Mentality of a beginning metalhead.

[CiG]

When people say EDM it immediately makes me think they're a poser.

 

[tagradh]

Seriously? Ever been to a jazz concert? Every solo is improvised. I've taken multiple jazz improv classes on guitar. etc....

Quite a few. It may be 'improvised' but it's still much more rule bound than free improvisation.

Most of the metal I listen to is written by musicians. I like it technical and progressive.

Obviously you can go and define 'musician' as anyone that makes music but, that aside, most metal isn't technical or progressive metal.

When people say EDM it immediately makes me think they're a poser.

I'm never sure what people mean by it, and half the time they can't seem to explain themselves. It's like saying you like 'metal'. Some people like all the genres that it encompasses but most don't. I think most people that say they like EDM are basically saying they like whatever electronic music is currently popular, regardless of whether those artists/bands actually sound anything alike.

 

[CiG]

People that say EDM are like teens they say "extreme metal."

 

[Baroque]

Quite a few. It may be 'improvised' but it's still much more rule bound than free improvisation.



Obviously you can go and define 'musician' as anyone that makes music but, that aside, most metal isn't technical or progressive metal.

You're reading way too much into what was obviously my opinion. I'm not stating that most metal is technical or progressive here, I'm stating that I like technical and progressive metal better than other genres of music except classical and jazz. And "free improvisation" is not better than jazz (OPINION TAG)

 

[The Butt]

Honestly I used to be really into the whole technical metal thing (was never big into prog metal) but I've come to realize that imo, the simpler, more straightforward and visceral metal gets, the better it is. There are exceptions, but for me this is the general rule.

 

[JontRevolting]

Yeah technical metal mostly carries AIDS or whatever MJ had.

 

[Satanstoenail]

Depending on what kind of dubstep you're listening to. The stuff with the ultra-distorted, completely atonal bass wobbles, yes, but the decent stuff, the stuff that is actually semi-melodic even after the drops, could be described as pretty "metallic".

I meant that it's basically a fad subgenre that is like so five years ago, not a musical comparison. It's all about the neurofunk and electro swing these days man.

 

[CiG]

Skrillex is brostep, bro.

 

[Krow]

When people say EDM it immediately makes me think they're a poser.

Only real EDM is Epicus Doomicus Metallicus.

 

[Master_Yoda77]

I liked that so hard.

 

[JontRevolting]

What does EDM even mean?

 

[RedStorm]

Electronic Dance Music

Have no idea what the fuck else to call it, sure I'm a poser, I'm cool with it

 

[CiG]

Dance music already is electronic, it's a stupid American term that posers use. People that have been into to dance music for ten minutes.

 

[CiG]

http://www.thefourohfive.com/music/article/5-reasons-you-shouldn-t-call-it-edm-140

 

[JontRevolting]

Nah they shouldn't be fucking calling it that. The Internet is something I personally despise because it literally sucks the fucking soul out of everything it touches.
That is of course unless you have a heap of rock and unlimited broadband

 

[The Butt]

I meant that it's basically a fad subgenre that is like so five years ago, not a musical comparison. It's all about the neurofunk and electro swing these days man.

Meh. Still some good stuff to come out of the genre.

Skrillex is brostep, bro.

Still has some fun songs. *shrugs*

 

[JontRevolting]

I think if there was no internet there'd be no Omni,hambutgerboty and a lot of others that really wouldn't even know about the existence of this genre otherwise.

 

[Satanstoenail]

Dance music already is electronic, it's a stupid American term that posers use. People that have been into to dance music for ten minutes.

I had no idea. I feel so ashamed. Naturally I'll kill myself immediately.

*shrugs*

When you do that I want to reach through the Internet and kill you with fire.

 

[The Butt]

 

[CiG]

I had no idea. I feel so ashamed. Naturally I'll kill myself immediately.

Good.

Meh. Still some good stuff to come out of the genre.


Still has some fun songs. *shrugs*

I don't have anything against the band or the dubstep style in general. I'm just fucking around.