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Well I meant that pop has not ALWAYS been good, so the most popular does not necesarily equal the most quality. Those you mentioned were good, but there has always also been kenny g, the monkees etc. for all those genres becuase it's a natural part of the music industry.

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@thefonz

What I said was actually aimed at deviant's comment but you have a good point too. This guy had that mystique in the old school approach. The first thing to be made available commercially was the s/t and even that was critically acclaimed. Laying all your beginners' growing pains out for everyone to see robs you of that integrity

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oh wait there was that london boroughs thing



Still

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Also justin bieber does have talent, it's just that the way he's marketed results in making terrible music becuase he's more of a product than an artist. But that may not always be the case. John Mellencamp was a child-star joke as a teenager but he went on to make respected music when he got older.

"Well I meant that pop has not ALWAYS been good, so the most popular does not necesarily equal the most quality. Those you mentioned were good, but there has always also been kenny g, the monkees etc. for all those genres becuase it's a natural part of the music industry."
As I said, it was just an example. Don't read too much into it.

Well, where does this alleged talent lie? Songwriting? Doubt it. Vocals? Idk man. Crazy instrumentation skills? I'd like to see that.

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Well I think that is a type of refinement. By releasing amateur tracks as you improve, you essentially chronicle your development.

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"Well, where does this alleged talent lie?"







He taught himself how to play multiple different instruments well at a very young age. He knows how to sing properly even if you may not like his voice. Look up a video of him playing classical on the piano. Just becuase his music does not showcase talent does not mean there is none.

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"I'm just not overly enamored with the idea of people putting every single half-baked "beat" on the net simply because they discovered fruity loops"



But that's a function of the web. The point is people share everything that comes to their heads. On facebook people post the most worthless drivle all the time simply becuase they can. THe point is people post everything. I personally do not agree with that but it's the way things are.

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Oh I know, and like you I personally don't agree with it. That's all

"He knows how to sing properly even if you may not like his voice"
So you mean he's technically versed? Yeah, I don't know about that either.

So crazy instrument skills basically. But we shall see.

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"So you mean he's technically versed? Yeah, I don't know about that either."





He grew up poor so he could not afford musical lessons of any sort, but I am fairly certain he uses the proper technique

Except that "THE proper technique" isn't a thing. There are various 'proper techniques', I'm doubting he has a wide array of skills that would set him apart is all I'm saying. (I think we can both agree that he will never be a white Bobby McFerrin)

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Just read an interview, one that preceded the s/t release. Pretty interesting, especially when he talks about sticking to soundforge and looking for the vibe rather than the technical accuracy. Also funny how he talks positively about the genre having been in a state of limbo with no one at the helm, cos he changed that

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I'm not entirely sure what he was getting at with that, given the time of the statement

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what do you mean?



Also he uses the term electronica pretty liberally. Must be ok to do it then

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Well that would have been around 05-06, which was pretty much the timeframe that dubstep exploded (not out to America and the whole "brostep" scene) but just within the genre, where it began to get mainstream journo attention and the like, from the likes of him, Skream's debut LP etc. That was kind of the height of productivity for the sound, so I'm not quite sure I follow his whole "state of limbo" idea

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Hit me up with a link?

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blackdownsoundboy.blogspot.co.uk/2006_03_01_archive.html



Specifically he refers more towards "splinter cells" and the lack of a highway

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Should have guessed Blackdown and Keysound would have hosted it



Cheers man

Damn dev with the 5