I went out of my way to build a square wave lead recently and posted the track on another forum. Guess what comment I got back;

"nice mloe, but try a saw"

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Originally posted by Eric J For me, all this stuff is much more "trance" than anything labeled as such these days. Now it's called "techno" or "tech house". Sasha & John Digweed @ EXIT Festival 2009 pt. 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s3tf60W_10 Sasha & John Digweed @ EXIT Festival 2009 pt. 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHUx...feature=related Sasha & John Digweed @ EXIT Festival 2009 pt. 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVc3...feature=related No fist pumping, no Jesus poses, no "look at me, I turned a dial" poses, and, most importantly, no SAWS!

That entire set sounds like one big intro to a sub-par house track. And this is coming from someone who goes to minimal and techno events every other week.

Sasha and Digweed are so weak live its disgusting. James Zabiela always puts on an amazing show however.

they should the genre name progressive house to adult contemporary. That retard in the background desperately trying to understand what those djs are doing is fucking hilarious.

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Originally posted by Richard Butler I went out of my way to build a square wave lead recently and posted the track on another forum. Guess what comment I got back; "nice mloe, but try a saw"

That's not surprising. EDM producers are notorious for telling everybody that they have to be creative, be original, push the boundaries, break the rules, etc., then criticize you when you try something that's even slightly unconventional. Do what you like and, if it's at all decent (as your stuff is from what I've heard), most people will like it, and some won't. c'est la vie.

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Originally posted by Stef James Zabiela always puts on an amazing show however.

Yeah, Zabiela is an amazing performer live.

dancetrippin just put out a new video of him at Space, check it out.

http://www.dancetrippin.tv/lib.cfm/.../James_Zabiela/

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Originally posted by cryophonik EDM producers are notorious for telling everybody that they have to be creative, be original, push the boundaries, break the rules, etc., then criticize you when you try something that's even slightly unconventional.

Yep I agree. I have a personal dislike of using kick / snare rolls in buildups - for one my wife always hates those parts as being an 'awful barrage', so I deliberately try and avoid using. Then the comments come that I'm missing a snare roll.

Listening to film critic yesterday reminded me just way critical advice whilst useful, is not the be all and end all. For example film crits in the UK seem so focused on dialogue and Human relationships, whereas I'm all about the atmosphere - I'm surrounded my Humans day long, so from a film I want a substantial menacing atmosphere to take me out of my usual world. Why I love Alien over Allen any day.

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Originally posted by Eric J Yeah, Zabiela is an amazing performer live. dancetrippin just put out a new video of him at Space, check it out. http://www.dancetrippin.tv/lib.cfm/.../James_Zabiela/

Damn! thanks for linking that, that was absolutely awesome.

EDIT: what is that song at 40:00?

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Originally posted by Stef Damn! thanks for linking that, that was absolutely awesome.

Thought you might like that. James always looks like he is having so much fun on stage.