Our friend John 00 Fleming sent me a bulletin stating that he made a new entry in his blog.
This is what the blog says:
Response to last month’s diary
Many thanks to the massive amount of emails and private messages supporting last month's diary/blog. I even had clubs and A list DJ's contacting me thanking me for speaking out because they felt the exact same way but didn't know how to put it in words; so I know that I'm not alone (in my heart I felt this too). As I expected a few people got the wrong end of the stick and thought I was having a dig at colleagues that where musically different to me; many of you know I'm very close friends to these A list DJ's and I fully support and admire what they have achieved in their careers. The point I was making that the masses where jumping on the commercial bandwagon and forgetting about the more specialised side of things. Without your support we wont see new music in this scene or people attending the more specialist clubs. I can't singlehandedly change things myself, it's down to you the consumer/clubbers/DJ's to support this side of things by attending more specialist events. Promoters/clubs will create more club nights and events if this happens, then we all benefit. As things currently stand, it is too much of a risk to open such a night; because people are following the latest trend of following celebrity DJ's. So as you can see, you can make a huge difference by simply supporting specialist events.
Producers can also do their bit, by snapping out of that misconception of making a huge anthems to get their careers of the ground. You should know by now, if it was that easy people would be doing it week in and week out. Every week a producers hearts will be broken, a few weeks prior an A list DJ played their track on his radio show making him think the doors are open to his career taking off. A few weeks later, that dream is broken and they become aware of the reality of how this industry works. These talented producers aren't opening their wings, they're making music for another DJ in that DJ's specific sound. They will never find themselves musically as they're trapped in this cycle. Theses guys can do their bit
producing some music from their hearts. Don't worry about the obligatory drum rolls and crescendos, follow what your heart is telling you and I know you'll have more success.
I also had a few comments saying 'oh no, another post about Fleming moaning about the state of the scene'. The only reason I speak out is because things aren't changing! If anything getting worse, I find it impossible to keep quite about this because this is the scene I love so much. It's my passion, so I don't think there's anything wrong about me sharing my feelings on this. If I can use my position to bring it to the attention of the masses, then I'll do it and I've certainly seen support from my colleagues too. For now I'll leave it for now…..until next time!!!
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