4 ms·

I think house is might be the one genre I genuinely don't get at all. Playing this mix just cemented this feeling to me. I can hear it's smooth and mellow, but

by tinco 7y ago

I think house is might be the one genre I genuinely don't get at all. Playing this mix just cemented this feeling to me. I can hear it's smooth and mellow, but it's also just the most boring thing ever. If I go out to dance and a DJ is playing this I go find a different place. As I'm typing this comment the music only just got interesting, and I'm at 8:15, like why.. And I just know that he's just going to ruin it by making the interesting part boring by stretching it for the next 4 minutes. I've got a few friends in my old crew that still do house dance, and I can get with it for a while, but eventually the boringness just gets to me and I need something to either pop or break.

webkike 7y ago
Don’t really know what to say. Your comment reads like someone telling me that they don’t like a pan seared salmon filet. I don’t think anyone will convince you that this music is exciting but 120/130 bpm is a fine speed to dance to and there’s a reason people enjoy music like this
- tinco 7y ago
  Well I don't set my metronome to 120 and jam to it tho.. but kidding aside, that's exactly why I made the comment. I feel so weird for it, like I genuinely can tell that it's good fish, and that it's prepared exquisitely, I just can't enjoy it for some reason. For me it's just one snare hit away from something truly danceable like maybe dancehall or electropop.
  - mitjak 7y ago
    the repetitiveness is the appeal, is all i can say. i hear similar arguments about ambient music. "it's the same chord for 40 minutes", "it's just white noise".
    - retrac 7y ago
      The idea that it's supposed to promote something of a trance is right in the name of the whole trance genre.
    - saagarjha 7y ago
      I find that putting on repetitive music in the background while working is helpful.
japanoise 7y ago
I don't think it's ever been meant to listen to per se, more to dance to; hence why it used to be called dance music. Which is funny because I find a lot of edm listenable outside of a dance context, especially hardcore.
- pimeys 7y ago
  This is just some real classic house here and sometimes I just spend weeks listening only that. You may need a history yourself in the scene to get it. Music for minorities, music to heal. And Kerri here is such an engineer, mixing pitch perfect with a complex system, fixing it if needed. Such a legend.
  - webkike 7y ago
    absolutely! Second this
chrisulloa 7y ago
house is a feeling
- webkike 7y ago
  House is house
magicalhippo 7y ago
I don't listen to a lot of house, but this mixmag cd[1] from Dimitri from Paris, Monsieur Dimitri's De-Luxe House of Funk, I just keep coming back to. A lot more flair than most "plain" house though, guess that's why. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N4mIoV3U84 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N4mIoV3U84

by tinco 7y ago

webkike 7y ago

Don’t really know what to say. Your comment reads like someone telling me that they don’t like a pan seared salmon filet. I don’t think anyone will convince you that this music is exciting but 120/130 bpm is a fine speed to dance to and there’s a reason people enjoy music like this

tinco 7y ago
Well I don't set my metronome to 120 and jam to it tho.. but kidding aside, that's exactly why I made the comment. I feel so weird for it, like I genuinely can tell that it's good fish, and that it's prepared exquisitely, I just can't enjoy it for some reason. For me it's just one snare hit away from something truly danceable like maybe dancehall or electropop.
- mitjak 7y ago
  the repetitiveness is the appeal, is all i can say. i hear similar arguments about ambient music. "it's the same chord for 40 minutes", "it's just white noise".
  - retrac 7y ago
    The idea that it's supposed to promote something of a trance is right in the name of the whole trance genre.
  - saagarjha 7y ago
    I find that putting on repetitive music in the background while working is helpful.

japanoise 7y ago

I don't think it's ever been meant to listen to per se, more to dance to; hence why it used to be called dance music. Which is funny because I find a lot of edm listenable outside of a dance context, especially hardcore.

pimeys 7y ago
This is just some real classic house here and sometimes I just spend weeks listening only that. You may need a history yourself in the scene to get it. Music for minorities, music to heal. And Kerri here is such an engineer, mixing pitch perfect with a complex system, fixing it if needed. Such a legend.
- webkike 7y ago
  absolutely! Second this

chrisulloa 7y ago

house is a feeling

webkike 7y ago
House is house

magicalhippo 7y ago

I don't listen to a lot of house, but this mixmag cd[1] from Dimitri from Paris, Monsieur Dimitri's De-Luxe House of Funk, I just keep coming back to. A lot more flair than most "plain" house though, guess that's why. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N4mIoV3U84 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3N4mIoV3U84