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Posted by johncannons1 on Sep-25-2009 05:44:

quote:
Originally posted by owien
i think people here just like to have a good chat about edm i know i do


+1


Posted by DJ_Rafnel on Sep-25-2009 06:10:

E) My response always has and will be the same:

If you don't like it...why are you listening to it and taking the time to write how much you hate it?


Posted by Kismet7 on Sep-25-2009 06:22:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ_Rafnel
E) My response always has and will be the same:

If you don't like it...why are you listening to it and taking the time to write how much you hate it?


cause doing something else would require some sort of skill or talent? or they have nothing better to do? or they simply are trolls? or they are something else?


Posted by DJ_Rafnel on Sep-25-2009 06:40:

quote:
Originally posted by Kismet7
cause doing something else would require some sort of skill or talent? or they have nothing better to do? or they simply are trolls? or they are something else?


Ahhhh and the mystery remains unsolved...

Sometimes man i really just don't get it. haha


Posted by Mr.Mystery on Sep-25-2009 07:23:

quote:
Originally posted by Kismet7
cause doing something else would require some sort of skill or talent? or they have nothing better to do? or they simply are trolls? or they are something else?

What is it with you and the troll word?


Posted by Mr.Mystery on Sep-25-2009 07:26:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ_Rafnel
E) My response always has and will be the same:

If you don't like it...why are you listening to it and taking the time to write how much you hate it?

Obviously one would have to listen to it to know whether he/she likes it or not... BUT the endless bickering about it is indeed quite pointless. If you don't like something, fine - state your opinion and move on.

Then again the opposite end of spectrum is just as bad. Some people will praise anything made by their favourite producer even if it was an 8 bit recording of cats farting.


Posted by Kismet7 on Sep-25-2009 07:27:

quote:
Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
What is it with you and the troll word?


whats its with you and pointless questions?


Posted by Mr.Mystery on Sep-25-2009 07:31:

quote:
Originally posted by Kismet7
whats its with you and pointless questions?

They'll stop as soon as I'll get one straight answer from you.

Just one.


Posted by Kismet7 on Sep-25-2009 07:36:

LOL.

Ahh you're a trip. But out of all of them, you're not that bad somehow.


Posted by SoundMagus on Sep-25-2009 08:14:

My answer would be :

A - I wouldnt really care what some faceless person says about me/my music/my production/my dj`ing etc on a faceless forum, what would be the point?

If i had sold countless albums be them mp3 or vinyl, have had and still get plenty of dj gigs, am in love and being loved by the most wonderful woman on the planet, live in thailand and make my music in the sun, make a living from doing what i truly love to do, why oh why oh why would i even break sweat about it?

In my opinion many people now a days seem to care more about "what other people think" than actually doing what they want to do, i hear it all the time, especially with the risks i took in my own personal life which meant i was no longer part of the main stream way of life.

Just get on with your OWN life, enjoy it, spread your wings and fly through your own experiences and live your life to the fullest, take your q`s from those you trust and love, not unknown, faceless avatars whome you probably couldnt please even with a large Dildo :O


Posted by Beatflux on Sep-25-2009 10:16:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ_Rafnel

If you don't like it...why are you listening to it and taking the time to write how much you hate it?


I don't try and listen to new music by listening to music I have already heard.

People have feelings and the need to express them.


Posted by Beatflux on Sep-25-2009 10:18:

quote:
Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
What is it with you and the troll word?


Hahaha.


Posted by Sonic_c on Sep-25-2009 10:28:

quote:
Originally posted by Beatflux
I don't try and listen to new music by listening to music I have already heard.

People have feelings and the need to express them.
+1

I think you have to listen to music you dont like to know what you do like. Plus just out of curiosity too! I mean I am a total EDM head not really into live music of any kind even though i engineer for it quite a bit, and i recently went to see Pearl Jam live in manchester and that blew me away and now I found out I like loas of music like that.

Not exactly gonna start putting eddie vedders lyrics over my songs but I liked it.


Posted by mfitterer1 on Sep-25-2009 10:57:

quote:
Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
Obviously one would have to listen to it to know whether he/she likes it or not... BUT the endless bickering about it is indeed quite pointless. If you don't like something, fine - state your opinion and move on.

Then again the opposite end of spectrum is just as bad. Some people will praise anything made by their favourite producer even if it was an 8 bit recording of cats farting.


The reason this usually happens is because they're attention whores or talentless hacks and they'd rather be in the position the person in question is. It's simple jealousy that starts most of these flamewars; except when it comes to music.

Let's face it; there are those among us who have gifted brains made for this stuff and others that will never even come close. Like anything in life not everyone can succeed at it. So when people who don't (a large % of internet forum communities) see someone who does and has a chance to degrade the quality of his/her work; they jump at it.

