ARC Music Festival Is A House And Techno Celebration Fit For Chicago
Ron Carroll describes the obstacles early house artists faced when trying to achieve radio play, even in their hometowns, where radio stations and the general public "regarded house as an inferior form of music". Remember that music is driven by one's interests and ego. So house music was seen as a bad girl, as a gay sound – they didn't want that on the radio back then because they thought it was bad, because they thought it made you do drugs. They thought of all that, and that's why this country was never closed. On the other hand, in Europe you didn't just see people from one community - they were playing bottle service clubs, regular clubs. Growing up, you had to find out. '
Detroit techno has been on the rise since the beginning of the millennium, so why has it taken so long to reach the important (but arguably most important) milestone of an event like ARC at Chicago House, which aims to nurture house music creators. A global festival? Amid the longstanding systemic barriers in the American music industry, particularly for black artists, including the struggle for wider reach and legitimacy that enabled radio play in the 1980s and 1990s, Chip E offers a metaphor for how all innovation occurs. . It can be considered unique in the country of origin of the house that donated it to the world.
"I always talk to people about Mr. Field's cookies. If Mrs. Fields was your mom, people would say, "Oh, your mom makes good cookies," but the people who actually buy them would say, "Those are the best cookies." of the world.” But for you, because you are the lady. Fields' son is "it's just cookies." She cooks cookies on Sundays.
Visiting the ARC, you will discover many aspects of the surrounding music and culture that began near the festival site: principles, sounds and messages that have been spread around the world and resonated reinterpreted, transformed and sampled. city at this event. The truth is, now that house music has penetrated deep into audiences around the world, and many of them have taken it in new directions, there's still a little bit of Chicago everywhere. As the sounds moved away from the 909's swinging patterns and soulful, powerful voice, whatever form listening to house music took, listeners, whether they realized it or not, paid homage to what was coming out of Chicago. Many of the Chicago DJs advertised on ARC have been throwing their parties in Chicago for decades, oblivious to the mainstream and the fleeting waves of mainstream attention that are sweeping the city.
