Re: [microsound] "ego complex"?

["simon k" <nil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> ....   Im not saying that
> electronic has less merit, i just think that electronic
> musicians as a whole tend to have an ego complex.
> ....

    I would suggest that electronic musicians like most
    musicians are 'sensitive .. 
  
    I read a lot on this list explaining why pop music is pop
    music .. which normally starts from some mild criticism
    of electronic music .. 

    (my irony is I have learnt alot about pop music here!)

    .. people who are deeply into their music do appear 
    snobbish from an external view point . often you have 
    to meet them at their level .    .  which for the more 
    'lay  person can seem rude ! 
  
    as I grow and get more involved in my own ideas I do 
    find it harder to share thoughts with pop fans .. it's 
    difficult to water down your conversation sometimes .
  
    however I am ever humbled by the basic in life . and 
    reminded to step out of my bubble . 

     .. so I think what Chad is trying to say is .. 'relax 

     music in any form is communication . understanding the
     other person is essential to making better music ..
 
     for an outsider electronic music can seem introspective
     . . this combined  with a non-commercial ethic creates 
     confusion / mis-understanding .    . most people are not 
     equipped by modern life to understand these worlds . 
  
     it just makes no sense .. to them .  . so on the defensive
     they quantify it into ego . snobbery . even evil . arrggh

     and in return underground communities . react in-turn . 

      ' and as a passionate minority . our defences are often 
     on high . as we stand under the weight of popular culture
   
     .. hence . 'sensitive people we can be

     besides .

     nearly every person who I have considered egotistical  .. 
     
     once I have gotten to know them . better . appears as a 
     driven person with a strong belief in their own ideas ..  
     
  
        hmmm . 

 
     .simon

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