kingGhost wrote:i guess a lot of people got wrapped up in (myself included) being a part of dubstep music and culture, because it was so different and good. and now that it's gettin huge and is now associated, by mass amounts of people, with power tool noises, 59/50 fitted caps, ugly shoes, glowsticks, offensive youtube comments, and PRO NAILS... it's kind of like "hey, that was mine, give it back." when in actuality, we shouldn't even really want
that back because it sucks. an entity will be whatever the majority of people associate it with. i mean most people who think datsik is the best producer don't even know or care about digital mystikz, nor would they even like the music if they heard it. it's like trying to convince a colorblind person who doesn't know that they are colorblind that what they see as red is really green... it's just not gonna happen.
i think this really gets at the heart of the issue. arguing over semantics about what is or isn't worthy of the name "dubstep" is just pointless, IMO. In general I don't concern myself much at all with genres/subgenres - when I'm talking about a style of music that I like, I find it's better to just mention examples of artists that exemplify that style. Plus, for better or worse culture is sort of organically democratic... if 10 million people think Datsik is dubstep, and 500,000 people think DMZ is dubstep, no amount of moaning about it on the internet is going to change the popular perception that dubstep = Datsik.
Personally, I relish the diversity that can fall under the label "dubstep", because IMO the less "rules" there are directing what music should or should not be, the more room there is for creativity and innovation. That being said, I totally understand peoples frustrations when the scene that they know and love mutates into something they don't like. But that's the problem with trying to "own" a scene like that, scenes always evolve and change, and sometimes in ways that you don't like. I don't think complaining about it, and hating on the artists/DJs/fans will ever improve the situation. If you want the scene to be different than it is, work to create those positive changes by writing tunes, throwing shows, recording mixes, starting a label, etc.
why did you have to make me feel like a cock by association. have some sense you hippie!
