[Dynagroove] too much house...

[BadIYE at aol.com]

Hey there,

Agreed that there is too much crap house music.  When I buy records now, so 
much of the music I hear is absolute nonsense.  Out of 100 records I listen to 
in the house category, I'm lucky if I find 2 I can take home.   Sometimes, the 
old stuff is better not because it makes you remember good times....it's 
simply better.  Hearing Simon's "I have a dream" being spun by Dan Levine last 
night at MOR was awsome, and on Martin Luther King's B-day (nice touch!).

I dunno about too many parties.  Certainly the laws of the Jungle can apply, 
wading out the "lame" parties, but it's almost like buying stock, and you have 
a number of companies in the same industry, and you can't tell which company 
is going to be around in the future.  Which stock do you buy hoping the 
company doesn't crash?  At one point in the past, and you may be too young to 
remember this Jay, there was competition between VHS video and Betamax video. . . .

In any case, LA is a hip hop town, and mainstream Hip Hop at that,  and I 
can't believe how popular THEIR crappy parties and clubs are.  Or what about 
those clubs that play 80's and retro Rock, simply because it's chic to do so.  
Don't get me wrong, i like those sometimes, but have you checked out the vibe 
with THOSE parties?  they reek of pretentiousness, with way too many falling down 
drunks (same with Hip hop clubs).  

So how do you explain how popular those non-house clubs are when they are so 
completely cheezy?  See, I view house parties as a way to elevate this city's 
otherwise extremely mediocre night life.  You should hear how shocked people 
from Chicago, Miami, Vancouver, NY, Europe, San Fran, hell even Seattle for 
Christ sake, are about LA's night scene.   Maybe what we're going through is a 
period of "catching up" with those cities.  Maybe a big number of house parties 
might be bad in the short term, but good in the long term, as hopefully the 
quality events will perpetuate, and more Angelinos will begin to realize how 
much BETTER these parties are than the crap club vibes they're being sold 
elsewhere. 

Off my soap box.  thanks for listening.

Imad.  

In a message dated 1/16/2004 12:15:41 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
rythmik at rythmik.net writes:

> n my personal opinion, I do not think that house is dead in any way, 
> however I do think that there is too MUCH house. Too much half-assed, boring, same 
> ol' crap, everyone can do it production out there. It's great that everyone 
> can make tracks and cd's in their bedroom now, but I think one result is that 
> more crap circulates. Also, there are toooo many parties. There is nothing we 
> can really do about this fact, but if you look at my event list (RC 
> Eventlist, rythmik.net) on any given week, you will see just how many parties there 
> are. On average, every weekend, there are about 15-20 parties each night that 
> people go to. I remember when you were lucky to have 3 to choose from. This 
> dilutes the scene and means less vibe. On the flip side, this could eventually 
> become a good thing, because the good producers will have to take it up a 
> notch to get noticed. However, I do think if a party is good on a regular 
> basis, it will succeed. I mean, look at Freethinkin, it's always packed 
> and continually has a good vibe. The lame parties out there eventually die 
> off and the solid ones rise to the top. Just my opinions though... any 
> thoughts?
> 
> Jay Stevens (dj rythmik)
> www.rythmik.net
> www.vinyldj.com