{"id":353,"date":"2016-06-04T13:17:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-04T13:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5722.temp.domains\/~audioor1\/why-electronic-musicians-are-as-good-as-other-musicians-2\/"},"modified":"2016-06-04T13:17:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-04T13:17:00","slug":"why-electronic-musicians-are-as-good-as","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/audioordeal.co.uk\/why-electronic-musicians-are-as-good-as\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Electronic Musicians are as Good as Other Musicians"},"content":{"rendered":"
Have you ever heard anyone say “electronic musicians aren’t musicians”? Have you ever heard anyone say how much easier it is to make electronic music compared to other genres? I’m going to guess you most likely have. It is a common thing people say, ironically, it’s often by people who could string two musical notes together. This is more than just a Wolfgang Sonny Skrillzart battle however, as you will find out.<\/div>\n

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So the first thing that must be addressed first and foremost, is probably the hardest. Every genre is stylistically different, that is, it has different requirements for what makes a quality track. Mozart for example, faced criticisms for his compositions having too many notes, whereas a minimal tech house producer could face the opposite issue. <\/div>\n
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Likewise, the guitarists in Cannibal Corpse are almost certainly more technical than The Beatles, but their music may be debated as worse. So, this is where it is very difficult to flat out exclaim that X composers are better than Y composers. <\/div>\n
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The above is a very complex piece of music that wows many people. As with much of the exceptionally written classical music that has lasted several hundred years of scrutiny it is truly incredible. Sure many, many of the songs electronic musicians make will be long forgotten in the same time-frame but that’s not what music is for. <\/div>\n
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Equally, while people could compete over writing the most complex riffs and guitar solos in music, it should be about one thing, the listener. <\/div>\n
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In many cases, guitar solos are what the listener requires, but for the case of most electronic music, it’s aimed at the clubs and dancers. So this is why compositions are very hard to compare. Mozarts Requiem mass may conjure up the feelings appropriate in that particular incident in his life. But trance music will equally well give you euphoric chills as the builds soar to ecstatic drops; Dubstep will arouse the satisfaction of aggressive basslines hitting harder than expected; future house will even instil a sense of groove beyond what many songs could do before it’s conception.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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“Its all just presets and sampling other people’s work” <\/b><\/div>\n

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Dude, that’s absolutely right, we use presets, some of us exclusively, others use them and tweak them into their own new creations. Now let’s look at a guitar. It’s one permanent preset. Sure, you can adjust which pickup is being used, there’s a tone knob, and a volume knob. But if you have that much of an issue with using someone else’s sound, you’d better ensure your guitar is totally unique. Piano’s are even worse, basically they’re one preset with a few pedals for the note expressions. <\/div>\n
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Mozart you foul beast, composing on presets exclusively. Same with every other classical composer (with the small exception of those who designed instruments), they all are using instruments which have been already made to a predetermined sound. <\/div>\n
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You may be aware of how synths are versatile machines, playing from the “doots” of Darude’s Sandstorm, to the growls of Noisia, to the groove laden whistle’s of West Coast Rap. Some composer had to sit down and program those sounds, and then go on to write the songs. <\/div>\n
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Producers these days don’t just play with presets, they build them and then make music from them. It’s the equivalent of a classical composer building new instruments for each orchestral piece (obviously with much less woodwork involved). And trust me, getting a good sound made on a synth can take years of practice and understanding of acoustics.<\/div>\n
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Now, I can totally see where sampling could be seen as stealing somebody’s work, especially if you just sample the whole four minute song and say it is your own (like my song<\/a> here). The thing is even when <\/i>people do that, it can create a whole new masterpiece. <\/div>\n
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Consider an artist like Amy Winehouse, outstanding voice and music. Have you ever heard her song Tears Dry on Their Own<\/a>? It’s a really great track of hers, well, guess what!<\/div>\n
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