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Original Message 1/16 10-Nov-00 @ 05:48 PM - commercial vs own style
it's been 2 year that I've been making music, I have a pretty unique style by now, but whenever I send my stuff to other musicians, they tell me: "cool, but you need to make it more commercial ... bla" well now I did and all of the sudden people started visiting my page ... strange huh ? what do you think about that?
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Message 2/16 11-Nov-00 @ 03:19 PM - RE: commercial vs own style
Message 3/16 11-Nov-00 @ 03:28 PM - RE: commercial vs own style
Message 4/16 11-Nov-00 @ 04:12 PM - RE: commercial vs own style
I thought about making music 2 ways now ... I make my kind of style stuff AND commercial stuff, I guess this might work ... this way i dont have to neglect my real stuff while getting kind of better known =)
some artists (cant think of a name but there are a lot) do commercial stuff and as soon as they are "famous" they start experimenting ...
hmm. sounds good, what do you think ?
Message 5/16 13-Nov-00 @ 02:29 PM - RE: commercial vs own style
Ape
Message 6/16 13-Nov-00 @ 03:01 PM - RE: commercial vs own style
i have another question, and it'd be cool if you could answer me once more, should i study other music, see how it's build up, etc, or should I start developing my own ideas, everything from scratch (if i can say so)
already ? do i need a proper musical education or is the feeling for music (i mean that you hear if notes are off tune, etc) enough ?
oh and I'm pushing the little stuff i have to the limits, because i cant afford anything else and i've never been trying to sound like someone else, with commercial i meant typical buildups, etc. ...
hehe trance is quite simple, that's a fact but it's good to start with. the musicstyle i love the most is reggae (hehe), breakbeat and dub, but it's way harder and i can't "start" making that kind of music i really like, just like that ...
Message 7/16 13-Nov-00 @ 11:28 PM - RE: commercial vs own style
Ape
Message 8/16 14-Nov-00 @ 12:48 AM - RE: commercial vs own style
currently we see UK Garage, progressive house,
progressive breakbeat...etc
A good example is progressive breakbeat,
which is nuskool breaks infused with trance,
(eg the Y3K compilations from Distinctive Breaks).
There are always things happenning an the 'underground'
scene, that will gain popularity and become
commercial, good example is UK Garage.
The thing is if you follow your own style, find
people who are similar to your own style, then
you may be involved in pioneering Trance in a new direction.
Alot of ppl bag Trance b/c they reckon its too simple,
I don't!!!
Message 9/16 14-Nov-00 @ 08:19 PM - RE: commercial vs own style
Ape
Message 10/16 15-Nov-00 @ 07:15 AM - RE: commercial vs own style
I'd love to be able to hear notes to write them down and i admire everyone who can, cause I saw someone just making a quick remix of one of jean michel jarre's tracks and the results were so cool. I think i'll need to train my ears some more, hehe. thanks for the advice man =) (eeww, it's gonna take me forever ...)
Message 11/16 15-Nov-00 @ 02:18 PM - RE: commercial vs own style
Message 12/16 15-Nov-00 @ 02:46 PM - RE: commercial vs own style
thanks again, could I have your email adress ?
Message 13/16 21-Nov-00 @ 01:49 AM - RE: commercial vs own style
Pongoid, exactly what type of music is it exactly that you make that doesn't use loops or repeat.
I personally thought that all dance music used the loop. The premice being that kids on the dancefloor hear a phat groove and they dance to it, and it gets into their heads and they love it.
If it plays once and is then gone, well, I wouldn't dance.
What you're describing sounds like New Age- and I like new age, Steve Roche, Mike Oldfield, Tomita, but none of this is really danceable.
To get someone into your music you need some sort of hook. Not necesarrily a simple repeated few notes, but a melody, some sort of well defined theme.
That's my bit.
I love this website, I only recently discovered it.
Peace.
Message 14/16 22-Nov-00 @ 12:49 AM - RE: commercial vs own style
Message 15/16 27-Nov-00 @ 04:36 PM - RE: commercial vs own style
It can be as nasty as you wanna be.
Ape
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