[Dynagroove] I may get in trouble.

[dtp at socal.rr.com]

Here here, Cade. I felt that you hit on a lot of good points. Here's my take
on the situation.

First of all I do agree that talent and taste is lacking out there in the
scene. Mind you, I'm not one to brag on my own DJ skills either. However, I
think the house scene is going through a transitional stage. It's going
through a growth spurt and unfortunately-- it's the awkward stage. Just like
Hip-Hop went through its awkward stage back in the mid-nineties, house is
going through the same scenario. Unfortunately for hip-hop, corporations saw
the potential in it and invested and, hence, now we have stations like 106
and the Beat playing repetitive rapid-fire crap.

I don't see this happening to house. With all the major house record labels
going belly up we are sure to see the independent record labels thrive on
the quality music they produce. Unlike Hip-Hop, independent labels will get
their fill because corporations are scared to market house (For more info on
this, read up on the downfall of disco). That brings me to why so many DJ's
lack taste in music.

Since all of these full-color-fancy-sleeved-graphic-designed record labels
still dominate the selection available in our record stores, we (as DJ's)
have nearly nothing in terms of variety in music. So we resort to what's
available in our record stores and in result we get second rate music. Blame
this on the purchasers in our record stores, blame this on the mass
promotion of major labels, blame this the music composers out there that
KNOW they can get bucks for the crap they produce, but don't blame it solely
on the DJ's-- most of us don't have the luxury of traveling the world to
accumulate a fine collection of music. Although, since these record labels
are folding over, we will see a change in the scene. We will here better
music. We will be more motivated. In turn, we will have better events.

House music seems like it's on life support, but in actuality it's just
locked up in a cage. Your determination, Cade, and people on the same
wavelength as you is what we need to keep motivated while in this awkward
stage. I don't think people should resort in holding back in having their
own events. Whomever wants to have one and has the means should do it-- at
least for the experience or fun of it. At the end most of them will get
filtered out and realize that it isn't the thing for them, but there will be
those few that will become successful. Everyone starts out small. I'm sure
Dynagroove was just another drop in the bucket at one time.

As for the drinking. Well, we're older. We don't want to do drugs all the
time. So now we drink, but Rendezvous proved to me that people still want to
get down-- drunk or not.

And, by the way, I stopped by Free thinking around 1:45AM and although they
wouldn't let my friends and I in (I guess it was too late), whoever was
playing out on the patio at that time-- was ROCKIN!

-Allen


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cade" <con at dynagroove.com>
To: <dynagroove at dynagroove.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 12:13 PM
Subject: [Dynagroove] I may get in trouble.


> As you all know every now and then I like to fancy myself a writer.  Every
> now and then I get a hair in my butt and actually write.  So i did so this
> morning.  I am may get in some trouble for this one though.. Comments and
> opinions are welcome.  The list has been quite lately maybe a small
> discusion would be fun?
>
> The article is just some views and observations I have about the status of
> the house music scene right now.
>
> Read
>
> http://www.dynagroove.com/articles/LAHouse.doc
>
> and for will yardley:
>
> http://www.dynagroove.com/articles/LAHouse.rtf
>
>
> Cade
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