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| bith |
I have written a blog on the current state of EDM. It mainly focuses on the dj world prior to digital technology and compares that to older methods. It's just an introspective piece of literature and you may find it an interesting read.
http://tehmeadowlands.blogspot.com/...ate-of-edm.html |
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| Pete K |
| I think whoever wrote that needs to realize that it's just music. Go with the flow. Music is ever changing, that is the only thing constant about music is change. I personally don't see a blur with big names and people like myself. The big names will still get the CD-R's of unreleased tunes before any of us. |
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| monkchichi |
and this is why I choose to maintain a safe distance from standard EDM. as technology increases the rate of information transfer, everything starts to bleed together. not that everything sounds the "same". just that once a track is released, it can be reproduced instantaneously rather than having to wait for the vinyl. e.g. everyone starts playing the same cause it's "popular" at the time. I stopped listening to prog, house, trance, etc. cause every DJ just essentially played same tunes in a given year. just a different remix. I mean how many Delerium - Silence remixes came out? Innocente? Iio - Rapture? I mean remixes are unique in their own right but for real. I'm tired of the same day in and day out. these days most DJs are so ing lazy they are just broadcasting someone else's music and not even working the wax so to speak. even for those that produce, it all just sounds the same. the same sounds effects and samples manipulated slightly different so you think that it's a new song. oh wait, that's the drugs talking. so to finish off, and to pre-empt all those haters that are gonna say "you think it all sounds the same since you don't know how to appreciate it" off. if you knew me you would know not to say that to me.
my opinion of modern mainstream electronic music. |
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| Xyzpdq0121 |
| quote: | Originally posted by monkchichi
and this is why I choose to maintain a safe distance from standard EDM. as technology increases the rate of information transfer, everything starts to bleed together. not that everything sounds the "same". just that once a track is released, it can be reproduced instantaneously rather than having to wait for the vinyl. e.g. everyone starts playing the same cause it's "popular" at the time. I stopped listening to prog, house, trance, etc. cause every DJ just essentially played same tunes in a given year. just a different remix. I mean how many Delerium - Silence remixes came out? Innocente? Iio - Rapture? I mean remixes are unique in their own right but for real. I'm tired of the same day in and day out. these days most DJs are so ing lazy they are just broadcasting someone else's music and not even working the wax so to speak. even for those that produce, it all just sounds the same. the same sounds effects and samples manipulated slightly different so you think that it's a new song. oh wait, that's the drugs talking. so to finish off, and to pre-empt all those haters that are gonna say "you think it all sounds the same since you don't know how to appreciate it" off. if you knew me you would know not to say that to me.
my opinion of modern mainstream electronic music. |
Wow Fong, it is time to go back to Sweetwater and drink some beer tonight, you need to unwind a bit and find you zen center!
As far as it all being the same and everyone playing the same tunes... Ya there is a bit of that, same old, same old feeling in EDM but it depends on what you listen to... Major DJs either produce their own stuff or get the song well before the rest of us... Once it shows up on ASOT or GG, then sure it is ripped to high heaven and everyone needs it, plays it, likes it... But you do not hear that in mainstream music?!? 50 Cent comes out with a new song and that is ALL you hear ever hour on the radio...
So you do not like the music that is out right now in the EDM world, find some lesser known DJ who is creating new stuff. Most of my music collection is DJs that no one has heard of... Keeps things from getting too old, listening to the same Digweed sets for weeks on end! |
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| Scottaculous |
As a blanket statement, I feel most trance/house DJs, amateur and professional, are too obsessive about exclusive tracks. Everyone is always trying to beat each other out for the freshest, newest track. To me that's only half of what a good DJ is about. Personally, I would be more impressed with a DJ taking an old track and putting a new spin on it. Do something more than beatmatching the track because that's just the basics. A DJ shouldn't even be playing in public if they can't beatmatch. Many DJs (even superstar ones) end their practice there and sadly the impressionable bedroom DJs are thinking that's all you need. Newflash: there is no artistry in beatmatching. There's why I'm glad there are DJs like Phil K, Zabiela, Jonathan Lisle, Richie Hawtin and even Sasha, in some respects, that strive for something more than human jukeboxes.
So in response to the blogger, people don't need new technology like Ableton Live to give their sound uniqueness. People need to think more outside the box and be more creative. |
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