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Electronic Music Criticism

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pimpcat
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Hey NS,

My final paper for my writing class is going to focus on the criticism of electronic music and DJ's. My argument is that there isn't enough criticism readily available to your average house/dubstep/remix music consumer. I'm having trouble finding sources and wondered if anyone on here know of a good website for this type of criticism!

Thanks in advance!
Nov 21 2011 11:37AM
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pimpcat
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Actually, I'll take any input at all. If you want to drop your opinion here that's cool too! I'm also discussing the debate that revolves around whether DJs should be considered musicians or not.
Nov 21 2011 12:15PM
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foodisfun
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Not really sure about your first question but I don't think there's even a debate as to whether or not EDM producers are musicians. Technology and computers are involved in almost every genre now so to say that it isn't music because computers aid the process doesn't make any sense. Most producers are well versed with musical instruments anyway and incorporate piano riffs or something into their production. You can't just start making/mixing music (well) without any musical knowledge.

The average bedroom "DJ" might not be considered a musician because they're just tweaking and altering music that isn't theirs, but as far as I'm concerned it's still an art form. My friends friend came with us last year to see Nervo, Sidney Samson, Chuckie, Roger Sanchez and Paul Oakenfold, and prior to coming he thought DJ's pretty much just pushed play. Soon after we arrived his opinion totally changed and he was really appreciating what's actually involved in a quality set.
Nov 21 2011 12:32PM
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panojibber
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If you're willing to do some research there's a really good book called retromania that deals with exactly what you're talking about.
Nov 21 2011 12:56PM
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Lord.Quasimoto
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there are a ton of dumb people out there, and they love shity music.
Nov 21 2011 2:15PM
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NJurkiewicz
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In my opinion most DJ's aren't musicians, only a select few are. The reason I think this is because all they do is remix a track really and use programs on a computer to do this. Frankly I wold consider them more of a computer geeks then musicians because they need to know software not musical instruments...
Nov 21 2011 3:11PM
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