14 Oct
2003
14 Oct
'03
12:29 a.m.
On Mon, 2003-10-13 at 18:40, Rick Taylor wrote:
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.}
Well, amongst our happy family of Linux Audio Users right here on this
list we have at least one very accomplished Electronica composer by the
name of Natasha Barrett. I purchased one of her CDs (yes, it was
actually available here in the US) and really dig it. I've listened to
it at least a dozen times in the last 2 weeks. (Be forwarned, it is
abstract in nature, but deliciously so...)
Natasha - please forgive me if I should not refer to your work as
'Electronica'. To my mind (and ear) it goes in that basic area, but I
probably don't have the education to try and classify it any further.
All I'll say is that at least this composer's work has not fallen into
disfavor with me.
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."
This statement in a week when the Top 10, for the first time in History,
was completely comprised of all Black artists. Yes, our charts, and
apparently our brethren, have gone a different direction.
{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.}