It reminds me of a thread I started last year "is dance music starting to have a heritage every bit as irritating as that of rock music".
I am a bit lost here because I went to lunch and then had work to do. Matt's point about broadening what's written about is good but I'm not sure people understand DJ sets enough.
On reflection Gareth's questions were getting at one thing I was thinking about at lunchtime, sort of why doesn't one (or don't I) just write about dance for dance people. It feels like preaching to the converted I guess, I'd rather be working towards something rather than just doing the job.
And yeah I see the obvious "but if you achieve it you'd have nothing to do" thing but that's true of any life.
― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 28 August 2003 12:40 (twenty years ago) link
But I thought your whole rationale behind this was stopping all these great records you've heard from disappearing? In which case, surely writing for an audience you KNOW would like them is perfect?
― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 28 August 2003 12:42 (twenty years ago) link
but also there's tom's point that unless you think quite hard about what the achieved goal is to be, you may end up with something you can't bear
― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 28 August 2003 12:44 (twenty years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 28 August 2003 12:48 (twenty years ago) link
(*ie not publishable only in slim volumes of poetry handprinted in vilnius)
― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 28 August 2003 13:00 (twenty years ago) link
― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 28 August 2003 13:01 (twenty years ago) link
need to be given room to make these manoeuvres
What are the chances though eh? At least in print anyway.
― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 28 August 2003 13:07 (twenty years ago) link
you need to write for american magazines who don't pay!
― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 28 August 2003 13:11 (twenty years ago) link
― Ricardo (RickyT), Thursday, 28 August 2003 13:12 (twenty years ago) link
― dave q, Thursday, 28 August 2003 13:15 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 28 August 2003 17:55 (twenty years ago) link
― dave q, Thursday, 28 August 2003 19:02 (twenty years ago) link
NOBODY deserves that much money for six hours work.
Nobody deserves than money for 1 months work.
― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 14:30 (eighteen years ago) link
Nobody deserves that money for 1 months work.
― The Ghost of Black Elegance (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 27 September 2005 14:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― nabiscothingy, Tuesday, 27 September 2005 14:47 (eighteen years ago) link