It's always seemed pretty simple to me. Me personally I shove their shit right back in their face because the more fucked up and hateful shit they say to me or about my music the more it motivates me to prove them wrong. How do you do that? By continuing to learn and refine/improving my sound.

Obviously I would like everyone to enjoy my music (what producer doesn't want that?) but it's just not possible.


Posted by SoundMagus on Sep-25-2009 11:10:

well said !!


Posted by Mr.Mystery on Sep-25-2009 11:24:

quote:
Originally posted by mfitterer1
The reason this usually happens is because they're attention whores or talentless hacks and they'd rather be in the position the person in question is. It's simple jealousy that starts most of these flamewars; except when it comes to music.

Let's face it; there are those among us who have gifted brains made for this stuff and others that will never even come close. Like anything in life not everyone can succeed at it. So when people who don't (a large % of internet forum communities) see someone who does and has a chance to degrade the quality of his/her work; they jump at it.

The whole "jealousy" card seems to be a bit of a cop out in these discussions. Just like Hitler/nazi comparisons in political discussions.


Posted by Pjotr G on Sep-25-2009 12:09:

I agree with Mr Mystery. There are a lot of feelings / triggers that could result in harsh criticism of music.

Music is about emotion, so is it so strange that emotional responses can result from music that's below someone's expectation?

"Someone was good dammit, why does he have to suck now! Become good again you asshole!"
That's not jealousy, it's someone's crushed hope of being delighted by someone's new music.

"Someone is in a position to steer the mainstream side of a genre towards innovation, but he/she chooses to use that position to churn out carbon copies of his/her success track"
Seems more like frustration with missed opportunities in the view of the listener, than jealousy to me.


Posted by floyd741 on Sep-25-2009 12:28:

I'm going to have to go with A. If I were in that situation and I saw someone bashing my stuff I really think I wouldn't care. I'm the one getting paid for it so in the end, I win.

Now if it were beyond immature bashing and there was something constructive in there, I might take that into account for my future work.


Posted by Sonic_c on Sep-25-2009 12:30:

quote:
Originally posted by mfitterer1
The reason this usually happens is because they're attention whores or talentless hacks and they'd rather be in the position the person in question is. It's simple jealousy that starts most of these flamewars; except when it comes to music.

Let's face it; there are those among us who have gifted brains made for this stuff and others that will never even come close. Like anything in life not everyone can succeed at it. So when people who don't (a large % of internet forum communities) see someone who does and has a chance to degrade the quality of his/her work; they jump at it.

It's always seemed pretty simple to me. Me personally I shove their shit right back in their face because the more fucked up and hateful shit they say to me or about my music the more it motivates me to prove them wrong. How do you do that? By continuing to learn and refine/improving my sound.

Obviously I would like everyone to enjoy my music (what producer doesn't want that?) but it's just not possible.


It is far easier to drag someone down to your level than it is to rise to theirs. not my attitude but it is true


Posted by Sonic_c on Sep-25-2009 12:34:

quote:
Originally posted by Pjotr G


"Someone is in a position to steer the mainstream side of a genre towards innovation, but he/she chooses to use that position to churn out carbon copies of his/her success track"


Honestly in a perfect world artists would like to be the next 'new' thing everytime they write a track but they cant. If you had a succesful formula for a track that 90% of generic fans would be clutching at their hearts and reaching for the lasers to, that enabled you to feed your family scratch that lol fly around the world djing to you woundn't be temped. Would you go for the pure art arguement everytime?


Posted by psymon.d on Sep-25-2009 12:38:

I would explicitly explain how my shoes were of a greater value than you could ever conceive of. That's industry standard, no?


Posted by Pjotr G on Sep-25-2009 12:48:

I was not trying to argue a position of my own above. I was trying to describe common views with possible motivations, avoiding the jealousy card.

I, myself, understand that there are musicians who make music for a living, and thus make some 'safe' choices (and I also understand there's no such thing as a sure thing, which it why the quotes are around 'safe').


Posted by Sonic_c on Sep-25-2009 13:01:

I know mate im just opening up the debate


Posted by DjStephenWiley on Sep-25-2009 14:25:

So many factors here.

Who is saying it?

Where are they saying it?

What are the accusations? (Extremely defaming? might even call for possible legal action in a very extreme and rare situation)


Generally though, people who take the time to bad mouth you in a negative way don't deserve a response. And people who want to believe what they hear from others are people that you don't want as fans. At least I don't anyway.


Posted by Zak McKracken on Sep-25-2009 15:39:

i cant picture myself in that situation so i have no idea what id do. i might have killed myself, or i might have registered and act like angelo or ingrosso or who fuck swedish gangsta it was: "i got my own shoo, who are u? im better than you looser", lol id probably do that.


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