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what is the key to get some to vibe so well to ur song that they nod there heads back and forth

Bass grove pure and simple I think

gnome wrote:Bass grove pure and simple I think

thats what i was thinking. but i also think its the drums too

tripwire22 wrote:

gnome wrote:Bass grove pure and simple I think

thats what i was thinking. but i also think its the drums too

definately the drums too

i would say the interaction between the drums and the bass is very important

funny how in that video it was actually noisia, not rly dubstep but anyway... The key really does lie in the drums and the bass groove because the two are very much intertwined in my opinion. Like as I have always read in every music book they always say that the bass is the link between the drums and the rest of the instruments. The other day my brother was over who is not rly into the electronic scene but we smoked a few bowls and I started writing a drum track to show him what its all about. well after a while I got his head nodding which I thought was pretty cool and he told me he really liked the drums I had going so I went ahead and turned it into a whole song. SO def the drums play a big roll in shaping the groove with the bass and vise versa ofc.

Project EX wrote:i would say the interaction between the drums and the bass is very important

This.

Easy

Make your track go, 1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4

1 2 3 4

Drum Groove.


Listen to Funk for about a month non stop, it'll become second nature.

its all about getting that 'shuffle' in the drums.
once you got that down, everything else should work nicely around it.

Mortal wrote:its all about getting that 'shuffle' in the drums.
once you got that down, everything else should work nicely around it.

I would disagree tbh. Shuffle confuses some people who are not into music. also anything half time confuses people too

Thats why standard house music is easy to nod ur head too, its just 1234 1234

serox wrote:

Mortal wrote:its all about getting that 'shuffle' in the drums.
once you got that down, everything else should work nicely around it.

I would disagree tbh. Shuffle confuses some people who are not into music. also anything half time confuses people too

Thats why standard house music is easy to nod ur head too, its just 1234 1234

with a lot of subtle shuffle going on in the background, it's not just 4 to the floor most of the time

have some am head bobbling

I never really thought too much about this...

neck snapping is mandatory during the writing process so if I am not bobbin' my head I can't really expect anyone else to

I guess for me it comes down to vibes.. you have to take in the gestalt of the tune, not just the bass or drums or keys

my very narrowly-defined definitions:

head-nodding is for hiphop. Yr focusing on the lyrics as much as the rhythm, so it's not a full-body thing.

House is a bit more phsyically-consumable; people's reactions start in the shoulders and work their way down.

Dubstep contains such low frequencies it literally rattles lower parts of your body. So it starts in the hips and works its way out.

at least from what i see (or what i want to see).

but yeah, you wanna get heads nodding, you wanna jack up and swing your drums, a la:



(how good was mid90's hiphop !!!!?!?!!? jeeeeeeeeeeeesus...)

FSTZ wrote: gestalt

I see your gestalt and raise you Bauhaus

also on a side note I really think downlink is a a very good example of head-nodding dubstep, the man knows how to make a groove for sure. Whatever breaks he's using for his hats in his songs sound fantastic and I have no choice but to nod my head!

input grooves and lines through midi

nod your head as you do it



remember what works

Oh snap! It's Friday. Talking about groove...

Sharmaji wrote:

FSTZ wrote: gestalt

I see your gestalt and raise you Bauhaus

you laugh now.. but wait until I refix Bela Lagosi's Dead

FSTZ wrote:
you laugh now.. but wait until I refix Bela Lagosi's Dead

I'm always down for some gothgirlstep

it's settled then...

after my 2 gigs this weekend.. I'll get right on that