Wow, you guys are farkin old and seriously out of touch.

WaltzingMathilda: DeltaPunch: You'll be missed, whoever-you-are-and-whatever-you-do.

/should've taken a hiatus before jumping on the dubstep wagon
//you had your own little corner in the electro-house genre
///then you became a dubstep nobody

2 questions:

do you really think what he does is characterized as dubstep?

do you really think he is currently a "nobody" in the EDM world?


really? (ok 3 questions)

hmm.

CujoQuarrel: consider this: The only thing I know about this genre of music is this song by Skrillex.

Link

Catchy tune, especially when played loud on a good system.

God that sucks.

I can enjoy a lot of demonstrably shiatty music because it is just dumb fun. That, that was like getting gammaglobulin shots to the face.

rickythepenguin: WaltzingMathilda: well, techno is considered a genre within EDM. techno is not meant to be a generalized term synonymous with EDM.

i only listen to trance, downtempo, new york trance, west coast house, gabber, old school gabber, dubstep, new school dubstep, west coast ambient, snowcore, east coast snowcore, New Wave, New Romantic, west coast gangsta, Dirty South gangsta, Houston skrew, Miami trance, reggaeton, NWOBHM, Straightedge, Salt Lake City straightedge, Spoken Word, DC Punk, college rock, qawwali (but only old school Nusrat Fatah ali-El Khan, before he sold out to Pearl Jam), slamcore, bluegrass, slamgrass, jam band, No Wave, singer/songwriter, coontcore, Riot Grrl, grunge, sludge rock, prog rock, cock rock, shock jock, jock jams, slow jams, Low Rider Oldies, new school low rider oldies, techno, Acid Jazz, math rock, nerdcore, rockabilly, EDM, blues, Chicago blues, Delta Blues, Merseybeat, death metal, Emo, post-Emo, Screamo, Goth, New SChool Goth but not country.

You left out queercore, hyphy, and skiffle. Turn in your hipster card.

Solid Muldoon: Face facts, people. It's disco.

Winner.


But without the lyrics.

I prefer LASER tunes, yo

Fiber Laser

moulderx1: Solid Muldoon: Face facts, people. It's disco.

Winner.


But without the lyrics.

It terms of composition, I think it's much more like ELP than it is like disco. Sequenced and recorded, granted.

"I'll still be writing"

WTF does he write?

Saying he is "miserable," deadmau5 is taking a hiatu5 from whatever the hell it is he does

/'who?'
//subby [FAIL]

I like IDM and EBM, but EDM? Yuck.

WaltzingMathilda: downstairs: WaltzingMathilda: right, but then you have people saying what deadmau5 does is "dubstep" when that's the only term people use on TV

I have zero knowledge of pretty much any dance/electronic genre. What does he do, then? Just curious.

I've had Dubstep explained to me, and couldn't follow said explaination.

i mean he's still an house/electro-house/progressive house artist. he has worked with dub-steppers, but he certainly hasn't released a dubstep album.



"It's all just disco, and disco still does suck."

rickythepenguin: WaltzingMathilda: well, techno is considered a genre within EDM. techno is not meant to be a generalized term synonymous with EDM.

i only listen to trance, downtempo, new york trance, west coast house, gabber, old school gabber, dubstep, new school dubstep, west coast ambient, snowcore, east coast snowcore, New Wave, New Romantic, west coast gangsta, Dirty South gangsta, Houston skrew, Miami trance, reggaeton, NWOBHM, Straightedge, Salt Lake City straightedge, Spoken Word, DC Punk, college rock, qawwali (but only old school Nusrat Fatah ali-El Khan, before he sold out to Pearl Jam), slamcore, bluegrass, slamgrass, jam band, No Wave, singer/songwriter, coontcore, Riot Grrl, grunge, sludge rock, prog rock, cock rock, shock jock, jock jams, slow jams, Low Rider Oldies, new school low rider oldies, techno, Acid Jazz, math rock, nerdcore, rockabilly, EDM, blues, Chicago blues, Delta Blues, Merseybeat, death metal, Emo, post-Emo, Screamo, Goth, New SChool Goth but not country.

No DC gogo? Alt country? Proto SKA? Dude you're missing out.

