First I saw djs/producers using wii controllers, then the iphone, then the ipad, and now lately its kinect. what's next? here's an interesting article about it:
Lots of new technologies and plugins will be embraced as the future, only for there to be a backlash where people re-embrace old standby technologies (and "classic" / "warm" / "organic" sounds).
Rinse, repeat.
stevö
i agree with you mr jive. despite all the technology advances, sampling of organic sounds is still popular. a dj set that is 100% synthetic is rare these days (or maybe always has been?). what i mean by synthetic is a track that does not have a vocal (even a snippet of a vocal), or a sample of a musician playing the trumpet/violin/piano.
EddieZilker
I think DAW's are going to become more sophisticated and integrated into live performances with special consideration being paid to improving the ability to improvise within a multi-track environment.
Guest
will the average club tempo be slower or faster than the 120ness we see today?
SYSTEM-J
It depends. Club music over the last decade seems to have slowed down, sobered up slightly and got more serious and self-conscious. Either that trend continues for another decade or we get a backlash and things get faster and more fun.
Joss Weatherby
Hopefully more fun, less serious (but not too stupid) and we get back into the hundreds of random (good) artists and where its more about the music and not the people who make it.
Sadly cheap producing technology and the internet will make that impossible still.
I guess thats one reason to wish for nuclear war... :(
stealthman
For a start, different genres will spring up (look at the gap between 80's electro and uplifting trance or dubstep, for example, today). The 120-140+ speeds will always be around. I believe it all boils down to how fast a genre dies based on whether all creativity has been done and tried, which essentially leads to a new genre being created to form a new beginning. I like to say that "Trance" died and whatever sellout DJ's play at Trance Energy these days more appropriately should be titled noisy four by four.
MrJiveBoJingles
What are the new electronic genres from the past decade? Dubstep plus...electro-house? "Indie" dance? I doubt we'll see too many more new genres in the next decade, but who knows.
I remember a couple years back I saw a lot of predictions that "live" electronic acts were the thing of the future. I'm not sure how that is panning out...
stealthman
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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
What are the new electronic genres from the past decade? Dubstep plus...electro-house? "Indie" dance? I doubt we'll see too many more new genres in the next decade, but who knows.
I remember a couple years back I saw a lot of predictions that "live" electronic acts were the thing of the future. I'm not sure how that is panning out...
Well, you have Daft Punk who still (?) do live acts electronically... and
I guess?
Sand Leaper
quote:
Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
What are the new electronic genres from the past decade? Dubstep plus...electro-house? "Indie" dance?
Off the top of my head there's grime, dubstep, funky, footwork, kwaito, skweeee and hardstyle (arguably).
DJRYAN™
My hope is not for the music, but for people to get back to the culture that initially created the music. The Vibe was what brought people to hear the music. The music continues to be perfect but people, inperfect. Its time for there to be harmony both in music and people.
