How do we explain it to the unconverted?

[lord_qzuma]

Hell yeah, Pointin someone to Barefiles is one of the best things you can do.

or...

you can bring your usb drive over to their house an ambush there playlist with nothin but dubstep mixes.

or....

if you have a friend on your instant messanger who has set you to auto allow uploads, u can bomb there inbox with mixes.

lol, im guily...ive done all 3.

LARGE UP TO DEPOH!!!!

Respect!!!

LQ

[metalboxproducts]

If you want someone to listen to dubstep and also for them to like it. I would say pick a track they will understand. Use a bit commen sence, if the person is a dnb head give them some S+D if there more into garage give them some Burial. Pander to there likes. Dubstep has such a varied sound, it's imposable to say what it sounds like.
If you wanna get preachy about it, say " It's the sound of now and you need to listen or lose out" or" If you don't like this, i'll shoot you in the face ya tnuc . Ya get meh"

[metalboxproducts]

Just take them to a rave. If they call them selves music lovers they'll get it.
BASIC.

[shonky]

If you want someone to listen to dubstep and also for them to like it. I would say pick a track they will understand. Use a bit commen sence, if the person is a dnb head give them some S+D if there more into garage give them some Burial. Pander to there likes. Dubstep has such a varied sound, it's imposable to say what it sounds like.
If you wanna get preachy about it, say " It's the sound of now and you need to listen or lose out" or" If you don't like this, i'll shoot you in the face ya tnuc . Ya get meh"

Yeah I agree, it's pointless being nice about these things - if they don't like it shoot them in the face. Then once the others get the message everyone will appear to like it and you'll be respected all over.

I converted four people to jungle by pouring bleach in their eyes you know. One did say if he saw me again he'd kill me (ahh the irony).

[t-mus]

while this may be true, no amount of forcing it upon people is going to 'convert' them. someone will either develop a taste for the music on their own or not at all.

i wasn't talking about forcing anything.
i know my friends, and what they like, i only pitch the music to someone when i think there is a chance they like it. and when i see they have a bit of interest at first listen, i'll continue subtile with let them listening to tracks that are close to their prefered music.

joe nice's physical experience is my fave!

same here, always mention that they have to hear and feel it on a big system to truly know what the music is about. which always enlarge interests

[juliun_c90]

If they call them selves music lovers they'll get it.
BASIC.

and on this logic if they don't like dubstep they know nothing about music then? skewed thinking mate.

[kion]

If I took my nan to a dubstep gig she'd love it. She's deaf as a doornail - actually she's dead as one too. I remember playing her some jungle back in the dayayay and she said to me "hmm they had music like this in the 20's" - and started doing the 1 and 2 and back and step and twirling about! Not that she could hear anything.

[thc]

It's kind of an insult to any genre to try to sum it up in one or two sentences, but i'll try anyway.
We can look at the word Dubstep. This has the words 'dub' and 'step' in it. So the dub part is obvious: dubstep takes a lot of influence from Dub music. Then the step part would be refering to 2-step Garage, particularly dark garage. In the early days of dubstep, the beats were clearly 2-step beats, but nowdays everyone drops it down to halfstep.
There's certainly more to it than that, but maybe thats a good starting point in describing the genre.

[blackdown]

We can look at the word Dubstep. This has the words 'dub' and 'step' in it. So the dub part is obvious: dubstep takes a lot of influence from Dub music.

recently people keep saying this but it's a simplification - and one that narrows the field of the genre. in the original use of the word (source: my Horsepower interview, Jockey Slut circa 2003) the 'dub' referred to not just dub reggae but the instrumental "dub" b-side of the garage 12", ie that this style was different from vocal garage.

narrowing dubstep down to "reggae influenced" contrains the genre, and no one wants that.

[m9918868]

narrowing dubstep down to "reggae influenced" contrains the genre, and no one wants that.

True.

[thc]

in the original use of the word (source: my Horsepower interview, Jockey Slut circa 2003) the 'dub' referred to not just dub reggae but the instrumental "dub" b-side of the garage 12", ie that this style was different from vocal garage.

I said dark garage, did I not?

[blackdown]

in the original use of the word (source: my Horsepower interview, Jockey Slut circa 2003) the 'dub' referred to not just dub reggae but the instrumental "dub" b-side of the garage 12", ie that this style was different from vocal garage.

I said dark garage, did I not?

yup. its all good.

[ramadanman]

there was a great description in this american newspaper article...wish i could remember where to find it....in the past few months or so

anyway...yeh. the best answer is "Listen to this"

[pk-]

i wasn't talking about forcing anything.
i know my friends, and what they like, i only pitch the music to someone when i think there is a chance they like it. and when i see they have a bit of interest at first listen, i'll continue subtile with let them listening to tracks that are close to their prefered music.

sorry my mistake

[t-mus]

sorry my mistake

no problem.
it was still a good contribution to this healthy topic

[threnody]

In this months wire it is described as "doom metal for the 21st century" after hearing a Kode9 set.....

I hope we manage to have a few more showers than those hairies!!!!!

[shonky]

In this months wire it is described as "doom metal for the 21st century" after hearing a Kode9 set.....

I said that, the thieving bastards.

I think a lot of it sounds like Gina G on a crack comedown - people "appreciate" that description.

I've got no idea what dubstep sounds like myself, I've been deaf for twenty-five years. Only just discovered it's got loads of bass, was wondering why things started moving about when I put the records on - I thought we had a poltergeist.

[poax]

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[metalboxproducts]

In this months wire it is described as "doom metal for the 21st century" after hearing a Kode9 set.....

I said that, the thieving bastards.

I think a lot of it sounds like Gina G on a crack comedown - people "appreciate" that description.

I've got no idea what dubstep sounds like myself, I've been deaf for twenty-five years. Only just discovered it's got loads of bass, was wondering why things started moving about when I put the records on - I thought we had a poltergeist.

God your on form today. Have you been on the natural highs or has work finely sent you over the edge?
Didn't you say the doom metal thing about one of my tunes?

[superisk]

I always recon actions speak louder than words....a double fisted punch in the chest will usually get the point across....