what, you're saying 'acid trax' is song based? james www.jbucknell.com
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 12:32:54 EDT > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [313] techno/house divide > > > House is based on song forms, techno is not. It's more like through > composed. > I recently posted something to the IDM group regarding a similar idea - vocal > club tracks: > > <<It reminds me of the classic criticism of opera: The words and the song > form slow down the action of the drama. > > I get the same feeling about a lot of vocal club music. The vocal part > slows down the energy of the trance/techno sounds. (Maybe it's expectations > of what those sounds/rhythms are capable of?) > > Techno and trance have a very different feeling than house and one of the > big things that make it different is the nonreliance on the voice and vocal > forms. > > I'm not talking about vocal snipets, like "ya baby", or "take me higher". > I'm talking about a song form like intro, verse and chorus kinda stuff. > Where the form of the track is determined by verse and chorus repetitions- > something that you usually don't find in techno - and I know there are > exceptions. > > I'm just hearing more and more vocal tracks that are trying to blend techno > and trance sounds with a vocal track. Is there a commercial reason for > these vocal tracks? Like you have a better chance to break into the top 40 > with a vocal track? >> > > Any Ideas? > > mediadrome > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
