Quote Originally Posted by massplanck

I feed off the bullshit and actually grow stronger from it.
Yea, avoid the bullshitters.

Quote Originally Posted by massplanck
Listen I love it enough to have dumped my fiance because of it. Beat that!
Yea man, Ive run up about 2G of debt in the last year just so I can spend more time in the studio doing the thing I love and I feel its done me good. This is to come to an end soon tho. I cant afford to carry on living this way, as Jim said the lack of funds is damaging. I will have to stop spending time in the studio to work part time at tesco's (or whatever) whilst studing for my degree. Cant see me been able to buy anymore new kit too when the loan runs out.

As you said techno will always be there in some shame or form, I will be making techno for as long as I have the spare time to do it and enough food on the table to feed the wife and 9 kids :lol:

Why do we put up with bullshit tho? Sure the E induced honeymoon period is over but that doesnt mean people should be undercutting each other. I dont claim to be ‘in the know’ but I do think the scene is shrinking and I dont really see it as all bad. Less greed and corporate thinking and more networking between the people sharing the same interests and passions. At the end of the day, those people will survive as they will be one step ahead of the ones out there for the dough. I know if I feel any kind of distrust between people I have to deal with I wont work with them, its a survival thing. My sympathies go out to artists who get ripped. Although I havnt had this experiance myself ;) . Yea sure, we aren’t in this game for the money. But what happens when you cant afford to spend time in the studio to get your head down. Dont you think that would feel a little bit disheartening? Is honesty too much to ask for these days?

I personally believe in networking with the good people out there who are in this game for the right reasons, not there own back pocket. People you can call friends and not business associates

I wouldnt go as far as saying this is the reason for hard techno for shooting itself tho. Just following whats been posted on the thread and adding my 2 cents. Its a problem within the music biz in general. I just dont see why it has to be this way within a scene thats sooo non comercial