Mainstream Music

[midnghtraver]

Re: Mainstream Music

Dont you talk bad about Flux P and Doctor P. I bought starscape tickets just for them and Bassnectar. Mainstream is just peoples way of saying "Its to popular and I dont wanna be the same as everyone else" so they diss on it even though they listened to it. Yes, coming out of the wood work is alot of Not Good Dubstep producers but if your a true fan you will find the good. I like skism,skrillex,UKF,excision,Porter Robinson,Bare and alot of other Dubbers. I like all EDM(Electronic Dance Music,And yes you can dance to Dubstep).

Not a producer.

And Mainstream is NOT just peoples way of saying "its too popular and I don't wanna be the same as everyone else" read the OP (Specifically the artist statement).

[Aldentron]

Re: Mainstream Music

I have no other way to fund my music production other than getting money for holidays and little jobs I do here and there.

Have you tried playing live?

It would do wonders for a record label to fund me to continue making music, but even with that said i'd still only have like 50 fans, and my website would still only get -120 hits on a good day. Would I be considered mainstream?

Have you tried making an amateur recording of your music or a live performance?

Yes, you sacrifice sound quality when you do D.I.Y. recordings. But if it's good music, it will shine through the quality.

If you're wondering why you would only get -120 hits on a good day, it's because promotion is hard work. With the powerful tool of the internet, you can promote yourself as well as any record label could, you just have to actually do it.

Make yourself a tumblr, upload your poor-quality mp3s, tag them with their respective genres. People looking at said tags will listen to your music, if they enjoy it, they will reblog, and often add something nice to say. Maybe you'll garner enough of a following to go on a tour. Just keep in mind that not even record labels can make it happen over night.

[ffraxis]

Re: Mainstream Music

Mainstream music is just there for the sakes of public appeal, commercialism, and its the most general way that people get into music in the first place.

Without mainstream music, what would people listen to, and how would the majority of the populace even get into music (counter-argument would be that bands promote themselves but with too much variety people are never quite satisfied, besides eventually bands would be promoting themselves by shelling out bucks and what not, hence creating a mainstream image, its almost inevitable) Besides debating musical taste is retarded: everyone likes something else.

My dad prefers pop, and that's okey dokey.

If anything mainstream music serves as the foundation where people can come together, then go in deeper.

Many people i grew up with started off with radio/mainstream and eventually split off to whatever they personally liked.

If anything be thankful people listen to the radio, be thankful that there are bands/people who are willing to sell themselves as a product for the sakes of entertainment. If it were not for these people, you wouldn't be here making this statement, this thread, you wouldn't be the same person.

[ddrxero64]

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wait till dubstep becomes a sellout

Yea, it's already creeping into the money making side of mainstream. As skrillex does covers for more mainstream artists, and britney spears keeps stealing ideas, it'll reach that point soon enough.

[Cavernio]

Re: Mainstream Music

Firstly, although there's clearly not another good way to refer to a mainstream artist, many mainstream artists are simply a face to someone else's producing. Those artists that were listed in the OP, I would hardly be surprised if the same producer(s) were being used. Secondly, in regards to indie performances, live performances are great and all, but if you're someone who doesn't even use a live instrument in their music, you can still create something not mainstream, and never really want to play a live show because there's nothing live about the music. Thirdly, by defining mainstream as unoriginal, you're bascially saying nonmainstream is, which means that you haven't thought about the psychology behind what people create as art and why they like it. IMO, mainstream music is just music that's just a little too 'old' sounding to really enjoy it, and it pulls from genres which I may, generally, not like at all. I mean, any music that I'd make right now and what I like now is heavily influenced from what I liked and what I've heard previously.

But overall, all the hate about mainstream is just you being an iconoclast. It really annoys me when someone says that they hate a song because it sounds the same too much, or is just like everything else, because if you actually listen to what they like to listen, someone who dislikes what they like could say the same thing about their own musical taste. But because you like it, it doesn't matter if it all sounds the same, because that sameness is still good to your ear.

[EAGAMES]

Re: Mainstream Music

I want to make love to Katy Perry, but I hate her music.

[midnghtraver]

Re: Mainstream Music

I want to make love to Katy Perry, but I hate her music.

http://sectramusic.com/2011/04/27/katy-perry-et-remix/

[EAGAMES]

Re: Mainstream Music

http://sectramusic.com/2011/04/27/katy-perry-et-remix/

Pretty cool remix has a dubstep feel...

[midnghtraver]

Re: Mainstream Music

Pretty cool remix has a dubstep feel...

I like the way katy perry sings but the rest of its just bad.

[EAGAMES]

Re: Mainstream Music

I like the way katy perry sings but the rest of its just bad.

She has vocals and ET is an alright song... her only okay song imo. I love how on the radio What's My Name - Rihanna is played after every other sing since it was released. Pretty annoying...

oh f*** lady gaga alright

[ddrxero64]

Re: Mainstream Music

I like the way katy perry sings but the rest of its just bad.

Yup, she could do so much more. But in this case, she's probably one of those musicians that foes it for the music and not the money. So if she likes her own music, we can't do much but either support her or support someone else. You can't really stay mad at her after seeing her SNL sketch XD

[3lijah]

Re: Mainstream Music

I actually like Lady Gaga. Does anyone know how fuccing talented that woman is on instruments? And I kinda like weird chicks anyway. Also, the transvestite shit aint true. And even if it was, i'd still fucc her.

[ddrxero64]

Re: Mainstream Music

I actually like Lady Gaga. Does anyone know how fuccing talented that woman is on instruments? And I kinda like weird chicks anyway. Also, the transvestite shit aint true. And even if it was, i'd still fucc her.

Bold statement, respecting you for standing by your statement. She is talented I agree, but her aim is at money, not the music. She makes money making songs, and her visual style is marketed at that.

[3lijah]

Re: Mainstream Music

Bold statement, respecting you for standing by your statement. She is talented I agree, but her aim is at money, not the music. She makes money making songs, and her visual style is marketed at that.

WELL UH.... just to make things clear, there wouldn't be any intercourse if she were to still have a penis. That would be awkward.

[midnghtraver]

Re: Mainstream Music

I actually like Lady Gaga. Does anyone know how fuccing talented that woman is on instruments? And I kinda like weird chicks anyway. Also, the transvestite shit aint true. And even if it was, i'd still fucc her.

You can be talented and mainstream at the same time. Theres a reason they are mainstream, if they weren't talented they wouldn't have any followers at all.

WELL UH.... just to make things clear, there wouldn't be any intercourse if she were to still have a penis. That would be awkward.

+1 To the topic.