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Posted by meneedit on Nov-16-2005 04:50:

Ishkur's guide to EDM

Here is your chance to list some things that you disagree with in Ishkur's guide...

Posted by Allied Nations on Nov-16-2005 04:58:

Posted by starglider on Nov-16-2005 05:01:

I hate you.

Posted by miamitranceman on Nov-16-2005 05:09:

quote:
Originally posted by starglider
I hate you.

lol

Posted by Allied Nations on Nov-16-2005 05:12:

quote:
Originally posted by starglider
I hate you.

Posted by UWM on Nov-16-2005 05:14:

Do you go out of your way to create bad threads?

Posted by meneedit on Nov-16-2005 05:45:

yes.

Posted by Aiwendil on Nov-16-2005 05:59:

It all seems fairly agreeable to me.

Posted by s3nate on Nov-16-2005 06:28:

Someone has way to much time.

Posted by Nrg2Nfinit on Nov-16-2005 06:41:

search ishkur theres another thread about his site

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Nov-16-2005 08:05:

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Originally posted by Nrg2Nfinit
search ishkur theres another thread about his site

Another 500 you mean.

Posted by byte on Nov-16-2005 09:12:

The main genre descriptions definitely need work. They read like he wrote them all up in about 10 minutes just as he was finalizing the whole thing. Some of the statements are even contradictory, such as saying House is the oldest genre, and then saying that Downtempo was "the genre that was here first." But overall they don't do a very good job of describing the distinguishing aspects between the main genres House/Trance/Techno/Breakbeat/Jungle/Hardcore/Downtempo, which would be the first thing to look for in an EDM guide.

And sorry for taking this thread seriously if I wasn't supposed to, but I just had to get that off my chest. He's probably gonna change the guide so drastically in version 3 that my suggestion will be irrelevant anyway. Plus he probably doesn't care

Posted by Ian on Nov-16-2005 09:31:

quote:
Originally posted by UWM
Do you go out of your way to create bad threads?

either that or he really is that stupid, sadly I've been unable to ascertain which one it is

Posted by Sykonee on Nov-16-2005 09:50:

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Originally posted by byte But overall they don't do a very good job of describing the distinguishing aspects between the main genres House/Trance/Techno/Breakbeat/Jungle/Hardcore/Downtempo, which would be the first thing to look for in an EDM guide

Why should he have to when you can hear the differences for yourself on it?

Posted by Hauken on Nov-16-2005 10:13:

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Originally posted by Sykonee
Why should he have to when you can hear the differences for yourself on it?

^^ what he said.

I like it... it's the best one out there for sure. Plus, his sarcasm is phunnneyy as hell .

Posted by byte on Nov-16-2005 10:25:

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Originally posted by Sykonee
Why should he have to when you can hear the differences for yourself on it?

Because the variations between sub-genres within the seven main genres make it difficult to tell what defines each main genre. House, for example, has such a wide range of sounds, it would be nice if he could put in words what exactly makes a song a House song. A lot of people who are interested in such a thing as an EDM guide have a hard time hearing the differences between genres, so I think it would be useful if Ishkur could actually confirm in the description what it is that defines the genres (at least the main ones). He does this for a few of the sub-genres (UK garage comes to mind), and I find them to be the best descriptions.

I guess I'm bordering on the age-old "make it objective" suggestion here, but all I'm really asking for are semi-objective descriptions of the main genres.

Posted by Ishkur on Nov-16-2005 19:59:

I've already taken this into account, thanks.

Version 3 is getting rid of all that, and is going to present things in a new and different organization tree.

Not only that, but you'll be able to sort genres out by date...and by place of origin!

Posted by SYSTEM-J on Nov-16-2005 20:03:

quote:
Originally posted by byte
Because the variations between sub-genres within the seven main genres make it difficult to tell what defines each main genre.

If, after all those samples, linked together in that way, you can't find a general definition, then you probably shouldn't be listening to electronic music.

Posted by Sykonee on Nov-16-2005 20:05:

I can't wait for V.12, which will factor scent into the equation.

Yes, that's right! You'll be able to actually SMELL the genres of EDM!

Gay Disco House = Pugnent Man Sweat
Dub = tha' reefer!
Musique Concerte = stuffy computer rooms
Detroit Techno = oil and gasoline

and many more!

(think about it, Ish!)

Posted by Azz3D on Nov-16-2005 20:15:

quote:
Originally posted by Ishkur
I've already taken this into account, thanks.

Version 3 is getting rid of all that, and is going to present things in a new and different organization tree.

Not only that, but you'll be able to sort genres out by date...and by place of origin!

that's awesome
mark your calendar for more heated debates hehe