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by psychedelicatessen » Tue Aug 16, 2011 2:32 am
Fastest tune I ever made was 115, and it had more movement and drive than some tracks around 150+ bpm, according to a few trusted friends and musicians I've collaborated with.
I like to slow things down and let the music itself drive the vibe in some ways.
BPM is really irrelevant to me, as are time signatures. I turn those off in my daws, and I end up making 2-5 measure drum loops before I can find a point where cutting at the end of the measure won't cut out important elements, because I don't use a 4 to the floor or a half step drum beat, and I don't let tempo define "chilled out" versus more aggressive stuff.
Since I haven't followed dubstep (or any genre more than learning the history of things) much at all, and I've been listening to EDM for a little over a year, I can't make a truly valid statement on the future of dubstep/brostep/dungeon sound/insert-random-word here step, or 140 bpm music as it's all being termed. Really, BPM matters about as much as what color socks you wear; it may or may not be relevant beyond novelty/cosmetic/workflow (in some cases) factor.
I'm afraid I'm getting into the dangerous waters of objectivity here, but I dunno who remembers the black metal scene? The first wave is really the only wave that is recognized to be true black metal by the musicians and hardcore fans that were the first wave. The second and third waves just sounded generic, cliche, and it's now just jokes pretty much. Now black metal is infused with punk, which went through a similar pattern, albeit lasting a few more generations and still legitimately in existence throughout the world, but don't get me started on what passes as "punk" I'm sure we're all aware of that. Back in the days of classical rock, that WAS pop music. stuff like Cream, the who, rolling stones, pink floyd, to name a couple... that was pop music. Artists like Bob Dylan and the beatles started changing the nature of pop music, but back then, the popular music had some talent behind it, and was about the music. As more and more aspiring musicians wanted to get known and write music and be heard, they had to rely on being catchy, image, or pure songwriting as they were competing with classical and jazz trained musicians who've been playing all their lives for the most part.
/mini rant
I could go on and on and on... I ought to be a historian and delve into this stuff. I know some of what I said has no relevance, some isn't accurate or true, and I've thrown my opinion into all this because this is, after all, a debate. I dunno, it's all up to discussion and I'm not adamant of only having the view I've expressed. I'm up for discussion.
Reverse guitar solo
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Profit
