Sharmaji wrote:one direction is pretty much a poorly-executed version of K pop. seriously.

fuck, dude...i just managed to get this song out of my head after like 4 straight months of it playing on a loop.

i'm welcoming it back with open arms.

BudSpencertron wrote:haha i like the slightly

dunno if too old without trolling this time

holy shit i will always love this song

thanks a lot, man! glad you enjoyed it!

thanks so much for the compliments! really appreciate you guys taking a listen. i love the stuff guys like asa and stumbleine are putting out so that is super flattering, haha.

http://f0.bcbits.com/z/34/12/3412214734-1.jpg ambinate.bandcamp.com released a new EP today called "Horizon" that's got 4 tunes that try to blend elements of ambient idm, dubstep, and a little drum and bass. no idea if it worked at all but i'd love it if you took a listen! it's up for fre...

dr luke is a beast. max martin, too - that dude is a tune machine and has been making top 10 singles for like 15 straight years. i've got mad respect for good pop music. it's deceptively simple; doing it well is tough. on any given day i don't usually find much in the top 40 that i love, but over th...

mtl6 wrote:i'm thinking he uses a ton of strange plugins like fabfilter's saturn. check out the 'smudge' feature at about 3 minutes into this...
http://youtu.be/dbMa8g_jV2I

yeahhh that is a rad sounding plugin, i gotta invest in some good plugins soon

Also, there is a shortage of good music being produced. There is an abundance of shit saturated with piss. We are seeing a decline in quality and an unprecedented surge in suppliers. ok i know this happened 2 pages ago but this is silly. a SHORTAGE of good music? and it's somehow related to bad mus...

i can't really offer specifics but both of these guys base a lot of their tunes on straight-up sampling and manipulation. just cutting up a fairly common sample and pitching it way up or down can lead to some really interesting results, which i think is the case with some of this stuff. i know flylo...

damien is a tune

been feeling like i need some more 160 lately as well, nice to see all these recommendations. picked up ital tek's "the planet" ep when it came out last month and was really digging it so i'm definitely gonna be checking some more of this out.

garethom wrote:EXPLAIN YOURSELVES USA.

i often say the same thing myself

because it shows they could give two shits what people think about them. Can one of the stateside ninjas give me the low down on why you all seem to use "could" when you in fact clearly mean "couldn't"? Am I missing something? Also, out to Joeki for suggesting "My Sister Sa...

don't really have a strong opinion either way on her at the moment but she has been all over the blog thing lately so it's always refreshing to come here and get some dissenting opinions. variety is the spice of life. that oblivion tune was stuck in my head for like a straight week tho

just finished snow crash, super interesting book. actually just picked up dune and hope to start it this week sometime. looking forward to it

there's one in my town. the fries are great and they give you a shitload. dunno much else about the place except for free peanuts

this thread is gold. been just recently getting into this type of stuff, definitely liking a lot of these recommendations.

them stars had an ep out last year that i really dig that's got similar vibes to some of this stuff.

mad inspiring! getting strict about producing can be tough to do but a lot of this stuff sounds like really good habits to get into. i definitely plan on trying some of this out, i am way too lax at the moment. big up for sharing!

yeah you're close. the 3 chord is major in the major key. and the 7 chord is wierd, it's called diminished in major, but you can look into that on your own. chords don't have to have the root note in them. but if you want to a C chord is CEG and the sharps and flats depend on the key signature. The...

didn't a bunch of james blake's threads from a few years back get bumped recently? asking about how to send to labels and looking for bandmates. not too many replies on that last one at the time. whoops