http://www.kentsandvik.com/2008/01/01/what-happened-with-electronic-music-and-multiple-tempos Music. Or, Anything Anytime Any Place for No Reason At All. Musical alchemy rules. Mon, 05 Dec 2011 02:30:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.kentsandvik.com/2008/01/01/what-happened-with-electronic-music-and-multiple-tempos/comment-page-1#comment-1377 JimArea Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:01:06 +0000 http://www.kentsandvik.com/2008/01/01/what-happened-with-electronic-music-and-multiple-tempos/#comment-1377 I agree with Steve to a point. There are plenty of electronic and dance acts that make music not just boops and beeps. If you use Live then tempo change is no big deal at all. I think the real issue (where I live) is how people view dance music as many little catagories. SO if your tempo gets out of 140 range it may be too rave like or in the other direction and now it's too downtempo. For the average club goer who likes to socialize more than follow the music being challenged by thought provoking tracks is not why they are there. You have to give them something familiar and hope they get drunk enough to go along with you at a later point in the night. I see this a lot and it is dissapointing. We have an average tempo because most people who go out are average folks. Not techno super fans wanting the out of the ordinary experience pushing their understanding. What can you do right? I agree with Steve to a point. There are plenty of electronic and dance acts that make music not just boops and beeps. If you use Live then tempo change is no big deal at all.
I think the real issue (where I live) is how people view dance music as many little catagories. SO if your tempo gets out of 140 range it may be too
rave like or in the other direction and now it’s too downtempo. For the average club goer who likes to socialize more than follow the music being challenged by thought provoking tracks is not why they are there. You have to give them something familiar and hope they get drunk enough to go along with you at a later point in the night.
I see this a lot and it is dissapointing.
We have an average tempo because most people who go out are average folks. Not techno super fans wanting the out of the ordinary experience pushing their understanding.
What can you do right?

]]> http://www.kentsandvik.com/2008/01/01/what-happened-with-electronic-music-and-multiple-tempos/comment-page-1#comment-1376 Steve Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:42:15 +0000 http://www.kentsandvik.com/2008/01/01/what-happened-with-electronic-music-and-multiple-tempos/#comment-1376 You can still find BPM variety here and there. I think the lack of tempo variety in electronic dance music in general has a few other reasons: 1 - musicianship generally doesn't drive electronic music. Bands like Ultravox were very much about musicianship. 2 - electronic gear really doesn't make tempo changing a natural thing. It's easy to change to any tempo on a guitar, with electronics, there's usually a few extra hoops to jump through. You can still find BPM variety here and there. I think the lack of tempo variety in electronic dance music in general has a few other reasons:
1 – musicianship generally doesn’t drive electronic music. Bands like Ultravox were very much about musicianship.
2 – electronic gear really doesn’t make tempo changing a natural thing. It’s easy to change to any tempo on a guitar, with electronics, there’s usually a few extra hoops to jump through.

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