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Are there electronic music producers out there who are going to be offended by the word murder? Seems like a weird addition to this story. Dark grey text labe

by luma 7y ago

Are there electronic music producers out there who are going to be offended by the word murder? Seems like a weird addition to this story. Dark grey text labels on a black background is a horrible idea for the sorts of lighting conditions these instruments tend to be used in, so I get the argument against the color, but the word? Who is that upsetting? Edit: this is odd to me because “murdered out” has been common parlance in the car scene for a good while now, and nobody seems to mind.

nkozyra 7y ago
I think slapping the word murder on a product is a bad thing. I'm sure there are plenty of electronic musicians who don't care. Behringer seems to know their audience, but I happen to think it's unnecessary and the wanton normalization of the idea of murder - particularly associated with music that generally appeals to younger people - is a bad choice.
Forgivenessizer 7y ago
Twitter bans people for mere words, so there's that.
- iron0013 7y ago
  That’s weird; which word did they ban you for?
kaffeemitsahne 7y ago
If there are, there must be at least equally many who are offended at "devil".
chillingeffect 7y ago
I have a model that nothing in the world is offensive to us until it happens close to us. Right after my gf's mother died, we both noticed how many references to death there are in everyday conversation. "I was killing it in the gym." "I can't wait until $x dies a horrible death." When i think of murder in music, I think of the dramatic Jamaican slang term. It used to kind of bother me, too, bc I also think of my neighbor's family who was senselessly slain when I was 18 years old. so it's kind of upsetting, but I also own trying to get over it. Perhaps some religious people are offended by Whittle's reference to "Devil"? Aesthetically, I don't think it's very tasteful, although I'm based in favor of Whittle and against Behringer. It's just drama and more drama. Especially so, bc elecmusic is entering mainstream, so more parents will look at buying instruments like this for their kids and say, "wtf."

by luma 7y ago

nkozyra 7y ago

I think slapping the word murder on a product is a bad thing. I'm sure there are plenty of electronic musicians who don't care. Behringer seems to know their audience, but I happen to think it's unnecessary and the wanton normalization of the idea of murder - particularly associated with music that generally appeals to younger people - is a bad choice.

Forgivenessizer 7y ago

Twitter bans people for mere words, so there's that.

iron0013 7y ago
That’s weird; which word did they ban you for?

kaffeemitsahne 7y ago

If there are, there must be at least equally many who are offended at "devil".

chillingeffect 7y ago

I have a model that nothing in the world is offensive to us until it happens close to us. Right after my gf's mother died, we both noticed how many references to death there are in everyday conversation. "I was killing it in the gym." "I can't wait until $x dies a horrible death." When i think of murder in music, I think of the dramatic Jamaican slang term. It used to kind of bother me, too, bc I also think of my neighbor's family who was senselessly slain when I was 18 years old. so it's kind of upsetting, but I also own trying to get over it. Perhaps some religious people are offended by Whittle's reference to "Devil"? Aesthetically, I don't think it's very tasteful, although I'm based in favor of Whittle and against Behringer. It's just drama and more drama. Especially so, bc elecmusic is entering mainstream, so more parents will look at buying instruments like this for their kids and say, "wtf."