Have you seen people try to dance to modern Dubstep? It's really more like headbanging than anything else. So I really don't think dance-ability has anything to do with it's popularity, in fact I'd wager, that because most people can't dance to it, it has added to it's popularity as most people suck at dancing.
I don't think that anyone could've predicted Dubstep's massive rise, hell, what they call Dubstep now wasn't even the same kind of music it was when it was underground. So I think it's impossible to predict when something like that will happen again. It's nearly impossible to quantify something like popularity anyhow.
Genres are like the peaks and valleys of a waveform and sometimes they get slammed to the top of the db meter for a while.
Hey! Proper liquid can look good with dubstep! But it is hilarious to see a bunch of guidos trying to process how to process dancing to the music
The answer is trap. You can't judge what's going to be the NEXT sound only with the stuff that you hear in the present. But trap has a lot of crossover potential to mainstream music. Trap will evolve a lot within the next few months, just like dubstep did.
Every mainstream song will soon sound close to something like this:
in fact I'd wager, that because most people can't dance to it, it has added to it's popularity as most people suck at dancing.
not a question.
Look at dance music from the last 15 years. Ever since progressive blew up in the late 90's til now.. it's been about standing/jumping in one place.. with your hands up like a roller coaster.
it's not about dancing anymore.. it hasn't been for awhile now.
then there's the whole "minimal" trend of the last decade.. that's a whole nother story.
Hepp, Trap will introduce rapping and that's the end of Trap.
As for dancing, I agree, looking at any of the big EDM festivals, it's not about dancing anymore, more a big happening with a little bit bouncing here and there. And thousands of breakdowns, breakdowns, breakdowns with small burst of 4/4 drums.
Look at dance music from the last 15 years. Ever since progressive blew up in the late 90's til now.. it's been about standing/jumping in one place.. with your hands up like a roller coaster.
it's not about dancing anymore.. it hasn't been for awhile now.
then there's the whole "minimal" trend of the last decade.. that's a whole nother story.
Well maybe not for the average festival attendee, but electronic music has always been about dancing until I can't breath. At least when there is room too. I am usually the only one rocking out getting weird looks like people haven't seen somebody let loose.
even for awhile in the heart of the minimal boom.. I too was "that dancing guy".. at small clubs..
I didn't get it.. here is this little homogenized scene.. and I'm the outsider that sorta likes it.. and I'm the only one dancing here? After a year of that I stopped going and started just forming groups/bands... and here I am now.. sick of being in bands.. and want to make dance music again.. but NOTHING changed in the last 8 years or so.
the minimal sound is still here.. and it's just embarassing half ass takes on Daniel Bell's sound.. . mixed with a dub chord here or there...
really boring shit.. and not funky..
edit: guess the only reason I care now is cause the latest R&S records have given me some hope.
Hepp, Trap will introduce rapping and that's the end of Trap.
As for dancing, I agree, looking at any of the big EDM festivals, it's not about dancing anymore, more a big happening with a little bit bouncing here and there. And thousands of breakdowns, breakdowns, breakdowns with small burst of 4/4 drums.
So its like what happened wit Trance right? They made the formula of breakdowns and anthems which, for whatever reason, made it instantly tasty for everyone who was then not interested in Trance...
I see the same thing with Dubstep (sorry for bringing that genre up), they focus on the drop and the wobbly wobble bass too much...its drop this and drop that and drop everything everywhere...i feel their getting into a vicious circle :P
I would call Dnb actually. After the Dubstep thing of the last few years something of the same/more intensity will be the next progression. Skrillex has already done a couple of big releases that are clear Dnb Tracks, His Birdy Nam Name Remix drove a load of people ukf dnb who're discovering a whole shitload of other dnb tracks. Dnb hitting big in america will cause a lot of ripples
As well as this Noisia and Feed Me are both big hitters on mau5trap and both are from a dnb background. Theres basically a whole scene of music perfect for people bored of the crazy dubstep.
The effect of this will probably be a load more extremely obnoxious dnb tracks to cash in but i think it'll be a good thing.
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How could hearing the amen break even one more time possibly be a good thing...
Also, Trap is a fail fad straight out of the gate. Terri-bad doesn't even capture how bad it is. It will be (or already is) big in a handful of US cities amongst the least discerning/passive listeners and then die out fast. That song posted by JamzProd is already loaded with the most desperate crossover cliches imaginable... That's not a start, that's the end of a fad.
Trip-hop is coming back though. Think about it. Herbs getting legalized left and right. People are going to be chilling out a lot more. The substances people are using at any given time directly effect the music they want to hear.
For the music played in so called dance radio stations and big events, i believe the cheesy white noise/supersaw/breakdown/layered nexus will never go away.
When it comes to the actual music scene i don't belive in 'next big genre', its always been and currently is a mix of genres, 'cause the genre does not make it, the individual music of the artist does. Right now who is big? Deadmau5, Justice, Skrillex, Calvin Harris and others. All with very different styles.
You can say i.e. that the genre Dubstep is big now, but it is realy not. Not among the audience at least. People do listen to Skrillex only, the more tasty people listen to something like Burial and everyone else is listened by nobody !
The answer is trap. You can't judge what's going to be the NEXT sound only with the stuff that you hear in the present. But trap has a lot of crossover potential to mainstream music. Trap will evolve a lot within the next few months, just like dubstep did.
Every mainstream song will soon sound close to something like this:
every mainstream song sounds like this since allmost a decade.. just one a t a time and not 3 simultaniously..
the next big thing will not bne some kind of lamo rnb spiced with techno sample packs..
It looks a bit like that talented people are not interested in music making anymore.. moved to the movie and animation field and leaving music production to the bozos?
With $0 being made off of music sales these days I could see edm that incorporates live instruments getting big. Having musicians on stage makes for a much more interesting live performance. Of course this is probably just wishful thinking; I'm working on a project like this.
I have thrown many shows with arists including steve aoki, mstrkrft, diplo, skrillex etc and i despise most of these artists and the people that go to the shows. Low quality artists catering to low class people.
I have no glue on what will be the next big EDM genre, but if you're looking for innovation and creativity the big shows and commercial radiostations are wrong place to be. Look for it in the small clubs with low ceilings and full of cigarette smoke.
How could hearing the amen break even one more time possibly be a good thing...
I don't disagree with you, but I think the music masses have such a short attention span, they'd ahve NO IDEA that the Amen break wasn't something completely new
every mainstream song sounds like this since allmost a decade.. just one a t a time and not 3 simultaniously..
the next big thing will not bne some kind of lamo rnb spiced with techno sample packs..
It looks a bit like that talented people are not interested in music making anymore.. moved to the movie and animation field and leaving music production to the bozos?
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