What Do You Think of Dubstep Forum...?

[dubaholic_87]

I am doing some work which looks at dubstep forum in the context of the internet, music culture and peoples “online” and “offline” social relationships, asking chiefly whether there is a convergence.

I wanted to get an idea of forum users views, positives, negatives about the forum through a questionnaire, and through threads left on the forum

If anyones interested in taking part just number your response to the following questions i.e.
1) I think that ...
2) ......
3) ......
and I can use the responses in the thread as part of my research.

let me know what you think or any questions

1. how often do you use the forum

2. generally speaking are the people you talk to people you know in person, people you met online and speak with or strangers

3. what if anything does dubstep forum enable you to do that you could not with previous ways of communicating (i.e. sharing music through AIM, production tips etc).

4. Can you think of example of what you do online (socialising, sending / receiving music, viewing events etc) has shaped or influenced your offline dubstep experience? (i.e. going out, buying records, producing / playing music)

5. Do you think dubstep music is shaped by or reflects the areas it comes from (i.e. is there a “London / Croydon Sound”, “Bristol Sound” or a difference between UK and US, Dutch, Venezuelan, Romanian produced dubstep)

6. Does dubstep produced in your area have a particular sound (i.e. something different to dubstep from other regions)?

7. Does the sharing of music (and its influence) serve to make the music more varied or more uniform?

8. Do you feel dubsteps musical influence is shaped by its surrounding, if so how?

9. What are the consequences for different places music being able to be shared (and influence) people in disperate locations through the internet or dubstep forum

10. Do you have any other comments you would like to add?

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it's ok i guess

[Neurotik]

It's pretty cool i guess. To elaborate... lol...

Usually come on here night after college and i've done all assignments and i'm not studying, or just when i go on the internet i get easily distracted by browsing here since it's the first thing i see as my homepage lol. Generally people on here are strangers to me in real life, well i say generally, i haven't spoke to anyone on here that i know of that i know in real life . Initially what got me into DSF was the production forum, production tips and discussion that not only was hard to find anywhere else (since none of my mates are really into production at all), and i guess i enjoy checking out the mixes section. Main influences in dubstep for me have been again production (the way i structure, equalise, and go about building tracks overall has had invaluable improvements from where i was before). Also being on here, you always get info on all the big events i guess.

I haven't really noticed the dubstep coming from different parts of the world each conforming to a different style that's identifiable with that place of origin, say, a certain style or mood of dubstep i could pick out and each would probably contain artists from all over the place. I guess it comes into the sharing side of things in a way when i say that i think alot of people are inspired by a certain mood of dubstep that most catches them regardless of what part of the world it originates from. To be honest, i can't really comment much on whether my city has a distinct sound as there isn't an abundant selection of people that i know of that do dubstep from birmingham aside from the couple of big names like Emalkay and such. I think sharing as a whole goes to contribute to the variation of the music, as it allows people access to a whole range of endless approaches to making music that might appeal to each different person. As of right now i cannot think of any major consequences of dubstep being shared across the world, other than the positives such as; it allows people discovery of new up and coming innovative artists, the more experimental approaches are given more of a chance to show people what they're about, so the whole genre isn't ultimately generalised by all as caspa and rusko w0bBlezzZZz.

Hope i helped.