Originally posted by DJKatheda
The main reason why we are having so much trouble promoting Trance as the new form of Dance music is because of this drug use. I can't tell you how many times I've had to not only sell my radio show to a club (to be hosted live), but also tell them that they will NOT have drug problems. The thing is, I can't guarantee this.
The big record companies aren't picking up Trance artists and promoting them along with Moby or Eminem because our music brings such a following of drugs.
I would like to less drug use and more love for Trance driving people out to my live sets.
No... the reason Trance isn't the new 'dance' music is it's too long, there are more legal issues with all the sampling (though thats debatable) and it's too hard to put a sellable face to the music. Labels like their poster people. They sell the image of the star as much as they sell the music.
The drug thing has very little to do with it... it's just used as an excuse. If you think otherwise then explaine the popularity of Hip-Hop. Shit, that's a big part of Snoops popularity (my ass he quit). The majority of gangsta shit has drugs in it... just listen.
It's all marketability and the population at large. If you want Trance to hit it BIG find a champion who's face can be sold. If you look at DJ's (generally) as they get more popular their tracks get shorter.
Cheers,
Fats
Apr-08-2003 22:57
TheFeeling
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Apr 2002
Location: Akureyri, Iceland
I heard from a friend of mine that Nick Warren took a pill when he was in Iceland... Anyway I hope that no-one of you begin to dislike an artist only because he does drugs, it's about the music ppl!
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Apr-08-2003 22:57
Hitman
Faked
Registered: Jul 2002
Location: in a Border Community...
quote:
One thing I was wondering about was that Marco V doesnt smoke pot! Dj Noise offered him some and he said no last year.
bwahahaha!!! Marco smoking pot? anybody let me know if you see him do that, i will eat my shoe
NOTE: not all Dutch people are on drugs
Apr-09-2003 00:21
montie
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Registered: Aug 2002
Location:
drugs are part of the scene.
either get over your stupid society forced aversion to them, or do what you preach, focus on the music and forget about what other people do.
**sorry, i just get annoyed when people are all upset about drugs being linked to trance and whatnot
I know Christopher Lawrence does alot of K. My friend opened for him in St. louis and he was shoving K up his ass all night.
Apr-09-2003 12:48
torontotrance
I hath returned
Registered: Apr 2001
Location: Toronto
Biggest Drug Abusers as deejays
tall paul - cokehead
sandra collins - heavy drug user..heavy smoker..heavy drinker
Sasha - heavy drug user...heavy smoker..heavy drinker
remember
drug addiction killed the following deejays
larry levan, ron hardy and walter gibbons
the worst has to be marc spoon
-one of the few deejays actually arrested for E in Ibiza.
Apr-09-2003 15:15
JohnSmith
Agent Smith
Registered: Apr 2002
Location: Kamloops
Oakie the Cokie was spotted sniffing coke off a record.