sash
20-03-2005, 02:51 AM
A few weeks ago i went to an engagement party at some Brazilian restaurant. I wasn't expecting much from the night except gettin pissed n havin a good time.
Around 9pm, as the crowd of about 300 - 400 were finishing off their deserts, the Brazilian band began playin and the show began.
The band consisted of about 15 people. singers, percussionists, trumpet players, drummers...some guy with a stick scrapping it along a cheese grater. The band was fark'n rockin. It sounded like techno i shit u not. It was absolutely goin off. The funny thing was most tracks were around the 150 - 160 bpm range and the whole place was rockin. Old people and little kids were all rockin it.
This experience just made me think that it dosent really matter what b.p.m range u produce ur music at cuz if it's good then it's gonna work anyway.
I've read a lot of producers focus in on the 135 - 137 b.p.m range as that's the average clubbers heart rate, but maybe producers shouldn't be focusing in on the science of dance music too much and just producing what feels right.
I say this cuz a lot of my friends don't come out with me to tek/ acid tek nights cuz they say it's too fast. I feel i'm pushing shit uphill trying to explain to my friends that B.P.M shouldn't really matter too much cuz if the dj's good then he will rock the party no matter what the speed of the music is. Then again maybe we all swing to a different metronome.
I guess it all comes back to that 'should science and art mix' question.
I'll stop blabbering on now but i just gotta say that Brazilian music is ****in the best cultural music i've ever heard and they seriously know how to party. Very tekky :)
Around 9pm, as the crowd of about 300 - 400 were finishing off their deserts, the Brazilian band began playin and the show began.
The band consisted of about 15 people. singers, percussionists, trumpet players, drummers...some guy with a stick scrapping it along a cheese grater. The band was fark'n rockin. It sounded like techno i shit u not. It was absolutely goin off. The funny thing was most tracks were around the 150 - 160 bpm range and the whole place was rockin. Old people and little kids were all rockin it.
This experience just made me think that it dosent really matter what b.p.m range u produce ur music at cuz if it's good then it's gonna work anyway.
I've read a lot of producers focus in on the 135 - 137 b.p.m range as that's the average clubbers heart rate, but maybe producers shouldn't be focusing in on the science of dance music too much and just producing what feels right.
I say this cuz a lot of my friends don't come out with me to tek/ acid tek nights cuz they say it's too fast. I feel i'm pushing shit uphill trying to explain to my friends that B.P.M shouldn't really matter too much cuz if the dj's good then he will rock the party no matter what the speed of the music is. Then again maybe we all swing to a different metronome.
I guess it all comes back to that 'should science and art mix' question.
I'll stop blabbering on now but i just gotta say that Brazilian music is ****in the best cultural music i've ever heard and they seriously know how to party. Very tekky :)