[quote]JamieinNC (19/04/2011)[hr]The actual problem, which you mention, is the fact that we have Soundcloud and Beatport and iTunes and MySpace and Facebook and YouTube and every other “easy” way for anyone claiming to be a producer to release material, regardless of the quality. Just as in any other field, there are going to be complete unknowns that totally blow away some of the big names because there isn’t anything to lose.
The big names have sponsors and a generally popular reputation that needs to be upheld, so after the waves are made early in their career, many become bland and uninteresting as a means to maintaining their “safe zone” with fans and sponsors alike. It kind of like college vs. pro sports. College players take chances and often provide a much more exciting game-watching experience than the pros, who made it to the big time, and are essentially just trying to protect themselves from injury!
Not sure if this makes any sense, but I blame things like Soundcloud and Facebook for the flood of “crappy” music. What I want to see, and what I am trying to do with my music, is get back into the PERFORMANCE of tunes. To me, it is much more impressive to see a DJ or performer actually perform the song instead of pushing some buttons on overpriced gear that was probably free and requires almost no input. Kind of like Tiesto!
I miss crate digging at record shops. It was fun. However, I don’t miss the prices for two tracks. Alot of times it was $10-12 for two tracks. Sometimes three or four. Alot of the times I wasn’t even that crazy about the track when I got home. Nutz!
Beatport, audiojelly, etc. will get boring after a while. It will all start sounding like a broken washing machine after awhile. You have to listen in small doses. So hard.
Do you ever feel like the first 5 tracks you listen to when buying music are great and 50 tracks in you’re like “OH GOD, this is getting boring!”??? Happens to me all the time. You have to have good mental and listening stamina to keep clicking and listening. crazy.
Oh, I kinda miss cover art too. I would always associate cover art with the track. I usually knew the name and artist of the track, but the cover art just clicked mentally.
[quote]Roben (19/04/2011)[hr]Do you ever find some tracks are really boring / samey / uninteresting / cliché on some well known labels?
Some of the stuff I hear is so simplistic and monotonus with nothing really going for it, yet they are made by some known names and are on big labels?
Why is that? I expect EPIC musical masterpieces that take my breathe away, but it’s not always the case.
I don’t mean any disrespect to anyone and i’m not going to show you examples of what I mean because I feel it unfair to do that, but I do get fairly shocked by how bland some tracks can be whilst you look on youtube and they have loads of comments from people saying things like ‘amazing’, ‘this is my tune of the summer’ or whatever else like that you know?
I wonder whether people are hearing the same thing i’m hearing?[/quote]
There are many reasons as to why a big label would sign a track like this
The name Value of the producer
Most established labels know that good djs by a range of records and not just peak time floor fillers.
One mans rubbish is another mans gold, basically just because it sounds crap to you doesn’t mean everyone thinks its crap.
Personally i would never judge a track listening to it on soundcloud, youtube, myspace or even a home sound system. People maybe commenting about the track after hearing it in a club. I remember hearing a track DK8 murder was the Bass and thinking i don’t know what all the fuss is about, Until i heard it at the club and it became one of my most played tracks.
