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| quote: | Originally posted by Bierheld
After thinking about it a bit more, the reason why I dislike polls like DJmag's is because it's pure media logic in action.
What they're always trying to do is turn everything into a competition, even if it's clearly irrelevant. The way the actual dance music industry should work is to have scenes with like-minded people, bound either by location or musical preference. Who, unlike with politics for instance, should really have nothing to do with each other. There is no battle for absolute artistic supremacy, only journalists who are trying to justify their position as leaders of opinion, their relevance. We're all playing by their rules after all.
What you eventually get is that their lists become self fulfilling prophecies. The results of this poll and mainly it's top spots will be copied by other media without a slither of scepticism, leading to an increase in fame for those who managed to attain the top spots solidifying their positions even more. Which is why we see the top ten barely changing at all from year to year.
Now, if it turns out there was no legitimacy to their ranking in the first place, which is clearly the case since it can only ever be a representation of a small group of people's preferences (i.e. the people who know of the poll's existence and could be bothered to vote), you get a thoroughly fucked up situation.
So who actually is the top DJ or most popular DJ? It's all dry statistics. You would have to measure bookings and show attendees, album and single sales, prevalence in media from all over the world to get anything remotely accurate. Or you'd have to ask every single person in the world. It's not going to happen, just let it go. The scene would get much healthier if the whole globalist megalomania would end and DJ's would have to rely on word to word or local journalistic promotion. Actual talent would rise to the top rather then PR expertise. But that's just dreaming I guess. |
Utopic, in a world without internet, and media in general talent would be prominent as you'd need a local fanbase and management could do less for you, now with some investment and ghost production you can be in the top 100 in 2-3 years maximum.
Morons would still exist, it's just that won't be so easy to climb for them but true talent would still be neglected and kicked out from big scenarios.
THe real problem is not journalists or media, it's money. Money is above media if djs began to play for free and the ticket fee was just to cover the expenses of equipment, electricity etc... 5$ for example then media won't have so much attention and they would eventually move to something else.
It's already happening, in fact has happened since the beginning, that raves or small underground parties doesn't get any fuzz nor hype, djs are playing for free, venue is sometimes free, someone is lending his equipment... cost is 0 maybe they just get something from drinks. And this is the true edm
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