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Originally Posted by blixaboy

Otto kicks mucho ass. Very punk Rawk electronic music. Venetian Snares Totally smokes him though. I love the fact that he rarely programs in 4/4. He loves doing odd time signatures. Something you don't get to hear enough of in enough electronic music.

Their music is crazy which makes it not so surprising that they are hard to do deal with on a personal or business basis. The crazy geniuses usually are pricks.

I have to get nit-picky with your wording there, Wanz (PS: good to see you round here).

I would say the crazy geniuses are OFTEN pricks, but I wouldn't say usually. After working with artists for close to a decade, I've found most have the basics of social & business skills down. It often seems that the "bigger" the band, the nicer and more cooperative they are (though this is strictly a generality.. There are definitely exceptions)

Its hard to climb the ladder to success, and maintain it, if you're a prick to too many people.... Regardless of talent.

Venetian Snares, after my experience, ranks in my top 5 of people who need an attitude readjustment. (The number one, after cussing out most of the audience at his show on a person-to-person basis, he broke my car window in the parking lot at DFW airport because he was too impatient for me to roll it up, and proceeded to make out with his opening artist in line at the ticket counter between phone calls with his wife...) Funk'd be a WHOLE WHOLE LOT better off in his musical career if he didn't fuck up his network relationships so frequently because he really is quite talent. The talent is the only thing he has going for him at all, really.