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Great post. Thanks for your words Rick. El 03/01/2009, a las 01:10, Rick Walker escribió: > I can think of one very significant thing that the 90's and perhaps > this decade > has produced in world musical culture: > > The rise of the DJ as Rock Star or Cultural Icon. > > It used to be that someone would play music between DJs and nowadays > I see more > and more shows where you see bands opening for prominent DJs. > > In the Goth/Industrial Scene that I frequent , recreationally, the > DJ has surplanted the > live musician as the dominant force. Nowadays if you want to > play live in these > scenes you practically have to beg the DJs , who now completely > control the scenes > to let you play and feel grateful if they will let you play (and for > now money). > > We don't need to go to the 'are DJs musicians' argument that we've > had multiple times on this list' > There are obviously DJs who are wonderful musicians and go on to > careers as composers and producers. > I just think that it's telling that the vast majority of DJs that I > encounter are not being particularly creative > (with the exception of choice of sound and beatmatching for > regularities sake) and that this > has completely dominated a lot of music on the planet. > > > > It's also kind of amazing to me that > the birth of the world wide web/internet and the proliferation of > inexpensive methods to produce high quality music and there existence > for the last 13 years seems to have not produced very much > notable or long lasting music. > > I know that wonderful music has been created (and I think of our > community as being > really stellar in the production of that music) but it's > interesting that none of it seems > to be having very much impact on the culture at large. > > Everywhere I go, I hear oldies music playing...............every > single bar I frequent, every single > restaurant. > > In my life, I"ve never heard so much 'nostalgia' dominating our > culture. > > Of course the democratization of media means that the paradigms will > shift...............think the entire > recent thread on how to release a digital release in this day and age. > > Ironically, I feel connected to people all over the earth who are > really creative and active in their own artistry > and the communalism of our own scene but at the same time, I'm > seeing less and less kids taking music > lessons. > > All of this could be the rant of a bitter old professional musician > who's lifestyle is ending after 30 years of hard work, > but I don't feel bitter for some reason. > It's the most exciting time to ever be a musician on some > fronts............certainly in terms of the kind of information that > we > have................................look at this > list...............I haven't had to go out and buy every distortion > box on the planet: > I"ve just had to ask questions and then benefit from the collective > wisdom of this list to make my own choices > with limited budget to spend. > > I'm just musing, 'tis all!!!!! > > Looking forward to this year, creatively. I think we are going to > do amazing stuff.................who knows? > Maybe we'll define the decade when history looks back on us. We > certainly have all the tools we need to do so. > Now we have to produce. > >