So how many former dnb producers started producing dubstep?
well said sircodeine wrote:as far as i can see, the people ditching d&b are generally those who preferred what was going on around 94/95, when jungle was about a lot more than all out tech-aggression. to me that means that dubstep has nothing to worry about. the people who like what d&b is doing currently - they will stay with d&b. those who are sick of d&b are coming to dubstep for all the right reasons.
d&b has become a silly parody of itself over the last 5 years, and i think a lot of original jungle/d&b heads feel alienated from it. dubstep, like every other form of music, is open to anyone who's willing to listen to it, you can't on one hand expect a scene to become bigger, and on the other, reject the people that are wanting to support it. nobody comes from a 'strictly dubstep' background - everyone was into something else before dubstep was around, whether it's jungle, garage, hip hop, grime, dub, glitchy electronica, whatever.
the most important thing, as far as i can see, is to learn from the past, look at what happened to the d&b scene, and make sure dubstep doesn't go down the same route. this is down to dj's, producers and promoters - it's your job to EDUCATE newcomers, where ever they came from. if you don't want your scene to become saturated with d&b style bullshit, keep playing the kind of music that reflects this. right now, dubstep is looking healthy - the music is well rounded, the people at fwd and dmz are keeping the whole scene in check, and because of this, the sound is getting noticed by more and more people. when this happened to jungle in the mid 90's, it resulted in the sound getting watered down and becoming more obvious and obnoxious, until d&b eventually turned into the ropey old slag that it currently is.
there is no reason for dubstep to go down the same route. it's gonna get bigger - you can't stop that, and the scene needs the increasing number of supporters anyway. the key is in making sure the right kind of tracks are being made, bought and played in the right environment and with the right mentality, by those who know what they're talking about. if someone makes a shit tune that sounds like slowed down angry d&b, just don't buy it. if someone makes a tune that represents your sound better, go buy that instead - it's obvious. steer the scene in the right direction, and you have nothing to worry about.
(sorry about the waffle, it's an interesting subject)..
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