It’s been a long summer, I did a lot of branching out & I’m soaking in all the things my mind is now allowing me to enjoy. For those who know what’s up, I salute you — please bear with me though. I admit I was a little hesitant to listen to music of a high BPM. (I find that weird, I can sure get down to some footwork.) I’m taking this little by little getting my research up, checking out the essentials, hearing the veterans speak & keeping up the upcoming talent (<— the hi-hats on this are like heaven, WOW). I’m learning as I go & I’m loving every minute of it. I don’t know what it was that was mentally blocking me to give techno a chance for almost 21 years, pretty sure it was the whole “rave” lifestyle that I thought was associated with it. Oh, silly, silly me. But, what has made me want to know more about it are the minds behind the sounds, especially those who’ve made an impact in the Detroit scene.
“Jazz spawned house music, jazz spawned hip hop, jazz spawned funk and they all reflect back into that” - Theo Parrish
That little shame/excuse of the paragraph you just read is my way of encouraging some of you all who are currently having trouble adapting to music of a new genre to stick it out. Think of each genre as a person you’ve just met. What do you do you to get to know more about that person. Ask questions, take a walk in his/her shoes, learn about their origins and why act/walk/talk the way they do. Go out & explore my friends.