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1999-08-23 14:19Ethan (idm) melody
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1999-08-23 14:19EthanIDM is all about crappy melodies. look at aphex twin - arguably the king of crappy melodie
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Mon, 23 Aug 1999 10:19:11 -0400 (EDT)
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IDM is all about crappy melodies. look at aphex twin - arguably the king of crappy melodies, he is nonetheless usually able to make their crappiness somehow appealing. the whole genre is afflicted with people who think they can program some cool midi patterns and then throw lame keyboard noodle loops on top of it. e
1999-08-23 15:23ChairCrusherOn Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Ethan wrote: > > IDM is all about crappy melodies. look at aphex twin
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On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Ethan wrote:
quoted 7 lines IDM is all about crappy melodies. look at aphex twin - arguably the king> > IDM is all about crappy melodies. look at aphex twin - arguably the king > of crappy melodies, he is nonetheless usually able to make their > crappiness somehow appealing. the whole genre is afflicted with people > who think they can program some cool midi patterns and then throw lame > keyboard noodle loops on top of it. >
That's perhaps the least charitable way of putting it. Really, it reflects more musical naivete than anything. You're hearing the musical ideas created by people who aren't really musicians. That isn't a diss to them -- that's basically the way of folk musicians throughout time. The result is different depending on the individual. Less satisfactory are people who carefully ape what they've already heard -- a lot of trance has this kind of thing. More interesting are people who just bang shit out semi-randomly, and then edit by selection to save the best bits. My personal rule is to never buy a record where you could play the lead line with an orange on the black keys.