Could you keep up with grime if you didnt have a computer?

[Randy]

I've come home from uni for a few days and stupidly didn't bring my laptop. this made me realise that without my computer or th internet i cant really stay up to date with grime.

Even listening to Logan (on FM) is impossible unless you in or around london. as i found out when i had classical FM mixed in with wearin my rolex as i drove down the M1.

I know the majority of people out there have comuters and therefore can get hold of info but een then the channels for recieving the information arent being pushed to a wider audience. Grimepedia etc should be pushed at non-grime fans maybe (bad example) by promoting on NME website?

The grime scene is too insular and not being marketed effectively

[ALM]

yes i could.

[Randy]

yes i could.

how would you do that?

[Hij]

I could, but I do rely on the internet a lot.

Infact grime is under represented on the internet and this is something I am working hard to rectify.

Teaming with Elijah's events, this should help publicise us and what we do and hopefully vice versa.

[gingerchris]

Nah, being so far from the centre of grime - i.e. London, there's no way I'd be able to keep up with grime without the internet. Having said that tho, I keep up with most new music through the internet

[Randy]

are you doing anything to promote it to a non-grime audience? even starting random threads on other music genre forums may help.

[Joe]

resort to channel u i guess

[whats_the_score?]

Doubt it, got a DAB though! My mates dont listen to grime either so couldnt rely on them.

[FG]

good point

Internet is vital in keeping up with whats going on definitely

[JustGeo]

I probably would be able to but not as up to the minute.

I regularly go to wileys house with a blank cd and leave his house with his harddrive.*

[Hij]

I remember when songs used to filter through eventually and you'd get a guy in the endz copying it onto every ones computer.

Now you can just check the artists myspace etc.

good thread though

[Technician]

I probably would be able to but not as up to the minute.

I regularly go to wileys house with a blank cd and leave his house with his harddrive.*

lololol

[Jay05]

Apart from the internert or speaking to some1 who had been on the net.

Radio is the only way to hear about grime and thats not too great.

[Demos]

nope, suppose i could listen to logan through the old FM dial

[Randy]

i suppose you can kinda add westwood to the list now and a few rinse shows are consistently on but even then you have to be in london or have DAB or a PC. i hate the midlands sometimes and am glad to be moving into or around london in the summer

[SHANK BUTCHER]

doubt it unless you're rich and can afford to buy almost every mixtape

[Tangelo]

Nope. Since ive moved up north grime has not existed.
They all like kano and Dizzee but thats about it

[gingerchris]

I think with the amount of downloads available to grime fans eg
Radio rips
myspace tunes
free mixtapes

Grime is one of the best genres in terms of using technology to promote. If someone wants to get into grime they can get a good example of the scene without spending any money or bootlegging.

Just needs that bit of offline promo to get non grime fans into it

[adidasgrandad]

i got mates from when lived in london and i go back quite alot so it wouldnt be too hard keeping up without the internet.

[me!!!]

Very good topic! Since I got a laptop about 4-5 years ago and found rwd I found out about a lot more mc's than I would have been able to hear just from going to uptown and dark and cold to buy mixtapes. With the amount of downloads available you get to listen to mc's that you may not have wanted to waste your money on incase they turned out to be shit.

Personally without the interent I would not be listening to barely ANY grime as I don't go to raves anymore and I rarely listen to radio shows either.

[Aza T]

The only thing I Could do is Listen to Logans show.

Can't lock to rinse here, wont be able to purchase CDs from ukrs or any other webshop, wont even know whats come out/coming out.

I probably couldnt, but thats not realy a bad thing cause the internet is the present and future and grime is doing well with the internet compared to some other genres.

[Quality Control]

name any underground genre that you could keep completely up to date with without the internet or a friend with the internet telling you about it.

i even have problems keeping up with hip-hop without the internet and it's one of the biggest genres in the world

[G.K.]

name any underground genre that you could keep completely up to date with without the internet or a friend with the internet telling you about it.

i even have problems keeping up with hip-hop without the internet and it's one of the biggest genres in the world

ya what he said ^^^^^^^^^^^^

[Eric Cantona]

lol, Logan's show would be it for me.

Before i had internet i liked Grime so much more.

[07984]

Getting my lappy, internet, and registering on RWD times my knowledge and access to Grime by 100!

[TRU_G]

If you ain't from London then probably not...

In london you can lock into rinse on fm (usually) and go to local record shops to see whats new

Other places have record shops which stock some grime but usually they are a few months late

[Aych]

If you ain't from London then probably not...

In london you can lock into rinse on fm (usually) and go to local record shops to see whats new

Other places have record shops which stock some grime but usually they are a few months late

True say. I live in Bristol, and without the internet I would not be able to keep up wit tings. We got some alrite record shops, but aint the same still. I dread the day my lappy dies :(

['nuum general]

certainly not

[RIP Jakey]

Getting my lappy, internet, and registering on RWD times my knowledge and access to Grime by 100!

I was way behind on my grime til i joined RWD, bein on this forum now is one of the only ways to stay properly up to date

[Quality Control]

I was way behind on my grime til i joined RWD, bein on this forum now is one of the only ways to stay properly up to date

it depends how up to date you wanna be.

members of this forum are up to date on every little thing that happens in grime, but without this im sure you could still keep up on the releases and major events

[Eric Cantona]

DO you not feel you enjoyed grime so much better before you knew what was happening eveyy day in grime?

I did

[RIP Jakey]

it depends how up to date you wanna be.

members of this forum are up to date on every little thing that happens in grime, but without this im sure you could still keep up on the releases and major events

yh true, but being on this forum introduced me to a lot of artists i wouldn't have known about had i not been on here.

[Quality Control]

DO you not feel you enjoyed grime so much better before you knew what was happening eveyy day in grime?

I did

then stop checking you donut

i like knowing every little thing that goes on cos it makes me feel big and clever when i speak to casual grime fans about it :crown:

[Eric Cantona]

then stop checking you donut

i like knowing every little thing that goes on cos it makes me feel big and clever when i speak to casual grime fans about it :crown:


I like keeping up to date with things still.

[Wiz]

Nah I wouldn't, I don't don't have a decent FM radio hookup in my yard. And portable radios have swag quality so I don't use them. But maybe if I didn't have a computer I would, I dunno.

[adidasgrandad]

then stop checking you donut

i like knowing every little thing that goes on cos it makes me feel big and clever when i speak to casual grime fans about it :crown:

its a good feeling init

[S.Man]

Na i couldnt unless i locked into most shows n made weekley trips down to independance to see whats new!