Es ist kein Geringerer als Gerd Graf Bernadotte af Wisborg, der Dieter Bohlen diese Sprüche in den Mund legt!

Graf Bernadotte ist langjähriger Berater des Poptitan Dieter Bohlen und lancierte auch schon Nadja Abd el Farrag (Naddel) auf über 1000 Schlagzeilen.
Seit Jahren ist Gerd Graf Bernadotte für die Sprüche des Pop-Titanen verantwortlich.

Wir dürfen uns über weitere Sprüche des Grafen Bernadotte freuen und hoffen, dass Dieter Bohlen
noch viele davon einsetzt.

Gruss

Ken

Bernadotte ist der Name des regierenden Geschlechtes des Königreichs Schweden. Gerd Graf Bernadottes Großvater
wurde bekannt durch den Umbau der Insel Mainau im Bodensee in ein Blumenparadies, das jährlich von über einer Million Touristen besucht wird.
Gerd Graf Bernadotte erwartet einen zufällig entdeckten Erbanspruch, welcher auch in die Formel Eins fließen soll. Laut Notar handelt es sich bei dem Erbe des
Königs von Schweden, Gustav VI. (bis 1973) um 25 Millionen Schwedische Kronen. Hochgerechnet zzgl. Zinsen bei der Svenska Handelsbank in Stockholm handelt es sich
dabei um ein Sümmchen von 55 Millionen Euro.

Thanks for the specificity. I don’t know Stereo too well, though my friends do. As I tried to make clear I wasn’t reacting to him and his mix as much as to the misinformed response to it. Nonetheless I do think that the response we’ve seen here has proved that this was something worth discussing, even if the jumping off point was off point.

I also agree about the limiting factor of language, it’s an interesting problem/opportunity.

What the world needs is creative people making art with and for their friends who they know and trust and that is exactly what Stereotyp was doing. He and Joyce Muniz (who raps on most of the mix that inspired the original rant) have been working together for years and years in fact she spends part of her time in Vienna and Berlin. Just because you don’t know what she is saying doesn’t mean that Stereotype doesn’t and your friend’s “barefoot baile” comment only points to his own prejudice about their collaboration.

In regards to DJing, I totally agree that if you find out something you are spinning has really messed up lyrics it should be taken out of circulation (no matter how dope) beyond that, if it feels right play it. Some basic contextual research is important but there will always be a limit to understanding an artist’s intention. I will keep playing De La Soul even though I never understood what their “eye patch” metaphor was supposed to mean and I will keep playing Bhangra because it brings joy to the dance-floor even for those, like myself, who don’t understand the lyrics – My hunch is that its cool but if someone is offended (or inspired) by the lyrical content I want to know about it. Personally, I will always enjoy spinning instrumentals the most because so many amazing emotional journeys of pure rhythm and sound are cut short by the specificities (and geographical boundaries) of human language.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/167837645e7bc42e/

http://www.ideablob.com

http://www.tuneyourworld.com

I buy from digital stores mostly now. I use visa gift cards, so I can buy from the DRM free sites of my choice, and don’t need to worry about people stealing my credit card info. $50 to a card, and when I finish it up, I get another.

But one thing I think about a lot is the need for a system where the demand is for the music itself, not some sideshow aspect of the music. For example: If musicians are making money off touring, then more resources are going to be put towards developing performances than music.

I think the artist stipend/grant system that Ms. Ripley mentions are one good idea. Something akin to a benefactor program like for painters.

Sorry to take so long to holler back. Real world nitty gritty, you know…

Anywho, I like your rainbows and the issue you’re taking on in your comments is one I’m struggling with myself. I feel like negotiating the progress of the Fareed Zakaria/Thomas Friedman post-American flat Lexus world with a hatred of inequality and exclusion is as hard as drawing a succinct conclusion from the debate here.

re: Rupture highlighting this post’s echoing– seriously! I can’t get it out of my head, and my position shifts kind of radically day to day. Strength in flexibility!

…it’s a real struggle to continue the level of intense music practice that I have over the past eight years and it increasingly feels less and less worth it.

Matt-Hang in there. I know you don’t know me and I don’t really know you but I dig what your doing and involved with. Sometimes I feel I’m hangin from a string and it always helps to get some encouragement from others (even if said encouragement comes from a man without a face). Artists that don’t suffer are not doing their jobs!