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Getting bored of EDM

I'm not sure if I'm just going through a phase or if I'm done for good here. I don't go to parties, I don't go to dance clubs either. Haven't touched my CDJs in months. The main reason I got into EDM in the first place was because I was tired of all the samey sounding pop-rock that plagued the airwaves, and this music provided me with fresh sounds I'd never heard before. But I've listened to so much of it in the past few years that no ammount of ingenuity or originality ever surprises me anymore - I feel like I've heard it all. Overall it's been a great learning experience. I discovered so many new sounds and musical concepts that thought me to listen to music with a fresh set of ears, but there's just nothing left for me to discover anymore.

Been through pretty much every sub-genre of it. Collected all sorts of it - out of my latest batch from beatport, only about 10% I ended up really liking, the rest was below my expectations and I got bored of in a matter of days (even though I chose them carefully). There's barely any EDM left on my mp3 player save for some old mid-90s prog house tracks, an old Funk D'Void set and some LSG tracks.

Lately I've been getting back into accoustic music (something I hadn't touched in ages), digging up stuff from the 70s mostly.

Has anyone else gone through this? Or just long periods of being bored of EDM?

inb4mrmystery

I'm guessing you've just burnt out, maybe go to another genre you like, and maybe sometime later you will get back into EDM. Just my 2c

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Originally posted by saluyamo I'm guessing you've just burnt out, maybe go to another genre you like, and maybe sometime later you will get back into EDM. Just my 2c

I agree.

I've been in love with EDM for years, perhaps more so than anyone else I've ever met, but even I get sick of it occasionally. Only takes me about two days of boring Jack Johnson before I'm right back into it.

Just take a break; you'll come back.

i'm the other way around, i don't understand how the hell i still listen to pretty much exclusively EDM only. when sometimes i get bored of it, i get bored of music altogether.

Well, you wouldn't be the first one. Known examples of guys getting bored of EDM are DJ Revibe (of Flutlicht / s.h.o.k.k.) or Andrea Ribeca (of Nu Nrg)

Sometimes I have days too, where I'm bored of EDM and then I just listen to some other stuff, mostly Rock or the 80s. But usually I listen to EDM again very soon

Yeah but what I'm talking about isn't just occasional down days, it's something I've been experiencing for a few months now. I only have the occasional day when I'm particularly 'in the mood' for it.

Take a break. Two years ago i started listening to a lot of rap, and for almost a year that's what i listened to 90% of the time. During a years time i didn't have a clue about anything new edm-related.

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Originally posted by noikeee i'm the other way around, i don't understand how the hell i still listen to pretty much exclusively EDM only. when sometimes i get bored of it, i get bored of music altogether.

Hehe, I know how you feel... Same over here

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Originally posted by Project-K Yeah but what I'm talking about isn't just occasional down days, it's something I've been experiencing for a few months now. I only have the occasional day when I'm particularly 'in the mood' for it.

I hit that point in 2004 with trance. I was fed up of remakes, of uninspired crap from armada/coldharbour etc being so big. It bored me. So I looked in many other ways. throughout that time I got into techno, joris voorn, kanzyani, kowalski, preach, liebing etc and began to discover psy, allbeit cheesy at first, astrix, skazi etc, it was different from what i'd been into, so worked at the time. Shortly thereafter, I found techno going towards the mimimal phase (I liked the energy in loop techno or funky techno) so i pretty much delved into psy fulltime, finding morning psy and progressivepsy at the time. By now, progtrance/proghouse (not the schulz kind tho) had got good again, shiloh, son kite, ticon, tegma, vibasphere, antix, jaia were all appealing to me, plus the finnish sounds, kuisma, beetseekers etc.

I also got into rock more. I liked odd songs but began to appreciate the drumming & guitar & bass combinations, and how good people had to be to play it live. Then I found shpongle and shulman and that pretty much leads me upto where I am now. If I get bored, I go ba ck to rave, breakbeat-hardcore, drum & bass, trance (1992-2003) and the rest of what I'm into now. I consider it a maturing of tastes, not because everyone else was into it, but because I needed to for myself at that time.

And now ? I'm loving trance with acid in, either old goa, new goa, or stuff like olmec heads, art of trance etc. Rather than being totally and utterly into new music, I just know there is more than enough that's been made over the years that I missed, and by exploring that, as well as balancing it with the bit of new that is good, I'm pretty much happy with music again

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Originally posted by Ian Rather than being totally and utterly into new music, I just know there is more than enough that's been made over the years that I missed, and by exploring that, as well as balancing it with the bit of new that is good, I'm pretty much happy with music again

That's exactly my sentiment.

