Haven't heard any footwork out yet but I'm digging this
Chrissy Murderbot Boiler Room Los Angeles DJ Set
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qbd79cQWQg
On 5/11/2015 8:40 PM, Al Kennedy CMPR wrote:
quoted 277 lines im not a big fan of footwork at all... (i thought Bangs & Works was
> im not a big fan of footwork at all... (i thought Bangs & Works was
> absolutely terrible....) i dont like people RP Boo or Rashad etc etc -
> ie mainstream footwork.... i do however like some of the underground
> stuff... some House of Black Lanterns tunes, some Moresounds tunes,
> Coleco etc etc - but anyway, genrla feeling on it is that it is shit
> quality, boomy music that lacks the finesse of our own uptempo genres -
> double time, half time southern rap beats in effect
>
> but... it is awesome live! i dont think you can appreciate it properly
> until you have danced to it on a BIG soundsystem//// It all gels and
> works live... saw Teklife at a festival (like 11 of em on stage) and it
> was MINT....
>
> On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 9:50 PM, Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com
> <mailto:clinta@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> i dont think its so much a matter of 'liking' it as its really easy
> to press the same button several times
>
>
> Clint Anderson
> Systems Engineer
>
> On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 3:44 PM, kent williams
> <chaircrusher@gmail.com <mailto:chaircrusher@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I think that there's a lot of subtlety in Jlins beats and song
> structures; but she does like that machine-gun repeat thing.
> You can make fun of superficial traits of her music, or meet
> her halfway and listen for what's interesting in it. Or not;
> plenty of other music for you to listen to.
>
>
> On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 1:12 PM Clint Anderson <clinta@gmail.com
> <mailto:clinta@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> disclaimer: don't get too pissed off, i am trolling to some
> degree here :)
>
> just tried to listen to jlin's dark energy and gave up ....
> here are some tips for footwork producers:
>
> 1. even your MPC has velocity control, that means that
> individual hits/notes/etc can actually be at different
> volumes from one another
> 2. the MPC can actually play samples at different pitches,
> in fact, you can create what are called 'melodies'
> consisting of two or more notes at different frequencies
> 3. for many decades now, devices known as 'effects' have
> been made available, many of which are built into your MPC
> -- for fun, trying applying an 'effect' to one of the sounds
> in your 'song' -- the results can be fascinating and are
> very popular in most every genre.
> 4. drum sounds -- did you know? you can load different drum
> sounds into your MPC. that's right, now, not every song has
> to use the same hi-hat, snare, and bassdrum, on every single
> one of your albums, for your entire career.
> 5. did you know? you can change the parameters of sounds on
> the MPC, using parameters like attack, decay, sustain and
> release, to alter your sounds
> 6. you can load more than 9 samples into your MPC. i know,
> it's confusing, because there are only 9 buttons, but, my
> understanding is that these buttons can actually be assigned
> to different sounds, and over the course of several albums,
> you could use different sounds on EVERY ALBUM or even every song
>
> i realize im not from the same background as people
> producing footwork, but i am 100% confident that a manual is
> provided for the MPC series
>
>
>
> Clint Anderson
> Systems Engineer
>
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 4:36 PM, kent williams
> <chaircrusher@gmail.com <mailto:chaircrusher@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Who are you and where are you from? If you were
> African-American and lived in Chicago, you might not
> like Footwork either, but I doubt you'd belittle the
> entire genre. You're allowed your opinion, but your
> reaction rubbed me the wrong way; you made it sound like
> the people making that music were getting away with
> something.
>
> I don't live in Chicago but I go their a fair amount and
> know the music scene there fairly well; the one thing I
> know is that it's serious, and highly competitive. No
> one gets away with making mediocre music; any Footwork
> tracks you're likely to hear released on e.g. Planet Mu
> is not going to be half-assed. You may not like it, it
> may not speak to your condition, but to criticize it
> that way makes me think you're just hearing it, not
> listening to it.
>
> And you're under no obligation to like it or listen to
> it. There's too much music and life's too short to
> listen to things you don't enjoy.
