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Topic subjectRE: i used to say this back in the '90s and early '00s.
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142666, RE: i used to say this back in the '90s and early '00s.
Posted by cgonz00cc, Tue Mar-02-10 06:37 PM

>i think that's a common occurrence, but in the case of
>electronic music, what's popular now, outside of
>electronically produced vocal pop music and hip-hop, isn't
>really even mainstream. you won't hear "bedroom" producers on
>the radio or tv nor most of the fake electro artists just yet
>(although word to BEP). it's just trendy, and the people
>discovering electronic music (as a form) through either or
>both of these trendy styles aren't being exposed to the best
>talents, and in the current system, they won't, because
>they're purposely excluded.

absolutely. where would a kid even get exposed to a group like Underground Resistance now a days?

this actually is something i hate about Timbaland. let him tell it, and he came up with the sound for FutureSex/LoveSound. like it wasnt filled with Detroit Techno motifs. that album should have be someone's starting point for discovering electronic music, but it didnt happen.
props to Detroit for continuing to play Techno on the radio, even if its at odd hours

>>>i agree, but it's really not that young either if you think
>about it.

no its not that young at all. around 30 years old.