Surly U. Jest: rickythepenguin: WaltzingMathilda: well, techno is considered a genre within EDM. techno is not meant to be a generalized term synonymous with EDM.

i only listen to trance, downtempo, new york trance, west coast house, gabber, old school gabber, dubstep, new school dubstep, west coast ambient, snowcore, east coast snowcore, New Wave, New Romantic, west coast gangsta, Dirty South gangsta, Houston skrew, Miami trance, reggaeton, NWOBHM, Straightedge, Salt Lake City straightedge, Spoken Word, DC Punk, college rock, qawwali (but only old school Nusrat Fatah ali-El Khan, before he sold out to Pearl Jam), slamcore, bluegrass, slamgrass, jam band, No Wave, singer/songwriter, coontcore, Riot Grrl, grunge, sludge rock, prog rock, cock rock, shock jock, jock jams, slow jams, Low Rider Oldies, new school low rider oldies, techno, Acid Jazz, math rock, nerdcore, rockabilly, EDM, blues, Chicago blues, Delta Blues, Merseybeat, death metal, Emo, post-Emo, Screamo, Goth, New SChool Goth but not country.

No DC gogo? Alt country? Proto SKA? Dude you're missing out.

No brutal prog? No progressive juke? No moombacore or easycore? No hypnagogic pop?

I'm a metalhead. Progressive, symphonic, folk. Some black. Nightwish, Symphony X, Iced Earth, Opeth, you know.

I like Skrillex, Deadmau5, and Lady Gaga. It's... a bit awkward when someone asks me what I listen to.

/yeah, yeah, Skrillex and Deadmau5 are brostep
//don't care

Ringshadow: /yeah, yeah, Skrillex and Deadmau5 are brostep
//don't care

Your ignorance makes me sick, Deadmau5 is complextro

LewDux: No brutal prog? No progressive juke? No moombacore or easycore? No hypnagogic pop?

Happy Hardcore! Wheeeee!!!!

/i am the only living fan

I've been a rock guy my whole life. Five days ago, at age 49, I decided it was time to check out a big, headlining EDM show at a festival. We only live once, right?

Saw Justice. I enjoyed it. Fark you.

the end.

WaltzingMathilda: rickythepenguin: WaltzingMathilda: well, techno is considered a genre within EDM. techno is not meant to be a generalized term synonymous with EDM.

i only listen to trance, downtempo, new york trance, west coast house, gabber, old school gabber, dubstep, new school dubstep, west coast ambient, snowcore, east coast snowcore, New Wave, New Romantic, west coast gangsta, Dirty South gangsta, Houston skrew, Miami trance, reggaeton, NWOBHM, Straightedge, Salt Lake City straightedge, Spoken Word, DC Punk, college rock, qawwali (but only old school Nusrat Fatah ali-El Khan, before he sold out to Pearl Jam), slamcore, bluegrass, slamgrass, jam band, No Wave, singer/songwriter, coontcore, Riot Grrl, grunge, sludge rock, prog rock, cock rock, shock jock, jock jams, slow jams, Low Rider Oldies, new school low rider oldies, techno, Acid Jazz, math rock, nerdcore, rockabilly, EDM, blues, Chicago blues, Delta Blues, Merseybeat, death metal, Emo, post-Emo, Screamo, Goth, New SChool Goth but not country.

man, how long did that take to write?

and yes, you are correct, there are many genres and subgenres of music.

And people find it really important to argue about them. Mainly on youtube.

LewDux: Your ignorance makes me sick, Deadmau5 is complextro



That's a thing?
Well, what the hell, I can't differentiate the metal genres half the time (is Nightwish folk metal?).

grinding_journalist: Happy Hardcore! Wheeeee!!!!

/i am the only living fan

Happy Hardcore is awesome!

/also, Justice kicks ass
//want to see Daft Punk live someday

And nothing of value was lost.

WaltzingMathilda: Anymore? It's always been like this. 50 years ago if someone called Conway Twitty "Honky Tonk" someone would say "no, that's a subgenre of country, but not one that he's in"

Dude, It's 1000x more retarded today than at any other point in history. A few genres != a legion of barely distinguishable sub-genres that mean nothing.

It's just a product of emotional and mental disorders run rampant. People who don't make music, but love music have to find ways to busy themselves with their hobby. They're like caffeine addicts with nothing to do, they make shiat up to keep their minds busy.

Phil Moskowitz: WaltzingMathilda: Anymore? It's always been like this. 50 years ago if someone called Conway Twitty "Honky Tonk" someone would say "no, that's a subgenre of country, but not one that he's in"

Dude, It's 1000x more retarded today than at any other point in history. A few genres != a legion of barely distinguishable sub-genres that mean nothing.

