[dnb-prod] Re: Old Skool Vibes

[DojangMojo]

In a message dated 8/1/03 1:08:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Not that I'm going to argue with you about your opinion - but aren't you
technically now arguing with others about theirs? Whether you like someone's
style or not... don't you still consider this a form of artistry?

If so - in that light - doesn't it seem to you a bit like you're shitting on
other peoples' _expression_?

I said :::
"overdone technical routines".

Dont get me wrong, electronic music is done on electronic machines.  So, yes, part of the art of electronic music involves manipulating the machines.  But not all of the art.  You could be a musician about it and do like Goldie did, and just hire a studio engineer.  Or you could be totally engineer like Optical and have to collaborate with people like Ed Rush, who have the more musical ideas.  But at the end of the day, the complete producer is three people in one: Composer, Musician and Engineer. 

The problem is that the engineer part is out of balance and being way overdone.  The content of a track can be seen on the three levels of: Composition, Musicality and Engineering.  The best tracks are those that combine them all in good balance.  The balance is way out of wack today.  D&B is quickly becoming what it set out not to be, "commercial mass produced dance music for clubs", and this is apparent when the composition and musicality start to give way to the engineering side of things.  What separates D&B from Britney Spears-like production???     ---
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