Dubstep as the new norm

My 2 cents… unless its a night dedicated to dub, its still not the norm…. I dropped a dub remix on accident at my first gig, thank fully it was not a packed house… and there was serious “wtf” from the crwod… I love dubstep, but don’t think people in KC are two keen on it as main stream yet.

seems to be doin pretty well in my neck of the woods I think half of it is people who try way too hard to not be “mainstream” and the other half is people who genuinely enjoy it.
I’m on the fence about it. Some of it I really enjoy while some of it I can’t stand.

i think it is growing pretty quickly as well. Have any of you all heard the new korn song get up? they have a heavy dubstep rhythm in their song so its starting to grow more “mainstream” or at least branch out into other genres.

Dubstep is definitely catching on, but like D Jam said, I have yet to see anything big going on in Chicago. Mainly underground stuff. Though I know a few Dubstep DJs will be making appearances at local venues around the time of Lollapalooza.

I got my first taste of Dubstep when I heard Skrillex, and no matter what anyone says about ‘brostep’ or whatever, you can’t argue with those bass drops!

Unless it is a remix or dubstep infused pop song, I’d say Dubstep is an acquired listening for most. Especially the ‘hardcore’ dubstep. So whenever I do play it, I stick with Rusko and stuff like that. I save Figure for my own personal listening.

I have to say that I didn’t even know what Dubstep was until about 6 months ago; but since hearing my first Track (Figure & Will Bailey – Move); I have been ‘Hooked’; whilst in Recovery from Health Challenges I spent 3 Months listening to Dubstep and nothing else; and it literally ‘Saved My Life’;
There are Many Different Genres within Dubstep; and I feel that Chilled Dubstep can (and will be) Accepted within the Mainstream; and the Filth Dubstep will Always stay Underground; but Drumstep is Escaping already into the Mainstream; and once the Crowds Understand the Beat; as they Understood Breakbeat; and then Drum & Bass; I think it will be a Genre that will have its Own Nights for a long time yet as it is just Getting Bigger and Bigger in the UK; and I hope it Spreads Worldwide;
As a previous poster said; the Fact that Dubstep can be made Very Easily at Home with the Massive Plug In (even I can make it :)); I can’t see it just Drifting Away anytime soon;
Soundcloud is Full of Dubstep; and there are Hundreds of Amazing Producers now; and although possibly Controversal; when I hear an Incredible Track by a 16 year old it just fills me with Hope as we don’t know where they will go next; and as DJ’s we Need Music
What has Inspired me So Much about Dubstep is that there are No Restrictions; you hear Samples from Movies; from TV Shows; from Interviews with people such as Charlie Sheen and Kenny Powers; we have Samples from Video Games; the list goes on;
And ‘The Wobble’; what more can be said; if you Love it you Love it; if you Hate it you Hate it 🙂

In Australia the scene has definitely changed and the popularity of Dubstep is growing in the club scene. As for the mainstream bars & clubs they have continued on with their Guetta-esque commercial house as always. Unfortunately trance is on the decline, Above & Beyond didn’t get close to selling out a venue on their Group Therapy tour and recently Kyau & Albert didn’t even play the main room ! The one positive is that it’s almost becoming underground again because the crowds that do go are the true fans who know their music and the vibe is good, but still to hear that a guy like Joakim played to a room of 15 people is a bit of a slap in the face.

The other problem we have down here is festival overload. There are so many festivals (costing around $200) that most kids will save up to go to 2-3 of these at the expense of regular clubbing. So the regular club night with residents building up a following etc is becoming a thing of the past. Even the festivals are starting to struggle now and most have tried to diversify the acts to appeal to everyone and thus draw a crowd but that’s kind of backfired because if you’re a fan of a certain genre you’re not going to pay that money just to go see 2 acts you like out of 30, over 12 hours !

Final word on Dubstep down here, for most kids Dubstep = Skrillex , I doubt 90% of them would be able to name another artist. The feeling of some of the promoters is that it will have a shelf life of 1-2 years max.