Post #400767 by bigbrotiki on Tue, Aug 12, 2008 11:14 AM

On 2008-08-12 10:22, lucas vigor wrote:
I agree with DJ on the music part, though. Rockabilly and surf have very little to do with the exotica. I have always said that exotica and lounge was performed by expert studio jazz musicians. Rockabilly, rock, surf, ect...I hate to say it but for the most part they are created by non-professionals. By professional I mean the ability to play jazz or classical, sight read, etc..As good as Dick Dale is, I doubt he does those things except at the most rudimentary level.
But the trend nowadays is to merge genres. Surf blended with exotica, ect..or surf with "tiki" imagery/themes/artwork.

I know, I am not really into blending like that, either. But I am not against mixing. :)

So you think Terence is simply not aware of anything else other than music, and unaware of the whole background of Tiki culture, that's why he throws it into the same pot with terms like "Tiki music"?

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2008-08-12 11:17 ]