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MemberI stole this from the Dance music Manual…
As record companies and artists continue to tighten the laws on copyright, our musical palette is becoming more and more limited, and experimental music born from utilizing past samples is being replaced with ‘popcorn’ music in order to ensure that the monies returned are enough to cover the original fee for using a sample.
Whereas scientists are free to build upon past work without having to pay their peers and film directors are free to copy the past, disgracefully music no longer exhibits that same flexibility. With the current copyright laws, musicians can no longer appropriate from the past without a vast amount of paperwork, a good solicitor, a large wallet and an understanding record company.
Record companies anxiously await the next ‘big thing ’ and voice concerns over the lack of new musical ideas and genres. Yet, in the same breath they are – perhaps unintentionally – industriously locking down culture and placing countless limitations on our very creativity. The musical freedom that our predecessors experienced and built upon has all but vanished.
Without the freedom to borrow and develop on the past, creativity is stifled and with that our culture can only slow to a grinding pace. To quote Laurence Leesig: ‘A society free to borrow and build upon the past is culturally richer than a controlled one’.MemberI love hearing it on the radio. But I hate what it’s done to the raves. I also hate what LMFAO has done to shuffling. I think the more “hardcore” genres will stay true to the EDM scene. At least in the USA, i can’t speak for anywhere else. Trance, hardstyle, techno, I don’t see them being adopted by the masses. Trance is too repetitive for people, hardstyle is too obnoxious and repetitive, same with techno. Dubstep is gonna burn itself out within a few years or so I think. It’s burning too bright and too fast, once that “Im the only one who listens to this” vibe wears off, I see it falling back into the shadows.
I’m not too excited about losing house to the masses, but what can ya do. I’m not sure if it’s going to make getting DJ gigs easier or harder. There will be more EDM friendly gigs, but there’ll also be more EDM DJs. I just hope it doesn’t become saturated like rock bands. When you tell someone you’re a DJ, they don’t disregard that as a ridiculous dream job. You can actually make money doing it. When you tell someone you’re in a band nobody thinks you’ll ever get anywhere and honestly you probably won’t.Memberpersonally I’m not a fan of VDJ. Even though it’s what I learned on, and what I know how to use. It crashes on me a lot, so there’s that… It doesn’t synch very well with my controller (mixtrack) perhaps I could fiddle with some settings idk.. But traktor just feels and looks so much better in my opinion. All those bells and whistles do have a purpose. So as far as purchasing the full version, I’d vote traktor. VDJ LE should suffice, as it’s really not that different. With pro you get a few effects, also video options, but not much changes really. VDJ’s definitely easier to learn on, but I don’t think you need the pro version for that.
September 15, 2011 at 12:37 pm in reply to: Deadmau5 Punched By DJ After Complaing about Song Selection #7503Membermau5 is that kinda guy. He’s kindov a douche… kindov a lot. But really, grow up! So he didn’t like your song selection, that doesn’t mean you get to punch him in the back o the head.
MemberRemember when she was a singer? Neither does anybody else… I’m willing to bet this will be roughly the same thing.
Memberdubstep is the “mainstream underground” as far as I’m concerned. Most everyones heard it, some hate it, some love it. Personally in a gig situation I’d drop some lighter stuff like a Skrillex single that just about everyone has to know by now and see how they react. Take a break and then do a serious scare the floor-drop out of a regular song into something heavy if all seemed to go alright. But even then I say go easy on em. I like dubstep, but I don’t like an hour long set of just dubstep. Especially in a club. It’s a bit… overwhelming.
Memberthat’d be a nightmare situation for me haha all the hip-hop I have is old. At least by club standards. Most of my not-old-school stuff is from 2008-09. It’s hard to keep up with a genre you don’t listen to they need to invent some program to do this for you.. haha
Memberthe first rule of itunes is smart playlists. They will save your sanity. A few moments of programming and they will save you literally hours of sifting through music. Depending on how you organize your music, you can input “rules” in the smart playlists and they will automatically add songs that match said rules. For example, I’ve got a playlist that is strictly EDM that I rated 5 stars. So in the rules I entered genre – contains – trance, house, and so on… As well as, rating – 5 stars. So now when I’m listening to my music and I rate a song 5 stars it automatically gets added to that playlist.
You can have rules for pretty much anything. Genre, rating, date added, artist, album, comments, etc… As long as you are vigilant about entering the correct information when you add new music, they work just fine.September 15, 2011 at 12:00 pm in reply to: I can almost beatmatch by ear, but I'm not feeling great about it. I need a few tips. #7496MemberRyan Leo, post: 7462 wrote: Dont worry about software being accurate to 0.00. Just let it ride.
I agree with this. I’m sure it stems from my controller’s/software’s limitations, but I’ve given up trying to get it “perfect” manually. If I match manually as close as i can get it, then sliding over to the next song shouldn’t really pose a problem. But it becomes a problem when I want to do a mashup, falling out of synch 30 seconds later is maddening so I use the synch button after I get it as close as possible.
Membersoundcloud’s nice when you know what you’re looking for. Browsing can be a bit daunting. I highly recommend kaskade’s soundcloud just because he has so many great bootlegs and remixes that he gives away for free. Also Living Electro. Mostly user made stuff there, so as far as the “law” goes I think you’re alright.
Memberno disrespect to his talents… I’m just not a fan of EDM going mainstream. But I suppose it’s inevitable at this point. House music is lost to the masses. 🙁 I think I liked it better when everything made by a dj was called “Techno” here in the states.
Memberdepends on crowd/venue what they expect etc.
But all that aside, I like warming up with nice melodic stuff. Some of kaskade’s bootlegs he has on soundcloud for example or “step one two” (that song seems impossible to not dance to IMO.) Then I like to throw in something older, but well known, that will transition nicely into the hard hitting stuff. Better off alone mixed into the nanou remix of better off alone is one of my favorite transitions.MemberI don’t even believe in bathroom break mixes… If you need a break, mix in a song you know is long enough, that you can easily mix something in with when you return, and make it quick..
Concerts have had lights and pyrotechnics for years, that is no excuse. When a rock concert synchs in some fireballs the band doesn’t kill their amps and play a CD. You rehearse and if something goes wrong, something goes wrong. But the absolute LAST thing you do at a live performance is fake it. Lost a lot of respect for this guy… His explanation was even worse. “I don’t need to prove I can mix, I’m a pro mixer. I spend more time mixing than I do with my family!” Well that’s all well and good, but it’s like Metallica saying they don’t need to play live because they’ve already “made it.” Boooo Steve, booooo.Memberthe only thing pre-arranged about a DJ’s set should be the song itself.. If he pulls a deadmau5 and passes out, the music should come to a stop on it’s own. I don’t care how much you “produce your own music.” And synching it with some lights/ fireworks/ whatever, is no excuse. That’s what rehearsal is for. They do it at live concerts all the time, piss poor excuse. Look at deadmau5, his entire stage synchs with the music, he’s performing live, when he falls over the show stops. It’s not impossible.
I wouldn’t pay 40 bucks to listen to someone throw on a CD and press play.. At least I HOPE i wouldn’t.Membermust say I’m less than impressed with my mixtrack.. The crossfader is already acting up so I’ve switched to just using the faders. I was never impressed with the pitch control sensitivity, and one seems to not register if you move it only a small amount. Although I think that’s partly VDJ’s fault. IDK. I suppose you get what you pay for, but with all the stellar reviews and recommendations I expected a bit more. I feel like it holds me back with some things.
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