Listening to and producing different styles?

[jaydot]

I won't go into the "genres" debate but how many of you here genuinely listen to as many types/styles of dubstep and produce them also?

I was brought into the scene on Caspa and Rusko, but completely turned full circle now. There's still so many artists out there I want to get into, so many influences to be honed, it doesn't matter if it's sub heavy or midrange. I appreciate people like to produce their own "style". But I've always said that theirs massive crossover in styles in dubstep, it's such an expansive genre of music that it annoys me when people go "Urgh I hate dubstep" at the end of the day, what is true dubstep? You shouldn't pigeonhole yourself, it's all dubstep at the end of the day. I'm not saying you should totally deviate from your listening habits, but try to at least explore what's out there. There's some heavy mid range stuff out there as there is deep stuff and everything in between. I honestly think I've became a better producer since I started exploring different styles. The list is endless of people I need to check out. But I still think people who go "urgh, mid range, or "broste" are a bit y'know, for the principles of being anti-brostep rather than disliking it. You can not like something, everyone has different tastes. It works the other way too. So called brosteppers who don't explore deep stuff enough because it's "boring". You should be open to most things imo because y'know, music is different to suit your mood. Chill for a chillout, angsty when you're in a fuck the world mood.

One dub love.

[Basic A]

Step one : stop caring about deep/bro/dubstep
Step Two : Realize there is in fact music outside of dubstep.

Your contradicting yourself from the start here. Say deviate styles and then blab on about a bunch of dubstep-specific stuff...

[jaydot]

Yeah sure there's other music. It applies to other genres. And I'm saying bro/deep using two loose terms for the purpose of diffrentiating between "heavy" and "deep". Whatever way you want to categorise it really.

[wub]

I just make electronic music. If it turns into dubstep or whatever, then so be it.

[Kochari]

I'm not trying to make dubstep, or house, or hip hop, or anything. I'm trying to create an audio representation of myself, pure sonic art.

[/wankery]

[Ongelegen]

I just make electronic music. If it turns into dubstep or whatever, then so be it.

[Kes-Es]

I play folk punk on my acoustic guitar when I'm not at my computer.



Fuck da haterzzz.

[paravrais]

Step one : stop caring about deep/bro/dubstep
Step Two : Realize there is in fact music outside of dubstep.

Your contradicting yourself from the start here. Say deviate styles and then blab on about a bunch of dubstep-specific stuff...

Exactly what I was gonna say.

Also Kes-Es, ME FUCKING TOO!!!! As if we never discovered we had that in common before XD I used to be in a punk band at school but these days I prefer to play the acoustic cos it just sounds more badass imo.

[lloydy]

i want to make as many styles as possible,the way i see it the more genres you dip in and out of the more ability your gonna gain and the better producer you should become from it,i started out doing dnb when i first started learning and i think back now the tempo being so fast is really constrictive in my opinion.now i work between 120 and 140 and find it a lot easier to be more productive with my rhythms and a lot more expressive with all the elements in my tracks.Also slowing down the tempo for me and coming to dubstep has made me a lot better at producing dnb so winwin.

[drokkr]

Another great thread brought to you by Jaydot.

Listen to everything. Make what you want. You're the one who mentions "You shouldn't pigeonhole yourself" but surely you have already be deciding you are only going to make Dubstep. If you must only listen to Dubstep, look for the influences in a track. They didn't come from Dubstep unless it's all the crap on Beatport atm which is doing a bad job of recycling the same obnoxious sound seemingly popular enough to be palyed on mobile phones tho' so someone is doing something right.
Influences come House, Techno, Jungle, Metal, Garage and further afield too. Dubstep is not just about Dubstep.

[deadly_habit]

i barely listen to dubstep

[kaiori breathe]

I'm not trying to make dubstep, or house, or hip hop, or anything. I'm trying to create an audio representation of myself, pure sonic art.
[/wankery]

/\ +1 on this

[double /wankery]

i barely listen to dubstep

/\ This

[Kochari]

All about 89bpm in my opinion.

[skanky beats]

i barely listen to dubstep

[Maell_CF]

Step one : stop caring about deep/bro/dubstep
Step Two : Realize there is in fact music outside of dubstep.

+1
I'm gonna let V.Snares do the whole expermentation with x amount of genres in one song thing. I don't even know what my style is yet and ive been making music for years, attempting to do something that doesn't represent yourself is a surefire way to a bad track, so don't force change.

[zerbaman]

Tbh, I agree with OP, but have recently been taking "a leaf", so to speak, from Basic A's book. I don't really care about genres anymore, I just listen to the tracks from the artists I've heard of and like. Genres are just applied for marketing. A good tune, is a good tune, regardless of tempo, creator, genre or whatever the fuck else may seem "more important" than musical quality..

I got into dubstep not knowing what to expect, just taking in music from producers of all eras/corners, and I would hope to stay that way

[jaydot]

Another great thread brought to you by Jaydot.

Listen to everything. Make what you want. You're the one who mentions "You shouldn't pigeonhole yourself" but surely you have already be deciding you are only going to make Dubstep. If you must only listen to Dubstep, look for the influences in a track. They didn't come from Dubstep unless it's all the crap on Beatport atm which is doing a bad job of recycling the same obnoxious sound seemingly popular enough to be palyed on mobile phones tho' so someone is doing something right.
Influences come House, Techno, Jungle, Metal, Garage and further afield too. Dubstep is not just about Dubstep.

I don't just stick to making dubstep fyi. And the last sentence just reiterates my point really.

[Dystinkt]

You listen to what you enjoy, and produce what you feel. However I do think artists who have a broader range of tunes they listen to are more musically accomplished in their own work because what you listen to bleeds in to your own work to some degree.

[kaiori breathe]

This thread is far too liberal - needs more haters and elitist flaming imo

[Basic A]

This thread is far too liberal - needs more haters and elitist flaming imo

You forgot shameless self promotion.