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Re: what exactly is "brostep"

Post by paravrais » Thu Jan 06, 2011 2:11 am

Midrange doesn't always equal Brostep and the genre of dubstep is a lot more complicated than people make it out to be these days. Your not either Mala or Datsik, there's loads of stuff in between and shitloads off to the sides as well. Joker for one, clearly isn't bro OR deep, Eskmo anyone? hell even magnetic man can't really fit into either of those categories, they've managed to mix a perfect blend of pop melodies and dubstep atmosphere. The first person to call it 'popstep' gets a punch in the overies though.

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Re: what exactly is "brostep"

Post by Janke » Thu Jan 06, 2011 3:56 am

To me brostep would be the dubstep that seems to think it always always has to be kick on the first beat, snare on the third, and some 'filthy' wobble.
With the snare having quite a bit of low end.
And most of the followers originate from dodgy jump up drum and bass raves, expecting there hit of speed.
Just my opinion though, but I feel the music categorized into that has took something special away from the space that dubstep had and filled it with nasty noise.

Meh.

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Re: what exactly is "brostep"

Post by paravrais » Thu Jan 06, 2011 10:44 am

In my opinion the first ever brostep track was cockney thug and that was a FUCKING TUNE. Nobody can deny that XD still sounds sick today.

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Re: what exactly is "brostep"

Post by Janke » Thu Jan 06, 2011 11:06 am

paravrais wrote:In my opinion the first ever brostep track was cockney thug and that was a FUCKING TUNE. Nobody can deny that XD still sounds sick today.
I never liked that tune, ever.

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Re: what exactly is "brostep"

Post by paravrais » Thu Jan 06, 2011 12:22 pm

Janke wrote:
paravrais wrote:In my opinion the first ever brostep track was cockney thug and that was a FUCKING TUNE. Nobody can deny that XD still sounds sick today.
I never liked that tune, ever.
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Re: what exactly is "brostep"

Post by mrdii » Thu Jan 06, 2011 4:44 pm

For me Bro-step is the more "generic" side of dubstep.
For instance, Cockney thug is a classic bit of Bro-step and I like that song, as well as other bro-step ones. But it's had a bit of over-kill some would argue with the likes of Mt Eden, who basically do the same method on their songs.
1. Kick, first beat - Snare (w/reverb), third.
2. Nice sample.
3. Wobble.
4. Repeat the above.

And I'd say fans of bro-step are the pretentious student hipster types high on MDMA in raves. Basically idiots.

But like all music, good bro-step is good, bad bro-step is bad.

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Re: what exactly is "brostep"

Post by Big MD » Thu Jan 06, 2011 4:51 pm

oh i didn't know i play brostep -.-

gosh, why are you separating it?

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Re: what exactly is "brostep"

Post by charliefoy » Thu Jan 06, 2011 5:57 pm

mrdii wrote:For me Bro-step is the more "generic" side of dubstep.
For instance, Cockney thug is a classic bit of Bro-step and I like that song, as well as other bro-step ones. But it's had a bit of over-kill some would argue with the likes of Mt Eden, who basically do the same method on their songs.
1. Kick, first beat - Snare (w/reverb), third.
2. Nice sample.
3. Wobble.
4. Repeat the above.

And I'd say fans of bro-step are the pretentious student hipster types high on MDMA in raves. Basically idiots.

But like all music, good bro-step is good, bad bro-step is bad.
I'm a student and I don't like it...

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Re: what exactly is "brostep"

Post by mrdii » Thu Jan 06, 2011 6:07 pm

I too am a student. I'm only going on stereotypes here and I don't really like the term myself, but hey!

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Re: what exactly is "brostep"

Post by -[2]DAY_- » Thu Jan 06, 2011 7:42 pm

there's a really good discussion in General Discussion its called Why Do Deep heads hate on bro
or something

http://dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=176554

Actually a great read if u haven't seen it
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Re: what exactly is "brostep"

Post by Sharmaji » Thu Jan 06, 2011 8:30 pm

paravrais wrote: 'popstep'
remember the "joystep" debacle?
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Re: what exactly is "brostep"

Post by synthless » Fri Jan 07, 2011 10:22 pm

Big MD wrote:oh i didn't know i play brostep -.-

gosh, why are you separating it?
Cos theres alot of sad, sad people out there...

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Re: what exactly is "brostep"

Post by deadly_habit » Sat Jan 08, 2011 12:08 am

synthless wrote:
Big MD wrote:oh i didn't know i play brostep -.-

gosh, why are you separating it?
Cos theres alot of sad, sad people out there...
mainly those people wanting to know exactly how to sound like someone else and making paint by number crap

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Re: what exactly is "brostep"

Post by AllNightDayDream » Sat Jan 08, 2011 2:46 am

Sharmaji wrote:
paravrais wrote: 'popstep'
remember the "joystep" debacle?
Didn't mala mention something about gaystep? -w-

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Re: what exactly is "brostep"

Post by Janke » Sat Jan 08, 2011 4:26 am

deadly habit wrote:
synthless wrote:
Big MD wrote:oh i didn't know i play brostep -.-

gosh, why are you separating it?
Cos theres alot of sad, sad people out there...
mainly those people wanting to know exactly how to sound like someone else and making paint by number crap
I sort of disagree, I mean I don't agree with the term 'brostep'
But to be honest, I really don't like any of that side of dubstep, it'd be alot easier if it had a different name, just so I knew what to avoid.
But then again, give everything a chance..
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Re: what exactly is "brostep"

Post by joeroxor » Sun Jan 09, 2011 5:00 am

There's a lot of hot air steaming from leaky anus in this thread :\

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Re: what exactly is "brostep"

Post by LetsGoBlues91 » Sun Jan 09, 2011 4:41 pm

:corndance:

I'm glad I made a popular thread!

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Re: what exactly is "brostep"

Post by octave_noize » Sun Jan 09, 2011 7:53 pm

yawn

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Re: what exactly is "brostep"

Post by edwardproductions » Sun Jan 09, 2011 10:38 pm

So is my music considered Brostep???

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Re: what exactly is "brostep"

Post by Stab Master Arson » Mon Jan 10, 2011 7:50 pm

This is all news to me. I guess I like brostep, but I agree fuckin homo name.

Urban Dictionary says this about it:
Brostep is a relatively new sub-genre of music (born out of Dubstep micro-genre) which has no emphasis on soul.

The goal appears to be to produce music as fast as you possibly can, without placing any emphasis on quality.

Unlike Dubstep where sub bass is key, Brostep places more emphasis on ratty high frequency samples and oscillators that arent even low frequency. Toss in a few hip hop vocal samples and you are well on your way to being the worlds next big Brostep producer.
Brostepper - Man, I cant wait to see Rusko & 6blocc.

Dubstepper - Man, I cant wait to see Mala & Kode 9.

seems like it was written by someone hating on brostep ha.

what do you guys think? we can change the definition on urban dictionary to whatever we want. anyone up for some e-vandalism?

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