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By: Kyle

Kyle — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 17:37:36 +0000

Hmm… good point. Maybe electronic music will be a crucial factor in Europe, but I doubt that it will have immense impact here in the States.

That being said, I do know “they” have been distributing “their” music online since I’ve been on the Internet, I’ll give you that. It just hasn’t made a large impact outside of that community.

By: Kyle Brady

Kyle Brady — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 15:37:36 +0000

Hmm… good point. Maybe electronic music will be a crucial factor in Europe, but I doubt that it will have immense impact here in the States.

That being said, I do know “they” have been distributing “their” music online since I've been on the Internet, I'll give you that. It just hasn't made a large impact outside of that community.

By: Fran

Fran — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 04:46:55 +0000

I agree with you, but there is one category you don’t mention… electronic. I don’t know if you know much about it, but a lot of people write it off because its not mainstream at all in the states. The past year or so I’ve come to really immerse myself in it, and the funny thing is that there are even more subcategories of electronic music as there are categories of other music.
The funniest part is that the majority of people seem to have this view that it is all just called techno…but in reality techno is just a small part of the whole electronic music world. There is everything from trance(for the drug goers) to drum n base, to electro-house. Its a huge and ever expanding world, and often gets underestimated because they think its all for gay bars and pill poppers.
My theory, electronic is where music is headed and growing. The scene is exploding in Europe like never before, and slowly but surely its seeping its way here.
Basically… i think it needs to be taken into consideration when discussing a topic like this, because the electronic music world works in a very different way. People don’t sell albums, they sell individual tracks. And people buy them off sites like http://www.beatport.com. There are tons of sites like that, where individuals are getting huge, and small labels are getting big names. Check it out lol.

By: Fran

Fran — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 02:46:55 +0000

I agree with you, but there is one category you don't mention… electronic. I don't know if you know much about it, but a lot of people write it off because its not mainstream at all in the states. The past year or so I've come to really immerse myself in it, and the funny thing is that there are even more subcategories of electronic music as there are categories of other music.
The funniest part is that the majority of people seem to have this view that it is all just called techno…but in reality techno is just a small part of the whole electronic music world. There is everything from trance(for the drug goers) to drum n base, to electro-house. Its a huge and ever expanding world, and often gets underestimated because they think its all for gay bars and pill poppers.
My theory, electronic is where music is headed and growing. The scene is exploding in Europe like never before, and slowly but surely its seeping its way here.
Basically… i think it needs to be taken into consideration when discussing a topic like this, because the electronic music world works in a very different way. People don't sell albums, they sell individual tracks. And people buy them off sites like http://www.beatport.com. There are tons of sites like that, where individuals are getting huge, and small labels are getting big names. Check it out lol.