2010-12-17, 02:50 AM
Late to the partyhouse, but I thought I'd respond anyway.
I'm confused about what Spaz is saying - that it does not depend on the skill of a performer to play electronica. This makes me think that, for a live performance, they just get up on stage, slap a CD in the boombox, and leave. Electronica steals from Jazz in that each performer has to play completely off the cuff. A DJ must be able to use all of his tools, especially in a live performance, to create an atmosphere than his fans love. Since sets are rarely pre-rehearsed, this makes electronica vastly more difficult than any other kind of music. The ability to tinker with the music allows for unlimited creative expression, but requires the creative expression from the DJ to get there. As such, a person who DJs electronica must have skill as well, in composition and performance.
Personally, I love me some complicated music. I suppose this goes hand in hand with the fact that I love competition and pushing the human envelope. When I hear a very technical song that still sounds melodic I get the shivers just listening to it.
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Really, I get the opposite reaction from people with the music I listen to. Instead of saying, "It requires no skill!", they say, "It's just a wall of notes." (I listen to technical death metal).
[video=youtube;BhV5DrRvDqc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhV5DrRvDqc[/video]
But it's not a wall of notes.
Here are the first 17 seconds of the above song (in D standard tuning):
![[Image: 2qxlxdz.png]](http://i52.tinypic.com/2qxlxdz.png)
![[Image: 2lxgrk3.png]](http://i53.tinypic.com/2lxgrk3.png)
That is not a wall of notes. Far from it.
Though I suppose if you compare the above to "My Chemical Romance - Bulletproof Heart", it is a wall of notes?
![[Image: 5d6xs7.png]](http://i54.tinypic.com/5d6xs7.png)
I'm confused about what Spaz is saying - that it does not depend on the skill of a performer to play electronica. This makes me think that, for a live performance, they just get up on stage, slap a CD in the boombox, and leave. Electronica steals from Jazz in that each performer has to play completely off the cuff. A DJ must be able to use all of his tools, especially in a live performance, to create an atmosphere than his fans love. Since sets are rarely pre-rehearsed, this makes electronica vastly more difficult than any other kind of music. The ability to tinker with the music allows for unlimited creative expression, but requires the creative expression from the DJ to get there. As such, a person who DJs electronica must have skill as well, in composition and performance.
Personally, I love me some complicated music. I suppose this goes hand in hand with the fact that I love competition and pushing the human envelope. When I hear a very technical song that still sounds melodic I get the shivers just listening to it.
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Really, I get the opposite reaction from people with the music I listen to. Instead of saying, "It requires no skill!", they say, "It's just a wall of notes." (I listen to technical death metal).
[video=youtube;BhV5DrRvDqc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhV5DrRvDqc[/video]
But it's not a wall of notes.
Here are the first 17 seconds of the above song (in D standard tuning):
That is not a wall of notes. Far from it.
Though I suppose if you compare the above to "My Chemical Romance - Bulletproof Heart", it is a wall of notes?