fractal wrote:evil madmen wrote:tacospheros wrote:first and foremost, i'm a drummer, and i'll just come out and say it- ALL BROSTEP HAS BORING DRUMS. 100 PERCENT. THE SAME DRUM PATTERN. IN EVERY SONG
Yeah I agree with this, my only real beef with the sound
Kick
Snare
+ screechy sound

This concept makes me laugh. Before this scene had a name, the tunes had various drum patterns and breaks, then it was like it became outlawed. People wanted it to be more rigid, everyone dropped 2 step and syncopated beats for half step, before long the old values became extinct making way for this new formula. I wonder if there were to be a resurgence of breakstep, would people embrace it or snub it?
Dutty Switch made a stellar point which has become apparent in this thread; those that got into the scene at a later point miss out on a lot and in most cases wont do the 'homework'. For instance, and this may shock a lot of people, but dubstep as a whole is not meditative music, it is an important aspect but it is by no means the crux of the sound.
I personally never felt like meditating when i heard "Said the Spider"
btw Paddy well played mate
