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I just remember back then I would get a live set...often times one of Oakeys, and just have it replay over and over again for like...weeks...and it never got old. Would send chills down my spine the entire set.
Every once in awhile I will still listen to some set from back then and it still makes my spine tingle in a big way.
There music back then WAS carefree. I actually would say a lot of it was rather cheesy by today's standard, but it brought out such an intense emotion within you, it was awesome. I think just the crazy syths and not-so-heavily focused on basslines were just a better mix compared to the complex layered basslines mixed with melodies and vocals we get today.
The music back then just a whole lot more POWER to it. That power has been lost for the time being, but things tend to use go in full circle and I'm sure that style will be back at some point.
Producers simply need to get back to having fun with making their music and just create a banging tune that's their style and of their own imagination instead of taking it soooooooooo seriously (trying to create perfection usually leads to more imperfection)...what's even worse is that it seems soooooooo much of the music created today is created after a producer decides to dig into someone else's production style and make tracks built around that style. I mean, unlike back then a lot of times these days I am absolutely FOOLED into thinking an incoming track is something other than it is because some producer (especially when they are a newcomer) pretty much just steals a bassline and a couple things here and there and then works on trying to create his own track out of it....so while the main part of the track is somewhat unique, it has classic signs of ripoff in it too.
Plus the whole EDM world is so frickin political these days...but that's a whole different topic.
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Last edited by DaveT on Aug-05-2005 at 09:28
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