| quote: | Originally posted by starglider
A track is "cheese" if any of the following apply:
1. It contains significant vocal content that adds nothing to the track and/or detracts from the listening experience.
2. It is gimmicky; it contains a melody (or other element) that doesn't stand up to multiple listens.
3. It is overly simple/unrefined in terms of production and/or originality/complexity.
This is not to say that vocal trance is, by definition, cheese, nor that catchy equates to poor, nor that a simple track cannot be effective. And of course the above rules are relative and highly debatable. But it's a start... |
Dear god...I have stumbled into the cheesier-than-thou thread...
1. Vocals that add nothing to the content...yeah, ya know...like half of everything out there?
2. GIMMICKY? 99% of the recording industry is built on gimmicks and the like.
3. Simplistic or lacking in complexity? Music and rhythm and rhyme and harmony are the element of music, and everything is derived from them. In my opinions, the more simplistic a track is (no matter the layers involved) the better the song overall. In fact, progressive music is BUILT on the concept of simplicity.
Cheese has nothing at all to do with skill, or practical programming ability...rather it is a subjective term which those who are legens in their own minds, ya know...the "l33t d00dz" of the music community have determined to be such. Club trance is usually the first to fall into this category, however...there exists some anthems (See Silence, Zombie Nation, Ressurection, hell..even Sandstorm) that stand up to multiple listens, are amazingly simple, and have vocals that do nothing...
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