Why must Dub-step take over the world?

and heres my dubstep response:

ok check it:

1. i think standard by-the-book dubstep is fuckin boring, limited, and totally uninteresting. heavy reverb on all the drums, nothing really going on, obligatorily negative melodies and "spppooooooooky" haloween vibes...its not my thing.

but thats just the standard definition of dubstep, that only purists maintain (in the same way someone might still insist that vinyl is the only true medium with which to broadcast music).... silly limitations.

i dont even think of it as dubstep, i think of it as another style in the genre i create and love called "omnitempo maximalism"

no rules
no limits
everything plus the kitchen sink
always changing
always contradicting itself, or mutating, or adding or subtracting
a pulsing, full on live evolution of sound


when i was 16 i was pulverized by death metal...it was RAW and fucking full on. a lot like nu school breaks or DnB. there was also black metal. ...fierce norwegian viking music...much more treble and cinematic epic melodies.

then there was DOOM metal....slow as hell...the HEAVIEST form of sound i knew of, often combining orchestras, operas, but always slow and heavy as fuck


when i first heard "dubstep" (the second dubstep, since the first was dubby 2-step) i was like...o whatever, its just halftime breaks...its what DOOM METAL is to death metal


humans can get all crazy, but the fact is, most clones makes really boring dubstep, cuz they are creating a sound in the same fashion of what they are inspiried by

thats why producers today who make glitch hop are BORING because they were inspired by what folks were already doing and then they started doing the same thing, instead of doing something TOTALLY new, inspired by the old thing

same with producers who are making bassy midtempo...its like...yeah. we've been on to that for a while now, buddy.


i feel attracted to art that exists as an amalgamation of foreign modes of inspiration.


not dubstep inspired by dubstep.
not indy rock inspired by indy rock.

but what about electronic music inspired by earthquakes, Mr Mayagi, Metallica, Jon Stewart, and Si Begg...AND dubstep?


so thats the first point:


i dont consider it dubstep, cuz i am bored to tears by 90% of the genre, but the tunes that happen to be at 140 bpm that utterly ROCK, ...um, sorry, im not going to avoid them in my omnitempo ride just because you want to be a obsessed with trends.


the second point:

when it comes to wanting to DJ, and not necessarily broadcast ONLY original music, it was nice back in the day to be able to go out and BUY records. these days, soooo much music sucks SO BAD, that shopping for music is a nightmare.

i am soooo picky these days, i can spend 20 hours listening to new music, new CDs, new cuts on the internet, and still not find ONE song that is good enough.

and dubstep truly is one of the only genres within which new dope tunes are constantly being released ....

even though in my head im like (in a Mr Burns accent) "YOU FOOLS!!! THIS SOUNDS SO SICK!!!! WHY THE FUCKING FUCK DONT YOU PRODUCE IT AT 90 BPM!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!???!!??!?!?!!!!!!! AAAHAHAHAHH!!!!!!!"

seriously....

i cant fathom why someone would be like "oh...i make dubstep. it HAS to be at this speed and this speed ONLY." ....so lame

i love sound at all tempos.

i love it heavy and thick....massive and powerful


i pass up SO much music, and ONLY play cuts with enormous quality and impact, so if yu catch me one night and i play too much 90 bpm its probably because the night before i played more 70 or 140 or 180, or whatever....
but i LOOOOOOOVE double time rythms over a heavy half time...and i LOVED the music in Reno.
i also didnt think it was oppressive or negative...i make such a conscious point to tune in to the energy and tone behind the music i play....
try to keep the hiphop element non bling non ego, non disrepspeftul.
try to keep the glitch like salad dressing...just enough to be effective
try to use the dubstep as the heaviest drop, and the double time as the energy catapult...the DnB as the ultra peak, but not too much....and the "vibe" behind the music of course as conscious as possible


of course i am as bored with all the dubstep im hearing as i was with all the glitch hop and the midtempo before that, and the breaks before that.

but i dont hate ANY of the particulars, its just gotta be moderation.

and right now, of allll the genres out there, the ONLY one that is regularl putting out quality newness each week is DUBSTEP.

so thats why there is a lot of it...

if there was a 90-110 section maybe things would be different, but for me it takes about a month or more to truly create, polish, and finish a song.



oh....and another point, watch how when the right dubstep cut drops the whole dancefloor into a totally different stlye of dancing...and then when yu drop a bass glitch-house-ish track, it all changes again...thats FUN!


PS...shameless plug: check out my new cuts "Double Step" "Art of Revolution" and the remix of "Kingston Town"

if you like "dubstep" with more energy, a deeper emphasis on the BOUNCE as opposed to the space between reverb, you will like them

interestingly i dont know why nobody else has combined polka with it

last year at Lightning in a Bottle when i played Double Step mixed with a polka track the place went fucking nuts
:)

bassnectar is so gangsta

yeah i agree some dub step is boring and some is really good!! i love the bass boomers and dub step has alot of that but i do prefer the normal dub over the dub step!!