Michael Procter : THE DEATH OF THE HOUSE VOCALIST

jjl · Joined: Dec 31, 2003 Posts: 14

To some of you, this may seem to be an extreme title for the changing face of house music. Some others may say that the changes that have taken place in this genre are the direct result of the changes in society as a whole and the changes in music in particular… Faced with the ripping off of music via internet options which brought the fall of sales of recorded music. The exclusion of house music as a whole on major radio stations which is where other artists in other genres of music make at least enough money to live on. To the X-clusion of artists booked into clubs to make a living with the music that the clubs were built on...

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mosc · Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 9:04 am Post subject:

Very interesting artical. You raise a lot of points I've thought about, but I'm an outsider to this House scene. The concept of DJs who play other peoples music as artists has always been hard from me to swallow. I'm more convinced if there is a live voice during the performance.

elektro80 · Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2004 9:10 am Post subject:

The same article could be rewritten, and "house" could be x number of various genres. But it comes as no surprise that the party side of house music has taken over. Now the party is more essential than the music. Whatever goes bump bump bump bump serves the purpose.