I always thought that progressive pertained to the structure of the track rather than philosophy. Progressive music should keep on building upon itself and progressing on the previously introduced elements as opposed to each element being separate, like Goa Trance which doesn't follow the same cookie cutter formula as 'Anthem/Euphoric Trance' or whatever.
In Prog Rock every track is almost structured like a classical piece or a rock opera instead of verse-chorus verse-chorus of standard rock. I think this is why it's favoured by classically trained musicians a lot, not because of any pretentiousness. But I don't know for sure.
I always thought that progressive pertained to the structure of the track rather than philosophy. Progressive music should keep on building upon itself and progressing on the previously introduced elements .
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I always thought that progressive pertained to the structure of the track rather than philosophy. Progressive music should keep on building upon itself and progressing on the previously introduced elements as opposed to each element being separate, like Goa Trance which doesn't follow the same cookie cutter formula as 'Anthem/Euphoric Trance' or whatever.
In Prog Rock every track is almost structured like a classical piece or a rock opera instead of verse-chorus verse-chorus of standard rock. I think this is why it's favoured by classically trained musicians a lot, not because of any pretentiousness. But I don't know for sure.
Progressive House was not named as such for the same reasons as Progressive Rock. Apples and Oranges.
witch house. it sucks but it's new.
seriously dnb though, at least in new york, the backlash from underground dubstep getting pop a couple years ago sent connoisseurs to dnb. just my theory.
Until I hear trap being thrown into DJ mixes of all other genres then I can't agree that it's the 'next big thing', maybe 'Next big gimmick' though. Here in the UK nobody knows/cares about it as it sounds far too similar to Bassline/Garage/etc. which had a bunch of mainstream popularity a while back.
Dubstep was big enough and different enough to be called a 'Big thing' but IMO the very genre itself (Or rather, the mainstream's interpretation of dubstep with the big electro skrillex drops etc.) is not structured in a way that gives it much longevity, 2 years later and people are already getting bored and looking to see what the 'next big thing' is.
Personally I think if dubstep had stayed Dub/Reggae-ish it wouldn't have taken off at all in America, it's the white suburban market and artists like Skrillex that made it marketable. Can you imagine if Scientist's dubstep got big with the kids in the US instead of Skrillex? The DEA and the bible belt would go crazy and there's no way you'd have American popstars supported by the big industry labels doing their own renditions of dubstep tracks, let alone the huge sellout festivals and grammy awards.
I don't really see what has changed apart from hype, the US is just getting it's first taste of true mainstream electronic music just like we did years ago. Obviously being America this is met with a heavy dose of 'Throw millions of dollars at it' and thus big labels and festivals are able to flourish, in a few years time it will all be gone and forgotten as if it never happened.
I don't really see what has changed apart from hype, the US is just getting it's first taste of true mainstream electronic music just like we did years ago. Obviously being America this is met with a heavy dose of 'Throw millions of dollars at it' and thus big labels and festivals are able to flourish, in a few years time it will all be gone and forgotten as if it never happened.
bahahaha! first off, electronic music is going no where unless some major solar storm knocks out the US's power. second, america isnt getting "its first taste". electronic music has been here for awhile. does skinny puppy ring any bells? theyre a very famous almost house hold name north american "electronic" band.
why are the english so concieted? led zepplin steals songs from old black american blues artists and declairs "we invented hard rock!". the sex pistols copies the sound of the ramones and says "we created punk rock!".. now just because most people reference the word dubstep with electronic music they claim "we made electronic music first!" just because dubstep is a term from england. get a life.
ive read some interviews of producers, like Eric Prydz, who think that its going to go back to an underground sound, techno/tech. He sees it in London already.
I just have a feeling the same thing is going to happen here.
Sure, a lot of people will continue with the dupstep/trap/breaks style which will become main-streame HipHop in a few years. And your EDM fans will follow the darker style, tech, techno, etc. or a more electronica/underground tech. Probably see an amalgamation of genre/sounds.
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"I never try to please others when I make music; there is only one person who has to like what comes out of those speakers, and that person is myself." -Eric Prydz
ive read some interviews of producers, like Eric Prydz, who think that its going to go back to an underground sound, techno/tech. He sees it in London already.
I just have a feeling the same thing is going to happen here.
Sure, a lot of people will continue with the dupstep/trap/breaks style which will become main-streame HipHop in a few years. And your EDM fans will follow the darker style, tech, techno, etc. or a more electronica/underground tech. Probably see an amalgamation of genre/sounds.
As long as it still has the underground sound, I guess I wont mind if it gets popular.
"nu trap" is coming in pretty hard to North America on the underground EDM but its growing rapidly. All it is really is chopping up some samples and slapping 808s under it so its pretty simple and has room to evolve into something that can be mainstream.
My prediction for the next year or 2:
Many many many trap remixes of current & older songs > Originals > Someone makes a huge hit or two that gains millions of plays & downloads > big artists work with this producer > it goes mainstream > They make more songs > tour > EDM producers find something else
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