I know I had a real salty and sarcastic rhetoric when I created this topic. There is now over 200 posts, which I thank everyone who participated. It would be obvious to assume that the scene is very much still alive, because we are all here arguing and resolving the many reasons on why everything is shit, while being in the most creative times in House Music History.......
10 years ago, Records were exclusive to DJ Culture. They are not as important as they used to be. CDR's and CD Decks have become just as important. Mp3's and Downloading has made records and collecting, not as important. Ableton and Final Scratch also have reduced records into a less favored format.
Everyone reading this has recently made a track. Or someone that is a close friend has made some tracks. You heard these peoples demo's, or you played your own. Even the worst demo's can compete with the market. The 'newies' out this week. If you take the time to listen to 100 titles, maybe 5 will be good. It is very time consuming.
As programming music goes, I have evolved into something that I feel is unique and fresh. It is a fusion of styles that is best described as polyrhythmic. Someone else had mentioned that word "Polyrhythmic" and it is what I seem to be heading for in the future. Multi-layered drums over loops. 4/4 beats with breaks and extra percussions with a sub-bass frequency, detuned vocals and lots of EFX.
There are lots of remixes going into my set. "Dominator" (DJ Ghost), "Der Klang Der Familie" (M.I.K.E.) "Plastic Dreams" (2004 mix by Jaydee), "No Way Back" (Advent). They are perfect because the old school heads get to hear a newer update, while the new school people just like what they are hearing. I would say 1/3 of my set is dedicated to these type of tracks, while 1/3 is
New and the rest which I call Re-Currents...ones that were slamming but not heard forever.
I can play like this up against any commercial trance DJ and not lose the dancefloor. Specialist Techno DJ's will not have those same results. But American Dancefloors are not looking for new
sounds, they are looking for familiar sounds from Tiesto's last mix cd.