Tomity wrote:This thread is genuinely weird. I've noticed a few peeps having a go at Mala for a lack of releases over the past months. Whats going on? People should be thankful that there was someone like him at the start of this scene. If he was all about the money then dubstep just wouldnt be the same.
dreamizm wrote:not questioning man's schedule nor was I making any swipes on his motivation, commercial or otherwise- I know how he does. My point was regarding the label and its legacy.
seckle wrote:too many people want the fasttrack into this sound, and choose to create a stir by raping a classic to get their name out; one way gains you respect, the other way makes you look like an opportunist. if you're smart you choose the former, because the latter is a fast rise, and then a quick fall.
That's fine sir. Should have made myself clearer. It was mainly aimed at phobang and other comments I have heard elsewhere.dreamizm wrote:Tomity wrote:This thread is genuinely weird. I've noticed a few peeps having a go at Mala for a lack of releases over the past months. Whats going on? People should be thankful that there was someone like him at the start of this scene. If he was all about the money then dubstep just wouldnt be the same.dreamizm wrote:not questioning man's schedule nor was I making any swipes on his motivation, commercial or otherwise- I know how he does. My point was regarding the label and its legacy.
No-one is talking about Mala making or not making money. Can't you separate the label and the music from the personalities behind it or are you stuck in Heat magazine mode.executive steve wrote: i certainly don't think that mala is not releasing tunes regularly because he doesn't want to make money;
seckle wrote:too many people want the fasttrack into this sound, and choose to create a stir by raping a classic to get their name out; one way gains you respect, the other way makes you look like an opportunist. if you're smart you choose the former, because the latter is a fast rise, and then a quick fall.
I agree with this, and I think people should stop claiming that dubstep, or anything else, for that matter, isn't about the money. It isn't ALL about the money, but it definitely IS about the money to the extent where the money does impact on the decisions that the producer/djs are making.executive steve wrote:i certainly don't think that mala is not releasing tunes regularly because he doesn't want to make money; if anything the punishing gig schedule he's got is probably pretty much his main source of income.
if dubstep really wasn't all about the money he'd be sitting in the office rubberstamping promos all day and releasing tunes on time
Like I say, trying to divorce the music from the money is futile. It's lovely to think that dubstep inhabits this wonderful sphere that's all about peace and wisdom, that isn't at all affected by money, but that's total bollocks.seckle wrote:i'd like someone to go into their local bakery, and tell the baker that " i demand you make more bread. i'm your customer. your business is my business." etc. they'd be thrown out into the street. leave the american capitalism and consumerist agendas out of underground music please.
I swear I own a couple of dubstep represses... That's pretty much the equivalent of the customer walking into the bakery and demanding that they bake more bread, no? The forces of capitalism brought us undeground dance music FFS. They brought us virtually everything we have, for better or for worse, whether you like it or not.seckle wrote:i'd like someone to go into their local bakery, and tell the baker that " i demand you make more bread. i'm your customer. your business is my business." etc.
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