but a lot of the music and experience through it doesn't. ;)