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| kingklubz |
Im trying my best to figure this all out on my own, but I really need some help on this one. Basically my understanding of dance music is not very advanced, and I would like to know a little bit about sub-genres, styles, or if there is a more techinical term.
Okay so heres my question:
I know what house is. I know what trance is. I know what all the other major genres of electronic are. But what I'm having a hard time figuring out is, getting to the sub genre. I KINDA know what epic trance is, but i don't know what MAKES epic trance epic. Also, like what makes progressive progressive? Its pretty much the same way for everything else too, like i can recognize that theres something different about a track, but I dont know how to decribe or classify the sound.
Does anyone else new to the scene have this same problem? I was kind of hesistant to ask, cause like maybe I missed something major that everyone else caught on fast.
Any help is greatly appreciated, This is definetly a huge roadblack in my learning experience that I would like to overcome. |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
This link is a decent start:
Guide to electronic music
Should give you some good points for a lot of musical exploration. |
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| distant |
Also known as: First Google search result for "guide to electronic music".
Who'da thunk it? |
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| kingklubz |
| dude ive checked out that page before, but it doesnt really help me in uderstanding what makes (insert sub genre here) sound like (same sub genre). That site helped me a lot in learning the history and whatnot, but isn't exactly the information im looking for. |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| quote: | Originally posted by distant
Also known as: First Google search result for "guide to electronic music".
Who'da thunk it? |
Nah, I knew about it because someone posted it on TA before.
| quote: | | dude ive checked out that page before, but it doesnt really help me in uderstanding what makes (insert sub genre here) sound like (same sub genre). That site helped me a lot in learning the history and whatnot, but isn't exactly the information im looking for. |
Okay. I'm not sure if there's a guide out there that has what you're after, then. |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
Okay. I'm not sure if there's a guide out there that has what you're after, then. |
Honestly, if that guide can't help him I don't know what on earth he's after. I mean it even has samples of every possible subgenre. What more can you need? |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| quote: | Originally posted by kingklubz
I KINDA know what epic trance is, but i don't know what MAKES epic trance epic. |
It tries to reach big and "epic" heights of emotion through the use of long breakdowns and big contrasts between soft, subdued parts and more "driving" parts. Often has vocals as well. Supersaws abound.
| quote: | | Also, like what makes progressive progressive? |
The idea behind progressive is that the track "goes somewhere" and "progresses" which is kind of a vague idea, but oh well. It's generally slower than other types of trance and usually has one or two breakdowns, but shorter than epic ones. Using the supersaw as a lead is rare, but saw pads see some use. Melodies are usually not as obvious and "in your face" as in epic trance. |
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| kingklubz |
| i guess what im looking for then is more the musical theory behind each genre, listening to a bunch of samples will help, but i want to better understand what elements of the track make it belong to that genre. Am I making any sense? |
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| kingklubz |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
It tries to reach big and "epic" heights of emotion through the use of long breakdowns and big contrasts between soft, subdued parts and more "driving" parts. Often has vocals as well. Supersaws abound.
The idea behind progressive is that the track "goes somewhere" and "progresses" which is kind of a vague idea, but oh well. It's generally slower than other types of trance and usually has one or two breakdowns, but shorter than epic ones. Using the supersaw as a lead is rare, but saw pads see some use. Melodies are usually not as obvious and "in your face" as in epic trance. |
Thanks man this is the type of stuff I am looking for. Is there a site somewhere that has as much as you just gave about other genres, or did you just learn this from listening to EDM for several years? |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| Mostly just by listening to different types of electronic music and paying attention to how people used the terms. Opinions differ on classification, of course, but there is some degree of consensus on some stuff. |
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| Omega_Blue |
| i'm surprised no one has mentioned ishkur yet |
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