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Originally Posted by kane
I think his point is that many people seem to like this music because they are told it is cool. It is like when you wear a shirt because other people tell you it is in style, not because you like it. I think he is mostly railing against people who just follow the herd and don't explore different things for themselves. Rollins will be the first to admit he is not for everyone and most people will not like his music, but he would rather someone hate him and have passion for what they like than to just be indifferent about everything and like something because it makes you shake your ass and goes well with ecstasy.
I interviewed Rollins for a music magazine I used to write for. We spent the day going all over Seattle. He is one of the smartest, most intense and well spoken people I have ever interviewed or spoken to.
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And don't get me wrong but I haven't noticed since when should artists be politically correct either.
The problem with this "popular electro scene" is that it doesn't require that much from its listeners (seriously) and it doesn't require that much from its creators (seriously).
It takes years and years of excercise, unless you are really super gifted, to be able to read / write music and play an instrument on a such decent level so you can actually play what you want to play and what you feel and even develop your own style and not to overplay excercises and stuff you practiced or heard somewhere else.
So it's very unlikely that anyone who ever dedicated hours, days and years to be able to play an instrument on a very mediocre level, will get crazy about the next DJ Assbeat record.
Yeah one of my buddies truly went into the electro music after he played drums for like 8 years, but his brain at that time was already so fucked up from weed that he could really play a record backwards and tell you it's his new tune.
Like I am sure there are really original dedicated guys with balls using samplers and shit like Tricky or Roni Size, but that's hardly something for a saturday night douchebag party.
You know what I don't like about most of the electro music?
The fact that it's SO PERFECT - it's a movement of people who don't really usually have much to say and they don't even really need to express anything because:
- they are "together"
- they are "there"
- they are beautiful
- and they love the DJ
So let me ask = who's the (popular) electro music fan?
You wouldn't really get one single specific - cause it's too easy to listen to and too unconcrete and that's the power.
Douchebag looks help to get accepted but even that's not required.
Don't try to bullshit me, I've seen that.