Rantology
It's after 2:30 in the morning. I've been trying to write but it's been slow going. I don't update this thing much anymore because there just isn't any damn time. I work. When I'm working I have no internet access. When I get home I have to spend time with the baby and family and try to fit in computer time but I'm not the only one who uses the computer. Sometimes I'll try to stay up watching TV or something while the wife is on the computer but wind up passing out on the couch before she's done. When I do get the computer I have to be as quick as possible catching up with all the news and blogging before I get into research and writing for DarkTwinCities. I'm always working on reviews, interviews and putting together DTC blog posts. It's friggin' exhausting, to be honest. I think about just giving up on DTC all the time because I often feel I just can't take it anymore. If I had more time or more help it wouldn't be so bad. And hell, if I hadn't had nightraven's help with reviews over the past few months I'd already have packed it in. DTC isn't exactly a "professional" site. But I want it to be as professional looking and as consistently current as possible. If I can't manage that and get things done in a timely manner I'm just not going to do it anymore. I don't want my name attached to something that's half-assed. And frankly the people who are into the styles of music I cover aren't the most helpful lot. In fact they seem particularly adept at shooting their own selves (as well as the artists) in the foot through their own careless attitudes. I often wonder why I bother and why I just don't go back to writing about Metal. Metal is so much more fun anyway and the people who are into it are passionate about it.
In the next week I'm going to be MIA because I've got a lot on my plate. It involves family business, traveling and other things. skywayman has his own wedding and stuff so DTC is going to be pretty dormant for the next couple weeks.
It's been a lot of fun connecting with the artists and labels; the few people who actually strive to make a difference when it comes to electronic music. I've met some truly great people and I feel for them because they're working in a market where they're doomed from the onset. Some of these artists have tried to put together "street teams," which is laughable considering that the people who appreciate their music are dead set against anyone else liking it, damning the artist to few sales and empty shows, all out of some sense of, "If more people start liking this music I won't be hip anymore," or something. It's truly pathetic. Seriously. I hear people say, all the damn time, they don't want more people liking this music. And my only thought is fuck you. You're the problem, not the solution. Go fuck yourself. Then kill yourself. You are truly useless.
I enjoy sharing music. That's why I do what I do. It's not enough to just listen to it and enjoy it. A big part of the enjoyment comes from getting other people to enjoy it as well. I can't, for the life of me, understand why someone would be intent on making sure as few people as possible get into great music. There's this misguided idea that if something becomes at all "successful" that it just isn't cutting edge or even relevant anymore. It's like some sort of hipster retardation that has infected underground electronic and the mindset of those who prefer these styles. And I find it maddening.
Part of me just wants to throw my hands up and walk away. Another part of me wants to fight to build a huge audience that will hopefully completely alienate all these "Stompier-than-thou" douchebags to the point where they disappear completely and leave the rest of us to actually enjoy a growing, flourishing scene where the possibilities seem limitless.
I get so angry.
In the next week I'm going to be MIA because I've got a lot on my plate. It involves family business, traveling and other things. skywayman has his own wedding and stuff so DTC is going to be pretty dormant for the next couple weeks.
It's been a lot of fun connecting with the artists and labels; the few people who actually strive to make a difference when it comes to electronic music. I've met some truly great people and I feel for them because they're working in a market where they're doomed from the onset. Some of these artists have tried to put together "street teams," which is laughable considering that the people who appreciate their music are dead set against anyone else liking it, damning the artist to few sales and empty shows, all out of some sense of, "If more people start liking this music I won't be hip anymore," or something. It's truly pathetic. Seriously. I hear people say, all the damn time, they don't want more people liking this music. And my only thought is fuck you. You're the problem, not the solution. Go fuck yourself. Then kill yourself. You are truly useless.
I enjoy sharing music. That's why I do what I do. It's not enough to just listen to it and enjoy it. A big part of the enjoyment comes from getting other people to enjoy it as well. I can't, for the life of me, understand why someone would be intent on making sure as few people as possible get into great music. There's this misguided idea that if something becomes at all "successful" that it just isn't cutting edge or even relevant anymore. It's like some sort of hipster retardation that has infected underground electronic and the mindset of those who prefer these styles. And I find it maddening.
Part of me just wants to throw my hands up and walk away. Another part of me wants to fight to build a huge audience that will hopefully completely alienate all these "Stompier-than-thou" douchebags to the point where they disappear completely and leave the rest of us to actually enjoy a growing, flourishing scene where the possibilities seem limitless.
I get so angry.