13 Oct
2003
13 Oct
'03
11:58 p.m.
Tim Orford <tim(a)orford.org> wrote:
Ron is a shining example to us all. Personally i make
european pop music which requires a lot more from your
system than just capturing, editing, and playing back audio
through a desk + outboard. European music is much more electronic
than US stuff. It makes me laugh that people in the US even have
an 'electronica' category.
It's just that here most "real" electronica is constrained to academia or
to
experimental/artsy categories ...None of which makes any money. {Actually, that
whole conceptual genre has fallen into real disfavor recently.}
We have that whole rock/blues and jazz legacy to deal with as well {as opposed
to the watered down, imitative stuff that comes from that side of the pond.} The
American public has come to value things like depth and quality and a certain
"earthiness" that you just don't get with "Eurodisco."
{Tho' you really couldn't tell it by looking at our charts. ... A few minutes
on the streets or in some of our backwoods clubs would convince you.}
With the exception of vocals, there are no
"performances"
in the conventional sense. Most of the sounds are generated
on the machine and need to be kept live to be able to
make last minute changes. Personally I couldnt even manage without a