[Dynagroove] is house music dying?

Mon Oct 20 20:31:11 PDT 2008

wow, i didn't even see SCOTTS post till now, thanx AMY for reposting SCOTT'S
response, like i said IM the young crowd and i have alot to learn, SCOTT you
just educated me alot, but (in my opinion as well as others) the house does
need a jump start, it could be alot stronger and i want it to be stronger. 
WOW SCOTT WOW!!! i really appreciate all that school me on knowledge, i admitt
to my ignorance but still notice a difference in the house scene, as for the
"NERD" that was just a metaphor to contradict the "COOL" PEOPLE IN HOUSE ;-)
----- Original Message ----
From: Amy Ricketts <amyr at dynagroove.com>
To:
boxmusicla at aol.com
Cc: dynagroove at dynagroove.com
Sent: Monday, October 20,
2008 5:37:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Dynagroove] is house music dying?

I have to say
that Scott's response to this thread is one of the most
thoughtful and
intelligent (not to mention grammatically correct;)
responses I've ever read
on this list. Well said, my friend.

And now of course, for my two dollars...
I LOVE house music. It is a very large part of WHO I AM.  House music
courses
through my veins and at the end of the day, it's the ONE THING in
my life that
I know will ALWAYS make me happy.  There is NOTHING that I
love more than
dancing with my eyes closed smack in front of a speaker
with plenty of room to
dance to my favorite house DJ. (Okay, maybe there
is ONE thing I love more.
But I digress...)

I am 33, and I plan to keep dancing to house music as long
as I can stand
on my own two feet.

I know there are PLENTY of other people
out there, my age, older, and
younger, who feel the same way that I do.

And
as long as WE'RE alive, then HOUSE MUSIC IS ALIVE AND WELL.

House music all
night long, (say what?)
Amy Ricketts

ps: if you skipped the Do Over last
Sunday you missed an INCREDIBLE DJ
Spinna set.  Eye of the muthafuggin
Tiger!!!!!!!!!  The word on the street
is that a certain DJ that is playing LA
later this week may be playing
there next Sunday.  No guarantees, but ya might
wanna check that ish out.
I'm just sayin...

>  great question, and some
great responses. figured i'd throw my two cents
> in also.
>
> house is not
dead. in fact, here in LA the scene is better than in many
>
cities....including, and i hope i don't go to house hell for saying this,
>
chicago.? the sheer talent in this this city on any given night is crazy.
>
you have amazingly talented local dj's, crews, and parties (vinyl tribe,
>
bodyrock, dynagroove, deep, focus, the feel up, balance, b3, sarcastic
>
disco...i could go on and on). Plus you have amazing talent from around
> the
world visiting weekly (farina, vega, sneak, hercules & love affair,
> harvey,
etc).
>
> being jaded is a natural phenomena. you may love house music....it
may be
> your life (it's definitely mine)....but people just normally don't
feel as
> excited about something as they do when it's new to them.? doesn't
mean
> you can't have some beautiful experiences, but to expect EVERY party to
> feel the way it did when you were young and new to the scene is probably
>
expecting too much.? Just like a little kid can have fun playing with a
>
cardboard box, we MADE every party fun, whether it really was or not. As
> you
get older and more experienced, the cardboard box doesn't really
> satisy us
much anymore. that's normal...but it doesn't translate to the
> scene dieing.
>
> i was standing behind louie vega at deep last week, and someone whispered
> in my ear that the party really sucked tonight. really? now if you don't
>
like a particular song, i get that. but just in general, louie vega
> sucks?,
the funktion1 soundsytem sucks?? meanwhile, i'm standing there
> looking out
into what i'm guessing was about 1000 people, dancing
> sweating, hands in the
air.? almost all of our local
> promoters and dj's work their asses off to put
these events together.
> and i think it's safe to say that if you really
analyzed the party or
> the dj, rarely does the party or the dj really suck.
the ingredients for a
> great party
> are almost always there. we just have to
be more open to the idea that
> when it comes down to it, WE make our own
fun.? some dj's may move you
> more than others, but few that actually get
deck-time at a decent party
> really suck. i think many people give the dj TOO
much credit for a great
> night. the music is important of course, but in the
end, if you wanna have
> a bad time, you will. if you wanna have a great time,
you will.
>
> and as far as house being for nerds?? : )? i'm not sure where
that came
> from. in chicago, when house first started i remember clearly
going to
> places like The Music Box, LaMirage, The Powerhouse, etc.? Those
clubs had
> two main types of people? 1) Black gays....and not nerdy gay. i'm
talking
> full-on dressed up in williwear and fake gucci, incredibly
self-confident
> gay. and 2) Black gangsters from the worst projects in the
country (robert
> taylor homes, cabrini green, ida b. wells, etc).? This was
house....there
> were no "nerds"...not that i'm descriminating against nerds,
but there
> just weren't any.? There was no E community where everyone could
feel
> loved. There was weed, boonesfarm, maddog, and occassionaly thaisticks.
My
> point is that there was no artificial drug like E to make you love
>
someone. The gangsters hated the gays, and the gays hated the gangsters.
> But
the music was so powerful (and so new) that everyone just came
>
together...kind of like Alligators and Zebra at the last watering hole.
> They
both NEED water, and we all needed house.
>
> Now, with more DJ's than ever,
and more parties than ever, and more of the
> enthusiastic house heads getting
older, it's harder to throw an event. but
> the scene is not dieing.? old
heads are cycling out, new heads are finding
> their way in. but house will
never die, because house IS dance music, and
> people will always have a
desire to dance.
>
> love & music,
>
>
>
>
>
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>
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>
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>
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