Here's a thread that hasn't been done for a while:
What do other producers do and say that annoys you? What do you find irritating about the dance scene generally?
I have a real thing about people confusing 4/4 time sigatures with a "four on the floor" rhythm. I see it around here all the time, where someone will say, oh I made a 4/4 remix of a breaks track. News: most dance music is 4/4, you made a remix with a kick every crotchet note
Also, ignorant people who think that all electronic music is techno, I never know whether to laugh or cry.
Bandwagon jumping and mislabeling genres for marketing purposes is another good one. In sydney right now, suddenly everything's become techno, just because its the popular genre
We all know theres silly stuff that people do all the time. Get it off your chest
Yeah, genres are a whole minefield of irritation aren't they.
I think the electro thing's part of the bandwagon jumping I was talking about, its now becoming the same thing with techno, just because its got some techy percussion.
of course none of that would be a problem if people didn't obsess over genres
Really though, a lot of what was just said describes trance, so it seems like the thing that irritates people the most is just... TRANCE
Damn, that leads to my next one; kicks that ruin the track.
Theres a really good producer called mossy (warning: contains 8th notes) who was being just a bit more interesting than Deadmau5, but his early tracks all had hideous kicks wich overwhelmed the track.
To play them on a big system you had to actually highpass the whole track. Of course, Beatport is such awful quality that you can't really tell from the samples
I think they really encourage people to make samey-sounding tracks and limit themselves, to think of themselves as a "[insert genre here] producer" rather than just a musician who happens to be using a computer and synthesizers.
Jan-15-2009 10:22
Acton
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Registered: Mar 2002
Location: London
quote:
Originally posted by Domesticated
Shitty mastering. No excuse in this day and age.
Some say that mastering is an art form in itself, and it's very difficult to learn how to do properly. On what basis are you saying that it is no excuse?
Originally posted by Acton
Some say that mastering is an art form in itself, and it's very difficult to learn how to do properly. On what basis are you saying that it is no excuse?
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