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No the Beatles back then wasn't pipe and slippers, it is now, back then it was Music for screaming teenagers Nope, not even close. They stopped playing live before Sgt Pepper. Are you suggesting that only teenagers bought Abbey Road and screamed all the way through their first listening. I get that...

"techno" isn't just music. its anti establisment. it's DIY. it's society, it's us. Yes, sadly techno is music. Society is: X factor, One Direction, Ibiza House Music Party, Glastonbury, Anonymous, The Pirate Party and Skrillex. Once a genre has been around for a while, most of the people who are le...

But my musical path has always been more edgy, fucked up, rock an roll, blood sweat and tears, dangerous etc I don`t feel I`m ready for my pipe and slippers, a comfy armchair :lol: :lol: Really, I don't think anything about The Beatles was 'pipe and slippers' back in 68/69. You either don't underst...

We can directly thank them for the X-Factor. Absolute BS. The validity of the argument is highlighted by 'The Frog Chorus', which is routinely mentioned, not 'Helter Skelter, or 'Hey Jude'. Again, it's like judging dance music by Tiesto's output. Which by the way makes me wonder why a lack of creat...

I think The Beatles are amazing - I rarely listen to them and mostly listen to European jazz and underground techno. I think you can appreciate the skill and passion in something without personally enjoying the listening experience. As I said, the Frog Chorus thing is a terrible cheap shot. It's lik...

Hmmm I can agree with miles Davis, but Scorsese went downhill from goodfellas (Jesus, the guy even bit the Hollywood, no ideas, lets remake a foreign film instead, path of hackery), and McCartney, the frog chorus, cmooooooon! King Of Comedy was good, edgy, and incidentally didn't do very well at th...

I guess I am a romantic in that I think an artist has to "suffer" for their art I disagree. I can see where you are coming from, but I think it's a dangerous precedent that actually doesn't hold true in real life. Miles Davis, Lennon & McCartney, Picasso, Martin Scorcese, Orson Wells, Richard Burto...

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Its hard keeping up to date with stuff.. especially when you are busy with life shizzle haha.

I still look once a week for that Oscar Mulero interview.

ICN wrote:I'd say there's some wicked underground music in the likes of The Lebanon atm..

People should be moving to Beirut, not Berlin.

I recently bought a track by Unbroken Dub, and was surprised to find he is Siberian.

http://vk.com/siberian_techno_community

It was this which caused the up punk, industrial, post punk and eventually rave DIY culture, where money was not so much of an issue, because, they did it themselves. Though they were supported by a cohesive movement. Yep. People supported artists by buying their DIY singles and paying to see them ...

When you only exist from one pay check to the next it's very difficult to branch out into an experimental, likely unpopular new direction. It takes balls. These are things i've been passionately arguing in the piracy/free music debate over the years (sorry). I was just reading a book about the music...

I try not to layer. The best formula is to make each single sound high value. If it's not working, ditch it or find a new sound. Having said that, I will use more than one bass, but each has a function, and they may often be playing slightly different parts, or completely different parts. I will lay...

I agree with Steve on this - which is not always the case ;) But from my point of view..... I think it's societal, not just about musicians or dj's. We've slipped into a me-centric frame of mind. Who is still talking about Joseph Kony, who is still talking about Occupy (for that matter)? I bought my...

I'm actually finding good mew music.
But if you think there isn't enough good new music..... go and make some.

guess the best way is to quickly accept the fact that it's hard/ almost impossible to make a live beeing a good musician only. musicians have to get over the desperation which comes from the downsides of social/cultural and technical tendencies. we cannot change the world with writing in forums but...

It really sounds like an original Juno.
I'm not sure I need that sound in my arsenal though.

Yes, the SonEQ is Pultec-ish. Satson Channel sounds great too. I got sick of console emulation, but I still use it a lot to gain stage. If you have a mix 90% there, but one sound is too soft or too loud, it's easier to whack Satson Channel on it than rewrite the automation. (Always been Mac, never b...

I rarely watch the production class vids on FM and CM these days for the reasons you say. I watch them for leisure. Plus i'm always open to learning something, anything. Of course the characters involved are mostly irrelevant to what I'm trying to do. I guess you are right, it's sad that up and com...

OK, yes - one man band, musician, dj, mastering engineer, record producer, self publicist, club promoter. I agree.

Production wise, I put a fair percentage of blame on fucking loop packs. Yes, aside from my feelings on the subject of free music and low artist pay, I'm always amazed when I watch those Future Music Production Masterclasses. OK, the producers profiled are at the commercial end of the scene, but th...