>
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 12:41 PM Jared Dunne
> <22tape@gmail.com <mailto:22tape@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> "To say "The genre that sounds like some kid forgot
> to add a snare to his half-assed Fruity Loops rap
> instrumental" is to dismiss a whole musical culture
> based on a very shallow listening experience, and no
> understanding of the culture in which it grew up."
>
> Careful, silly-pants Kent, you're walking the
> ignorant line yourself, and sounding like an
> academic from the burbs who's just trying to
> relate. You don't know me or where I'm from. If
> I'm from the same musical culture and the same
> socio-economic background as most peeps who make
> Footwork, am I still ignorant and shallow? Am I
> allowed to have an opinion then? Good, because I
> am. And most Footwork sucks. And I don't have to
> put "IMO" because I am the one saying it, and it's
> obviously my opinion. I much prefer Bluegrass.
>
> Now, hugs all around!
>
> On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 10:38 AM, kent williams
> <chaircrusher@gmail.com
> <mailto:chaircrusher@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Every genre defines conventions. Every genre,
> furthermore demands a different sort of
> listening if you're going to understand and
> enjoy it. To say "The genre that sounds like
> some kid forgot to add a snare to his half-assed
> Fruity Loops rap instrumental" is to dismiss a
> whole musical culture based on a very shallow
> listening experience, and no understanding of
> the culture in which it grew up.
>
> Juke/Footwork music is very much the product of
> kids with cracked copies of Fruity Loops; they
> work with the tools they have. The motivation
> was to make music whose purpose is to accompany
> footwork dancing, which is competetive, athletic
> and intense. The idea is to have the freshest,
> trickiest rhythm, often played back on shitty
> boomboxes or Frankenstein sound systems..
> Footwork, like Jit in Detroit, is both dance and
> stylized warfare; it sublimates the violence and
> frustration of life in "Chiraq." It is
> something positive in an environment where
> people are confronted daily with unrelenting
> negative things.
>
> There's a billion footwork tracks and thousands
> of people making it. Inevitably most of it is
> not very good, but like any other genre, when
> it's good it's great.
>
> It's OK not to like musical styles. I bet you're
> not so hot on bluegrass music as well. But like
> my grandmother always told me about cream corn,
> "it's better to say you don't care for it than
> say you hate it."
>
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 12:26 PM David Bohan
> <madvlad00@gmail.com
> <mailto:madvlad00@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Kent,
>
> Why does Jared have to be ignorant to not
> like Footwork? It seems like Jared just
> thinks this kind of music does not require
> much effort or much of it is the same.
>
> I listened to the compilation album "Bangs &
> Works Vol. 1" and have found his sentiment
> to be true for most of the tracks on that
> release, with some exceptions of course.
>
> Now Jlin's release here is much more
> experimental and fresh sounding than the
> long tracks of TV show themes spread out
> over lazy beats.
>
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 1:23 PM, Jared Dunne
> <22tape@gmail.com <mailto:22tape@gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
> Ignorant or silly? Either way, I can't
> help myself, Kent! Honestly, Jlin's
> stuff isn't that bad. But for some
> reason it all sounds a bit unfinished to
> me. But if peeps want to call it
> minimal, so be it!
>
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 12:18 PM, kent
> williams <chaircrusher@gmail.com
> <mailto:chaircrusher@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Jared, stop being ignorant.
>
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 11:04 AM
> Jared Dunne <22tape@gmail.com
> <mailto:22tape@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Ah yes, Footwork. The genre
> that sounds like some kid forgot
> to add a snare to his half-assed
> Fruity Loops rap instrumental.
> Yay world!
>
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 10:51
> AM, David Bohan
> <madvlad00@gmail.com
> <mailto:madvlad00@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I haven't heard of
> "Footwork"... is this a new
> genre of music or something?
>
> The tracks you linked to
> sound interesting to say the
> least. Find it also curious
> that Jlin works at a steel
> mill in Gary, Indiana... Not
> much music prides itself on
> coming from Indiana
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at
> 11:29 AM, kent williams
> <chaircrusher@gmail.com
> <mailto:chaircrusher@gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
> I'm surprised
> footwork/juke hasn't
> been a bigger thing on
> the IDM list. This new
> record on Planet Mu is
> revelatory.
>
> http://www.planet.mu/discography/ZIQ356
>
>
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