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From:
Def Con 1
To:
Kent Williams
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Date:
Tue, 7 Sep 2004 22:15:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject:
Re: [idm] radioheadtronica
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I think idm artists should focus more on the music & melody versus glitches, dsp, etc. I really feel that most of the idm coming out pretty much all sounds the same, so there's no reason for me to go out and buy it. I'd be more happy with Radiohead making more electronic influenced tunes than 90% of the idm I hear. I think a lot of the idm artists are pretty weak musically so they have to rely on tricks to make the music less boring. --- Kent Williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com> wrote:
quoted 35 lines I think that writing a pop song is a different thing> I think that writing a pop song is a different thing > than coming up > with an electronic music piece -- maybe it's unfair > of me to criticize > people for worrying about sound design more than > songwriting, and I > enjoy a nice repetetive track as well as the next > guy. > > My problem is that I hear SO MUCH MUSIC. Really. And > while the really > exceptional stuff makes its own rules, there's so > much out there > that's made by people who mistake aping the sound > design and > sequencing strategies of the really good artists for > being original > themselves. > > But I have a very short attention span, and a low > tolerance for people > who beat the same dead horse. As an example: > running a disco sample > through a lowpass filter over a house beat was a > cool idea -- for one > track. They went and made a whole effing GENRE out > of it. Another > example: As far as I'm concerned, everyone besides > Kit Clayton needs > to STEP OFF on the Max/MSP wanking, because he's got > it completely on > lock. > > I guess I'm just tired of so much mediocre music > coming out. And I'm not naming names...
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