[Dream] first post + tunage

[Misha Lepetich]

hi

to clarify what i meant earlier (i don't remember the quote, but it sparked the below comments
about song form, artistic vision, etc). there are plenty of great examples of unusual song forms -
look back to Snake Thing and forward to what those weirdo Finns have been hacking out for
themselves, among others.

however, pursuing your own vision is one thing, and marketing it completely another. think of all
the shit music that's out there. people complain about it but they miss the fact that it's there
because it's marketed to labels successfully. so the labels have one set of expectations and it's
up to you to navigate to those labels that most closely align to what your vision is. the more
unique your vision, the smaller a group of labels you can really target. 

as a middle way, you can put together versions of your tracks that are more "label-friendly", with
the requisite breakdowns, etc, then do what you want during your live sets, etc. which is more
important to you? 

this is the advantage of electronic music and it should be exploited more fully. on the other
hand, why deal with the whole label thing at all? given today's distributed world, you can
probably build a reputation by distributing stuff yourself, playing out a lot, asking other
artists if you can do remixes of their tracks, etc. labels do not equal legitimacy, and they don't
really bring in a lot of kash, either.

also, marketing is why artists have agents - very difficult to do both the content and the
marketing with equal success.

to get back to song form, psytrance seems to have developed certain conventions in order create a
consensus among all the consumers of the music - from composers/producers to labels, DJs and the
dance floor. however, in general, psytrance DJs are lazy bastards and should be kept on their
toes, so i applaud any efforts to do so. 

|m|

--- Doofus McFluoro <doofus.mcfluoro at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thats not what we mean though mate... Your style of music is already very
> commercialy acceptable whether you like it or not.  However there are some
> weak spots in the tune... musicaly... bits that dont generate enough
> interest to the ear.  Bits that need a bit of candy on top.  We arent
> telling you how to aproach that... just that it needs approaching.  I am
> sure you can find a way that is original and retains your artistic vision.
> 
> On 3/16/07, almir <almir.delic at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > i think that is tremendously cool.  having your own vision and sticking
> > > to
> > > it despite the fact that it goes against convention... very cool.  don't
> > >
> > > give up.
> >
> >
> > thanks, i plan on sticking to it. it's just that i don't think writing
> > music that tries to guess what others may like or expect is reasonable. not
> > if there is to be any kind of coherence and inteegrity to it. there are
> > plenty of others who do try to write popular music and that's fine too. if
> > they do succeed, then more power to them.

"Oh well, Erato humanam sunt, as old Daycard used to say in Affens"


 
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