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| quote: | Originally posted by fullhouse
you guys don't seem to understand the backbone of a joke...
its easy to say what underground isn't, in which case you are actually pretty wrong,
underground music is defined by its distance from mainstream music, its originality, and is thus made with specific tastes
so 3 kids in a dark room making unmarketable creepy self absorbed music
is actually the essence of the underground
this exodus of producers you're describing is very likely, and it's too
bad... but if there was a crowd big enough to make a living off, they
wouldn't be leaving right? so we got a big group of people that enjoys
the same music... where's the problem ? together as one
there's ALWAYS room for improvement and innovation is invited.
whether rave.ca is a joke for me and for you it doesn't change the fact
some of these kids listen to music you definitely won't hear anywhere
else.
UNDERGROUND.
one point on which i 100% agree though is that ARIA was one of a kind.
there is nothing comparable today in the city, at all. |
ok, i understand why you didnt get the comment. I meant to say: Undergound doesnt NECESSARILY MEAN 3 kids in the dark room.... I meant it can be bigger than that and still be "underground".
As I stated earlier, you are right about the market issue. If there is a market, there is a way. But in the Montreal case, the market has shifted from the underground to the mainstream very quickly, resulting in the massive exodus of many producers. Why ? Crowd got older, resulting in lesser revenues. The young (poor) crowd would not support the same music as the crowd that preceded.
Rave.ca does throw "underground" events, but they tend to be full of HHC kids who sing the same HHC and trance anthems that were sung in the beginning 2000s. I dont necessarily believe that innovation is the motto of that community. Although the community has a strong fan base and parties are attended by many.
Aria was an era. Now its over. I dont think nostalgia is a solution either. But there is a lot to learn of the global EDM market when you see a club like Aria (which had its qualities but made mistakes) shift to a commercial music oriented club, even if the town is already saturated with them.
Now, Together as one listening to Britney Spears is getting kind of a problem. Spears is fine. Her fans are fine. Commercial music is fine. They all have their purpose in the big musical food chain.
But I believe we must ask more from our promoters 
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