Quote Originally Posted by dirty_bass
Whats there is a tune that sounds like it took about 20 mins to put together.

Sorry man, that`s a bit harsh, but I¬m being totally honest.
I get sent demos all the time, and they generally, even when they are bad, are of a higher standard than this.

I think the standards of techno have fallen dramatically since the means to make it became more easily accessable, and anyone with a few spare evenings and a crack copy of reason is making techno, but most of the time it`s bad, amateurish mp3.com techno.
We should set the bar high, it`s music desinged to make maximum use of minimal equipment, to be played loud on a good quality soundsystem.

Most people when producing badly tend to use the same excuse
"yeah, but that`s how I like it" it`s a cover up for a lack of knowledge.
there is however a wealth of information, help and advice available on this site, so you`ve come to a good place.
well techno comes from the soul and not from a text book, ok getting it from the soul to the mind through the speakers is a big leap, but if you can manage to get a good sound together its a great start, someone else will like it too..

so if someone manages to express that feeling or groove they want to express with a techno track well then its important to look at that rather than the finer details that will obiviosly make it sound more professional but if they have the basics well then fair play to them, but dont knock someone because they are not up to this bar that you are raising, i can look past the finer details in a track if it has something i like in it, and mabey you wouldnt feel the "standerds in techno have dropped dramatically" if you looked at the positive side of it..