It's just a product of emotional and mental disorders run rampant. People who don't make music, but love music have to find ways to busy themselves with their hobby. They're like caffeine addicts with nothing to do, they make shiat up to keep their minds busy.

Genre Tree Derangement Syndrome

downstairs: WaltzingMathilda: right, but then you have people saying what deadmau5 does is "dubstep" when that's the only term people use on TV

I have zero knowledge of pretty much any dance/electronic genre. What does he do, then? Just curious.

I've had Dubstep explained to me, and couldn't follow said explaination.

If you couldn't follow, then you must be exceedingly unintelligent...

Dubstep is shortened for "double step" which means it is played as double the tempo. Instead of 4/4 time you play it at 2/2 time.

That's really it. House is played/created at one tempo, dubstep is twice as fast.

Depending on the "mood" and speed of the music, electronic music falls into a number of categories:
Dubstep
House
Techno
Progressive House
Trance
etc.


Deadmau5 is usually called progressive house as far as I know.

WaltzingMathilda: Phil Moskowitz: WaltzingMathilda: Anymore? It's always been like this. 50 years ago if someone called Conway Twitty "Honky Tonk" someone would say "no, that's a subgenre of country, but not one that he's in"

Dude, It's 1000x more retarded today than at any other point in history. A few genres != a legion of barely distinguishable sub-genres that mean nothing.

It's just a product of emotional and mental disorders run rampant. People who don't make music, but love music have to find ways to busy themselves with their hobby. They're like caffeine addicts with nothing to do, they make shiat up to keep their minds busy.

which of the following is evidence of a mental disorder:

1. people using rational cognitive skills to categorize and differentiate between different things, or

2. someone thinking people utilizing rational cognitive behavior to categorize and differentiate between different things is a mental disorder

Number 1, always.
Here is a tip. Don't try to stand on a cloud.

Bullseyed: Depending on the "mood" and speed of the music, electronic music falls into a number of categories:

It's not really mood, it's the rhythms.

Sometimes speed comes into play, for example both hardcore and breakcore are typically categorized by extremely fast rhythms. Drum n bass versus breakbeat/nu school breaks as well.

Bullseyed: Deadmau5 is usually called progressive house as far as I know.

He used to be, but is now mainly considered electro house.

Smeggy Smurf: So a guy with a knack for organizing random noises into something somewhat resembling a beat is taking time off because his life sucks? Gotcha. Let us know how that works out for you in 6 months when your last show flyers are lining bird cages.

Grandma? Is that you?

Solid Muldoon: Face facts, people. It's disco.

Disco was mostly instrumental dance music though, wasn't it?

FriarReb98: Look, I'm not going to lie to you. I'm sure he's good at what he does. I just really don't get into it whatsoever. I have tried listening to it, and it just doesn't do anything for me. sorry, Deadmau5, but it doesn't. I'm just not into anything in the general genre (won't even pretend to get into the EDM/Techno/Dub argument).

It really isn't about listening to it, that is why you can't understand it. You're probably used to Elvis and that Brittney Spears young lady and the Backstage Boys where you like to sing along.


The primary strength of EDM is that the human body is able to perform tasks better when your subconscious can plug into a beat of some kind. Most people who like EDM listen to EDM as background/white noise while doing something else. I got into it playing online games. It works really well at work where I do data analysis and spreadsheets. It works pretty well for computer programmers too.

nytmare: WaltzingMathilda: do you really think he is currently a "nobody" in the EDM world?

I listen to progressive trance a lot, and have no knowledge of this "deadmau5" guy other than hearing his name a lot recently in the news. There are so many sub-genres of electronic it isn't funny. I don't know which one he's in, probably the techno equivalent of top-40 pop pablum.

He is in progressive house. He went to perform at lollapalooza and there was more demand for him than all the rest of the bands combined so he made his own tour called meowington hax.

The difference between him and other EDM artists is that he can get a bunch of 18-29 year old girls in tank tops to come hang out and nod their head along to his music for 4 hours. Most of the rest of EDM gets hairy, fat computer nerds.

Summoner101: Hand Banana: Summoner101: consider this: Your grandparents said the same thing about The Beatles.

Ha! It's funny because you're saying I don't like the music because I have outdated tastes! It's even funnier because you compared The Beatles, one the the most influential bands of the last century, to Skrillex, whose appeal reminds me of the episode of the Simpsons where Homer becomes an artist!

/In all honesty, if we're going to listen to Electronic music, give me Daft Punk, Benny Benassi, or the Chemical Brothers.

You know that those three artists/groups hang out with Deadmau5, right?