Bombaman wrote:why do you folk worry so much about an artist coming and ruing 'your' music
so what if pendulum does dubstep
if it's good music, it's good music
I kind of agree with that sentiment, but you can also see why a lot of people who've been in the scene a while get their knickers in a twist. It goes like this:
1) people like older jungle / dnb - sub bass heavy, often rootsy, mix of soulful and aggro, varied sounds and structures
2) as the scene grows, midrange takes over from sub, aggro dominates soul and the sounds and structures get less varied, especially in a lot of what gets played out.
3) lots of people who used to like the old stuff stop listening to DnB. Some of them pick up on a great new genre called dubstep - small friendly scene, again, sub bass heavy, often rootsy, mix of soulful and aggro, varied sounds and structures.
4) Again, as the scene grows, midrange takes over from sub, aggro dominates soul and the sounds and structures get less varied, especially in a lot of what gets played out. This happens at the same time that a lot of people who listen to and make aggy midrangey dnb get into the dubstep scene and start listening to and supporting aggy midrangey dubstep.
5) lots of people who used to like the old stuff start getting fed up with dubstep too.
This is a massive oversimplification, obviously - I've been really surprised in the past to find that dubstep records I like are coming from dnb producers I don't like, and not everyone who wants to hear Cockney Thug knockoffs and nothing else is a drum and bass fan, I'm sure some of them were listening to irish traditional music or hi-nrg before as well. And yeah, it's all part of life's rich tapestry and I don't think whingeing about it helps anything and I don't think we're going to get far with a 'No Clownsteppas' door policy at dubstep nights or anything. And fuck it, I'm sure there are more people at the sort of nights I'm really into now than there were at the biggest dubstep nights anywhere about three or four years ago.
BUT
I do sometimes get the urge to shout "WHY COULDN'T YOU BE HAPPY JUST FUCKING UP ONE SORT OF MUSIC I LIKE?" And it doesn't surprise me that other people do too.
