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| quote: | Originally posted by R!CH
why do i need to pay attention to the direction in which the industry is heading and embrace the changes? you made the point, now give me one good reason why. |
If you are happy with sticking with what you think is right then nothing wrong with that because you dont want to sacrifice your self esteem and be a slave to social acceptance.
The downside to that however is that you risk falling down the popularity charts which will mean less income for you. Look at djs like Cattaneo, Digweed, Cox, Sasha , Zabiela etc, they all fell down the DJ mag rankings this year. Heck even Eddie Halliwell who is my favorite act to watch fell. I do think that the rankings are flawed and useless but as far as i know , clubs use that as a benchmark when it comes to booking DJs.
| quote: | Originally posted by R!CH
seriously, these straw man arguments are getting old. i never said people who like mainstream music claim to be experts on the art of making music. i'm talking about a very specific group of people who use money/fame/charts to valuate musical quality. the moment you make that argument, you've tossed your hat in the ring of people alleging to know what they are talking about. |
My mistake then, I thought you were referring to band wagoners talking like they know the industry.
I guess you already know my point then. Anyone who uses materialistic accomplishments to judge the quality of ones work is just a lot more easier to exploit. Its the brilliance of marketing backed up by the stupidity of the public but you need to be a good businessmen to be able to make use of such perceptions which the tiesto's and armins are.
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