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pyrohaz wrote:

this performance was awful tbqf

^ it's not my cup of tea but tbf... most teens in bands are probably still sorting out how to play Rush covers, the same that they were 20 years ago. Yes, they've got a rented sound stage and ton of gear, lots of it expensive (laptops, Nords and in-ears/transmitters don't grow on trees), so i'm sure there's a very supportive parent or 8 behind them...

but seriously, how cool is this? ddrum triggers, mapped samples, program change shit... I did a set late last year on the letterman show with a band and it involved literally DAYS of prep to get all of the ableton and synth bits working dependably. for ONE 3:35 song. So whether or not I dig the music, what i see here is: kids doing a shit-ton of work to get the digital gear working with their performance.

Unless you were in depeche mode or NIN in the 90s, this level of integration was still largely a pipe dream. I love seeing my peers in eoto, etc, make all of this work; it's a whole other trip to see younger folks take on a pretty massive effort and come up with something.

there's some basic musicianship issues in the vid, sure, but hey-- they're out there trying.

You don't need a special guitar for dubstep m.youtube.com/watch?hl=en&gl=JP&client=mv-google&v=tIMsferpfhE

Sharmaji wrote:^ it's not my cup of tea but tbf... most teens in bands are probably still sorting out how to play Rush covers, the same that they were 20 years ago. Yes, they've got a rented sound stage and ton of gear, lots of it expensive (laptops, Nords and in-ears/transmitters don't grow on trees), so i'm sure there's a very supportive parent or 8 behind them...

but seriously, how cool is this? ddrum triggers, mapped samples, program change shit... I did a set late last year on the letterman show with a band and it involved literally DAYS of prep to get all of the ableton and synth bits working dependably. for ONE 3:35 song. So whether or not I dig the music, what i see here is: kids doing a shit-ton of work to get the digital gear working with their performance.

Unless you were in depeche mode or NIN in the 90s, this level of integration was still largely a pipe dream. I love seeing my peers in eoto, etc, make all of this work; it's a whole other trip to see younger folks take on a pretty massive effort and come up with something.

there's some basic musicianship issues in the vid, sure, but hey-- they're out there trying.

Thats cool, its the appreciation that counts! I think that with the addition of current electronic products, one could be dubstepping on bass for ~£400, the price of a midrange bass. The bassist from the above band has some pretty impressive covers of dubstep songs:

I think its really good that its now becoming affordable and a possibility to do live dubstep though, it will really bring it to the public eye a bit more, whether or not pure dubstep artists want that due to hipsterness or whatever, I don't know but I never really see a problem in commercialising music, the point of selling out just means you're not doing the genre you originally started on!

test recordings wrote:You don't need a special guitar for dubstep m.youtube.com/watch?hl=en&gl=JP&client=mv-google&v=tIMsferpfhE

Thats pretty sick but he sounds like hes using one hella lot of effects to create that sound!

Not remotely a fan of live dubstep

Live sets in dance music instead of djing like this though I like

pyrohaz wrote:

test recordings wrote:You don't need a special guitar for dubstep m.youtube.com/watch?hl=en&gl=JP&client=mv-google&v=tIMsferpfhE

Thats pretty sick but he sounds like hes using one hella lot of effects to create that sound!

It sounds like just a wah pedal, you can just about see him moving his foot in the appropriate motions as well. You can make proper dubstep basslines with just a standard smooth bass string sound, it's not hard. What works for reggae will work for work for dubstep.