Re: The good thing about Lalumia Music
> > > > With a few more NY stores joining the party,"Loud
> > Enough"
> > > > has now made it's way to #19 on the NY Soundscan chart
>
> > > this
> > > > week;reaction seems to be split between "Loud" and
> > "Sorry
> > > No
> > > > Requests",while Germany has jumped on board in giving
> > > "Loud"
> > > > exposure.
> > > >
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> > > >
> > >
> > > Glad things are going well for you, as I'm sure it's not
>
> > > easy to get noticed.
> > >
> > Thank you; it's hard, and easy at the same time.The hard
> > part is that dance has continued to shrink into a smaller
> > and smaller, already converted culture ,not mainstream
> > accepted at all;the 'culture' wants more of the same,one
> > named females singing about love, or as I like to call
> > them,"Judy Garland records".Male vocals, with attitude,
> > straying into street topics, cause the 'hardcore ' to have
> a
> > bit of a breakdown.
> > The easy part is that 'the street' is reacting because
> it's
> > different, and more in line with the attitude and subject
> > matter present in rock, hip hop and teen pop,and also
> easy
> > is the fact that, because dance has become such a 'one
> trick
> > pony',the field is wide open for that break through; none
> of
> > the 'judy garland records' have crossed over this summer,
> > just as they failed to last summer,so I don't think I'm
> > doing any better or worse than 99% of what's out there at
>
> > the moment.The way I see it, history reminds us that
> Anette
> > Funicello and Frankie Avalon fans put their nose up when
> > Beatles records first came their way,just as Sinatra and
> > Perry Como consumers(and radio) initially fled from Elvis
> > Presley.
> > A change in approach or attitude in a given genre
> sometimes
> > freaks people out......and I guess that makes me Elvis &
> The
> > Beatles! How cool is that!
> >
> Lalumia, your music has an edge to it, something lacking
> from all this diva dance. There are other great EDGY Male
> Vocal Dance anthems, but no one wants to play them. It
> Pissed me off When MYLO-Drop the pressure, didnt get any
> spins in the U.S, and What about the GARAGE-Hip Hop act, THE
> STREETS, which in my opinion is the best Album, and most
> creative Lyrics, and sound, for a long time, and very edgy.
> But U.S radio wont play his music, because it cant be
> pigeonholed,,,,,Is it Dance,,,, Is it Hip HOP,,,Is it
> POP,,,,,It is actually all of those, and that is what makes
> it cool. I bet alot of Americas Youth would love THE
> STREETS, and relate to him, if they only got to hear him.
> The same goes for Lalumia, MOst all my friends, Not Dance
> Fans, really liked lalumias single, THE ANTHEM, and For djs
> only, because They could relate to the lyrics, of THE
> ANTHEM, and FOR DJs only is a very Funny Slapstick Record.
> In fact I would Call Lalumia the EMENEM of DANCE, Just think
> of the Similar Attitudes Between the two of them, I mean
> Lalumia may not be a Thug from the Streets, but the
> attitudes are very similar. AND ATTITUDE SELLS RECORDS, If
> exposed to the Masses. Why do you think most Teen age Pot
> Heads listen to Hip Hop, instead of Diva Dance, because they
> cant relate to all these Happy Happy JOY JOY, anthems, or
> the CRY YOUR EYES OUT FEMALE TRANCE BALLADS. Where Lalumia,
> and The Streets, can easily be realted to by the youth.
>
WOW! thank you(and I actually like, have played and supported the "Judy Garland Records", but when that's all that's offered up as represntative of a genre,then it's easy to understand the hard times that dance fell on in terms of sales and crossover airplay.I have supported the genre for decades,and as an active club dj,I want to see the next generation indoctrinated into the fold, but there needs to be a "who Let the Dogs Out", a "do it Again", or a "We Like To Party" to bring them in in the first place.That's what I'm intent on trying to do, and shall continue to do, and reaction rom dance strongholds like Greece,Belgium,Mexico, and now Germany, has been extremely encouraging.
While I tend to be over stated to the point of obnoxious at times, at the end of the day, we're all on the same team,and with the help that dance needs ,I've come to realize that everyone should be pulling together ,instead of pulling apart.(Thanks again, and with my 'punk rock' past, I'll try to live up to the "Eminem" standard when we finish the full length,including the tribute to Bobby O ,when I record a homage to my late friend, Divine,with a "Jimi" take on "Native Love-Step by Step",although the next single is a cha cha track,Dance Floor,and "Last Call" which completes the trilogy of "For DJs Only" and "sorry, No requests".
