Rules[laws] for housemusic {
(must cater to models and bourgeois professionals)
{ these people define the genre, not the musicians;}
<= 135 BPM, then it would be called 'big beat' || 'electronica';
highly influenced by 70s disco and cocaine;
must not contain and comment or dissident(lowest common denominator);
}
return true;
-l[]
on 11/16/00 7:59 AM, Chris Fahey at Chris.Fahey@raremedium.com wrote:
quoted 31 lines So to me, when I see that to make a house
>> So to me, when I see that to make a house
>> track, it HAS to have energy, HAS to be between
>> 110-135 BPM, HAS to have a consistant beat,
>> etc. I say no thanks... These rules/guidlines seem totally
>> restricting. If you enjoy making regimented music, then
>> fine, but I would certainly feel
>> like part of a cookie cutter process if I made house music.
>
>
> There are no such "rules" for making house music.
>
> If you want to assume there *are* rules for house, then you must also
> accept that IDM has similar rules: HAS to have no vocals, HAS to have an
> inconsistent beat, HAS to prominently feature obviously synthesized sounds,
> HAS to be done by men, HAS to be unperformable live, HAS to not use any
> traditional acoustic instruments, HAS to be out of key.
>
> There's a difference between a 'defining characteristic' and a 'rule'. The
> fact that you even percieve the world of music as being made of rules must
> make being a musician extremely painful for you. The creative process
> doesn't need to begin by choosing a genre and then proceeding to follow its
> "rules". IDM was born out of the idea that music does not need to fit into a
> formula - IDM could be called the genreless genre - and that artists can
> develop in whatever direction their mind takes them.
>
> - Cf
>
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