From GamePrg. Sent Mon, Jun 29th 1998, 21:52
From GamePrg. Sent Mon, Jun 29th 1998, 21:52
On Sunday, 28-Jun-98, A. Mark Mukerjee wrote [about (idm) Usa=guitar-based,
Uk=electronic?]:
>I hope this hasn't been treaded on too much already, but I can't help and
>wonder why there is such on obivous split among the U.S and U.K(Europe)
>styles of preference.
>While we can argue at what defines taste - the consumers of the producers,
>at the end of the day it comes to donw the the fact that America is
>obsessed with guitar music, while Europe, though it has it's fair share of
>guitar-based bands, seems to be SO much more electronic friendly.
>Is it because of the early German experimentation and pioneering? Is it
>because of the fact that Europeans can't sing (just a joke...)?
It's because the entire industry in america has been pushing guitar music
since the entire industry began.
and everybody likes guitar music, and for electronic music to even consider
selling well in here, it's got to have guitars in it, and to some respect
resemble the music that's already being made here..
that's what I think it is, just pure commercialist BS.
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