"I'm not saying there is such a phenomenon as you are describing, but so what if there is? There is nothing wrong with preferring music that more closely resembles your experience! FFS! That's what I meant about 'guilt'. Is the white middle class male the new bogey man, deserving of no respect ...

masstronaut, there's no reading between the lines to be done (though the statement WAS deliberately provacative), no matter how ridiculous or extreme it might seem to u i mean what i say quite literally but i'm happy to accept that i'm wrong if u can convincingly argue that even 30 percent of the ge...

And... "u could say the use of melody in black music as well as drums and rythm comes as a reaction to living in western/white dominated society???" U could, its all good, but in a way its irrelavent too; mixing of styles, influences, cultures whatever is normal and there's nothing unnatur...

"as cliché as it sounds, music is music. don't care about the ethnicity of the person who made it. don't care about the ethnicity of those who follow it. if it sounds good, then whatever! " pleased to hear it. can u be sure its true? anyway, i aint convinced thats the case for everyone. Th...

"the point is its just ridiculous to present the idea in such generalised terms. it inevitably provokes poor debate" Does it? Explain this theory please... "... and when boiled down is little better than those making bigoted statements on the other side of the fence." Actually, i...

"most of the scene pioneers aren't white.... "

er, kind of my point. most pioneers may not be, but most followers are


"and who cares anyway."

Me, if not u.

i only got thru to page 5 of this cos the cake talk started to get a bit boring, so i hope u let me off if something similiar already been said... reading between the lines (of some of the attitudes on this thread and other shit i seen on this forum) maybe the percieved differences between grime and...

probably partly cos it needs proper mixing, but yeah minimalism int really my thing

Ez,

Dunno if this the right place fer biggin yerself up but would appreciate any feedback (or friend 'add's)

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Nice one