I listen to hardly any new music because I'm too busy going back through my old collection and buying all my old stuff in higher quality or just generally organising it. It's heaps of fun.

Often I'll look for different mixes of old favourites, I've dug up some decent stuff that way, such as Jon Johnson's remix of Skydive.

I think I will always be in this sort of period.
Mostly I just listen to Rock/Pop (Ramones, Porcupine Tree, Pink Floyd, Queens of the Stone Age, Gang of Four...etc)
but every once a while I'll listen to edm, trance and goa... depends on my mood.
I've got little edm on my mp3 player nowadays tho...

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Originally posted by paulandrews inb4mrmystery

Idiot.

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Originally posted by Project-K Yeah but what I'm talking about isn't just occasional down days, it's something I've been experiencing for a few months now. I only have the occasional day when I'm particularly 'in the mood' for it.

It happens, particularily if you've exposed yourself to something exclusively for too long. I jumped from trance to prog rock myself and after listening to that for about half a year pretty much non-stop I'm slowly getting bored of that too, so now I'm slowly making my way back to EDM (though not particularily trance).

I wouldn't worry about it too much, just take a break and you'll get back into it sooner or later.

With such a great range of various subgenres, how can one become bored of EDM in general?

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery Idiot.

Uh. Weren't you saying how you're tired of it?

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Originally posted by Gauss With such a great range of various subgenres, how can one become bored of EDM in general?

Probably by listening to all different genres 24/7. I've never gotten bored of EDM, probably because I just don't have time to listen to it enough for it to become trite. But I think it would take a LOT to make all genres of EDM boring

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Originally posted by Gauss With such a great range of various subgenres, how can one become bored of EDM in general?

Seeing it's quite rare to find a person who'd actually like all genres of EDM...

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Originally posted by paulandrews Uh. Weren't you saying how you're tired of it?

Was I? How does that have to do anything with anything anyway?

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery Was I? How does that have to do anything with anything anyway?

How does insulting people have to do anything with this thread in the first place?

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Originally posted by paulandrews How does insulting people have to do anything with this thread in the first place?

The same way your first post did? Do you actually have anything to add that's on topic?

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery The same way your first post did? Do you actually have anything to add that's on topic?

My first post was on topic and for the moment I felt like I don't want to add anything more. If you've got problem with that, well... it's your problem. I was just surprised with what you said 'cause what I said wasn't meant to sound harsh.

Ehh, give out your own opinions instead of depending on mine in the future.

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Originally posted by Gauss With such a great range of various subgenres, how can one become bored of EDM in general?

Not that many are significantly different.

You've got your techno that goes UNN TSS UNN TSS UNN TSS

Then you've got your trance that goes MMM TSS MMM TSS MMM TSS

Then you've got your house that goes BOOM-TSS-CLK-TSS-VWMM-BOOM-TSS-CLK-TSS

Then your breaks that go like BOOM CHK UNN BOOM BOOM CHK

... and so on in that fashion

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Originally posted by Redd Probably by listening to all different genres 24/7.

And how many people actually do that?

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Originally posted by Redd I've never gotten bored of EDM, probably because I just don't have time to listen to it enough for it to become trite. But I think it would take a LOT to make all genres of EDM boring

I actively listen to EDM anywhere from 2 to 8 hours a day for the past 4-5 years and I still have yet to become bored of it.
Only subgenre that I became bored of is trance, not because I listened to too much of it, but because of low quality productions nowadays.

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery Seeing it's quite rare to find a person who'd actually like all genres of EDM...

You don't have to like all of them, it's enough to fine just one that's good enough to set you straight for at least another year to come.

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Originally posted by Project-K Not that many are significantly different. You've got your techno that goes UNN TSS UNN TSS UNN TSS Then you've got your trance that goes MMM TSS MMM TSS MMM TSS Then you've got your house that goes BOOM-TSS-CLK-TSS-VWMM-BOOM-TSS-CLK-TSS Then your breaks that go like BOOM CHK UNN BOOM BOOM CHK ... and so on in that fashion

You sound like a person that calls EDM simply 'techno'.

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Originally posted by Gauss You don't have to like all of them, it's enough to fine just one that's good enough to set you straight for at least another year to come.

...and when you've found the one you like and already worn it out?

It really isn't that complicated, is it.

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery ...and when you've found the one you like and already worn it out? It really isn't that complicated, is it.

Find another one. Fortunately there are plenty to pick from.

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