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| quote: | Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
This doesn't seem to make any sense. How good do we have it then? |
Well here is what Jes said on a trance.nu interview
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Trance.nu: What do you think of the current state of trance or EDM in general in the United States?
Jes: It’s funny, because its not so popular as it is in Europe. But it dominates TV, commercials, film. It’s so interesting to me, because even making a record and people knowing what I’ve done and what I do, is almost, in certain areas, looked down upon in a way. You’re seen as a dance music artist. Personally I believe that we will move forward and crossover. And I think it already has, but I think people aren’t acknowledging it or want to admit it. So I hope to be part of it. I know myself; I’m always pushing to achieve that. ‘As The Rush Comes’ was played on national radio. We actually lost a lot of dance stations. We don’t have that many dance radio stations in America. But internet has helped a lot; it is all over the place. We’re not going away. We’re going to keep it going, but it’s definitely different in America. |
Like she said, it's dominates commercials, tv, and film. For some reason, america as a whole doesn't see it as legitimate music, or music at all. It's novelty music to a lot of people, and it's definately looked down upon.
There are almost no dance radio stations here, and when there were around the late 90s, it was filled with music that a lot of TAs probobly wouldn't like. In my only dance station (probobly owned by super corp. Clear Channel) they only played dance remixes of top 40 songs, tons of Oakie, dance songs that were 5 years old, madonna, and sandstorm. Eurodancey music wasn't doing too well in the ratings so they started playing disco with the euro dancey stuff. That didn't work so that dance music station was transformed into a hip hop/rnb/reggaeton dance music station.
The only radio station here in my part of california that plays what some tas will call "more sophisticated" stuff plays late at night on fridays/weekends iirc. They'd play stuff from prog psy to armin type stuff. I think that show got cancelled.
As for the parties, you can find big names in a lot of clubs in my part of the states. If you want to go to some more underground places, you gotta really find it. 8-10 years ago, chances are you knew someone who was throwing a party and it was easier to find.
The interview with Jes can be found here for those wh o are interested: http://www.trance.nu/v3/interview_show.php?id=253
Last edited by iast on Apr-22-2007 at 11:58
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