From gideon Sent Tue, Jun 15th 1999, 19:35
From gideon Sent Tue, Jun 15th 1999, 19:35
> > so talking of computer geeks ... just how many of us do work with the damn
> > things ... is there a correlation between computer geekery and idm ..
Hmmm - I'd have to say that probably 80% of us on the list could be
defined at some sort of "computer geek." I'm definately one. I spend
loads of hours here at the computer... so many of my hobbies focus
around it. I run my business from it (Website/Application Developer), I
program and design on it, I compose/edit/master my music on it, I keep
intouch with others with it (email) and I'm building some hobby Websites
(samplesearch.com, remixworld.com) on it... Whew!
Correlation... hmmm - to begin with, I think IDM is a silly name - for
one, placing the term "intelligent" in a name is a joke - I get the same
vibe when I see the word "Professional" - Secondly, most of the music we
are into isn't really Dance Music - I tend to think that when I listen
to Ae or Squarepusher, I groove my body, not really dance -
maybe it should be TGM = Trippy Groove Music
or AGM = Avant Groove Music
or CEM = Cognitive Experimental Music
or EEM = Experimental Exploratative Music
yeah, so geeks...correlation... I think it is a correlation with people
who strive for more - those who need DEPTH in their surroundings, those
who thrive on Exploration - these people are ones who can't settle for
top40 overplayed stuff - these people also like the empowerment and
freedom the computer/Web can offer - geeks - IDM music freaks - most of
us are both I feel.
Now back to my Geek Functions!
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Hasta,
Gideon
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