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Now that Crystal Castles new album is out all I want to do is electro thrash. This has always been my problem: I like too many types of music and can't decide on one to produce. Thus I wobble one month to the next chasing after the sound of whatever I'm listening too...



ADHD is very very real kids.

As log as your producung GOOD music who the fuck cares. I think most artists get stuck by their labels or whatever to make the same track over and over again because the first one sold like hotcakes.
You need to take a break from doing the same thing no matter what it is anyway.

Mix, mash and combine. Add elements of each ingridient to taste, to create your own unique recipe [/bad metaphors]

just make whatever naturally comes out



if you want to copy crystal castles i'd suggest stealing people's chiptune midi files from the internet and distorting them :p

I have the same problem. I used to play speed metal guitar. Then I moved to acoustic percussion guitar. Then I did a brief stint in jazz. Then moved finally to Dubstep. I tend not to move from a genre till I feel I've mastered it or become as good at it as I can though. So with the amount I need to catch up on in terms of production I think I'll be working on dub step tunes for quite some time. I don't think it's a bad thing though. As long as you're doing what you love and you're focused enough within each genre you move to to put together a few good tracks I think it's fine to move about a lot. I set a quota of about 20 tracks in each genre I move to to prevent me from getting overly excited with a new one and moving on before I've learned anything.

I don't think it's a bad thing. Do some electro thrash if you want. It's not like anybody's going to judge you for moving to that genre. Just think of it as increasing your repertoire- there may be some useful sounds and production ideas to pick up within that genre, so even if you don't stick with it you'll have learned something you can apply to dubstep.

bandwagoners....

yellowhighlighter wrote:bandwagoners....

Well... Maybe some people might judge you

ninjadog wrote:As log as your producung GOOD music who the fuck cares. I think most artists get stuck by their labels or whatever to make the same track over and over again because the first one sold like hotcakes.
You need to take a break from doing the same thing no matter what it is anyway.

kaiori breathe wrote:I tend not to move from a genre till I feel I've mastered it or become as good at it as I can though.

Don't leave us too soon your tunes and knowledge are whack

Hurtdeer wrote:just make whatever naturally comes out



if you want to copy crystal castles i'd suggest stealing people's chiptune midi files from the internet and distorting them :p

or book 4 sold-out gigs in texas and show up to none of them, not saying anything to either the promoters, the venues, or your fans.

really i think they're probably one of the most appalling bands i've ever come into contact with, both musically and personally, but that's besides the point.

if something draws you in, go for it. people may say you're bandwagoning, and you might be, but so what? do what feels right to you. i spent time doing everything from touring with power violence bands to tuning water drums on the reservation with the NAC. i've been drawn to quite a few different styles of music in my life, but have found myself fairly attached to anything electronic, for the moment.

@ gnome

joekool wrote:

Hurtdeer wrote: have found myself fairly attached to anything electronic

yeah, regardless of what sub-genre i'm currently obsessing over, i'm permanently affixed to EDM

my problem is that I really want a release one day. in SOME genre. but since I can't pick one i never get in deep enough

eh well. can't force it. gotta do what you're feeling, and this week i'm feeling Electro. So thats that.

Is the new album worth getting?

ketamine wrote:

joekool wrote:

Hurtdeer wrote: have found myself fairly attached to anything electronic

yeah, regardless of what sub-genre i'm currently obsessing over, i'm permanently affixed to EDM

my problem is that I really want a release one day. in SOME genre. but since I can't pick one i never get in deep enough

eh well. can't force it. gotta do what you're feeling, and this week i'm feeling Electro. So thats that.

the music i really enjoy tends to be stuff where its influences are all over the shop, where people aren't afraid to put completely opposite sounds together. the music i write (hopefully) makes a conscious effort to reflect all the bits about music i really like and think will fit. Why not take advantage of having a satisfyingly wide music taste and just combine all the sounds together, rather than worrying so much on settling on one sound? might be trickier to get signed but hell if you do get known you'll be much more memorable

marshy wrote:Is the new album worth getting?

Yes.

Not as chiptune as the last one, more melodic and instrumental.

They've changed a bit, but believe me, for the better.

frank grimes jr. wrote: @ gnome

What?

there's no question. i believe what i believe.

screw genres. if everyone stuck to genre lines there would be no dubstep because there would be no grime because there would be no garage because there would be no jungle because there would be no hardcore.

make music.

im the exact same way. its extremely counter productive... happens all the time where i'm nearly finished with a tune all the sudden i cant stand whatever style of music it is that im producing (for example ill be making a deep garage tune then i want to all the sudden make some electro breaks shit or somth).

i'll just re-start a new set and repeat this process over and over. the only way i'm ever able to finish something is if i do it all in one day and can knock it out before im sick of it. adderall helps.

when in doubt, write more tunes

I have the same problem. I never finish a tune cause I always want to do something different. I'm also way too impatient to really learn a synth or effect inside out.

Oh well

gnome wrote:

kaiori breathe wrote:I tend not to move from a genre till I feel I've mastered it or become as good at it as I can though.

Don't leave us too soon your tunes and knowledge are whack