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| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Eco
Well yes and no. Yes, in the sense that if he weren't getting so famous, we wouldn't be having a 4 page discussion about his music, he'd just be another irrelevant dubstep artist that doesn't really get much discussion around here on Trance Addict. No, in the sense that because this discussion came about, I voiced my opinion that I think it's not that good, especially compared to some of the dubstep artists that don't get really talked about by the masses.
Very true. I mean, there's people having discussions about how much they think my stuff's overrated and other people vehemently defending it as really good, etc. etc... As an artists, I don't really post anywhere else but here so I don't get involved or defend myself haha.. As a music lover above all, I too have my opinions and I certainly respect everyone else's  I did tend to make certain assumptions about the "person" or the "artist" that are probably not true, so I didn't mean for that to be taken too negatively!
Well I didn't mean to imply any of it was his fault That's how the ball rolls in this scene though. Circumstantially, some people just blow up and others don't. It was more a commentary on the fans of the new big electronic artists. I will never discount anybody's opinion ever, but I will always offer alternative artists for them to check out that might make them rethink their opinion that said artist "is the best" or whatever their opinion is. It certainly isn't any artist's "fault" and hey, as an artist myself, I can only hope my upcoming album gets as much hype as this current Skrillex one.
And if that does happen, of course there will be the musical snobs (let's be honest, like me in this case haha) that will critique every detail on the boards, for better or worse. And I hope if that does happen, I won't hold it against them! 
Many times, people will say that it's the Tiesto's and Deadmau5's that initially get the people into this beautiful world of electronic music. This is all true, but then the next step is the (for lack of a better word) jaded musical snob telling them to "check this song out, or this one, or this one, it's so much better!", etc... I didn't really like minimal techno until the annoying people on this board hated on the current trance music so much that I eventually checked it out for myself! I didn't like dubstep until my friend showed me how much intricate it was to produce it compared to minimal techno, and I checked it out... The negativity does sometimes give birth to a greater appreciation of the genre, and isn't always just for the sake of being negative |
Very true. Now I see where you're coming from, I can respect that.
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