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A few electronic music acts might disagree with you here. Daft Punk? Skrillex? The Prodigy? A lot of importance on sound design here, and it is major enough to

A few electronic music acts might disagree with you here. Daft Punk? Skrillex? The Prodigy? A lot of importance on sound design here, and it is major enough to be on topic on most of those debates.

ThomPete 13y ago
Lets not confuse things here. It is not because of their skills around sound design that they or any other become popular. It has to do much more with timing, culture etc. Again there are many great great sound designers and and composers out there that will never see any fame at all. It's much more complex than just the music itself.
- lgieron 13y ago
  So you're saying that their music isn't actually outstanding, they just got lucky? If so, I'd be grateful for a list of artists who makes as good stuff as Daft Punk or Prodigy does, but who didn't make it because of "timing, culture etc.". They can very well be my next facourite bands.
  - ThomPete 13y ago
    No I am not saying that. I am saying it's a much larger chain of events than simply their skills and talent that makes someone popular. Luck is one of them the same way it is for startups. Timing is another again just like startups, network and so one.
    - lgieron 13y ago
      Yeah probably, but also a lot of the stuff that is acclaimed is just really good. Luck plays a factor, but I'd be surprised if there were guys who make music as good as say Radiohead's, who are toiling away in obscurity because they were unlucky. My point is, a a lot of the indies make music which, while being solid and obviously requiring tons of work, still can't compare to the output of the few talented guys who made it. For the most part it's not luck, just skills gap. Almost nobody wants to listen to decent music if they can enjoy masterpieces.
      - ThomPete 13y ago
        There are. Believe me there are. Great bands are built over time, they are not inherently great.

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A few electronic music acts might disagree with you here. Daft Punk? Skrillex? The Prodigy? A lot of importance on sound design here, and it is major enough to

by uniclaude 13y ago

A few electronic music acts might disagree with you here. Daft Punk? Skrillex? The Prodigy? A lot of importance on sound design here, and it is major enough to be on topic on most of those debates.

ThomPete 13y ago
Lets not confuse things here. It is not because of their skills around sound design that they or any other become popular. It has to do much more with timing, culture etc. Again there are many great great sound designers and and composers out there that will never see any fame at all. It's much more complex than just the music itself.
- lgieron 13y ago
  So you're saying that their music isn't actually outstanding, they just got lucky? If so, I'd be grateful for a list of artists who makes as good stuff as Daft Punk or Prodigy does, but who didn't make it because of "timing, culture etc.". They can very well be my next facourite bands.
  - ThomPete 13y ago
    No I am not saying that. I am saying it's a much larger chain of events than simply their skills and talent that makes someone popular. Luck is one of them the same way it is for startups. Timing is another again just like startups, network and so one.
    - lgieron 13y ago
      Yeah probably, but also a lot of the stuff that is acclaimed is just really good. Luck plays a factor, but I'd be surprised if there were guys who make music as good as say Radiohead's, who are toiling away in obscurity because they were unlucky. My point is, a a lot of the indies make music which, while being solid and obviously requiring tons of work, still can't compare to the output of the few talented guys who made it. For the most part it's not luck, just skills gap. Almost nobody wants to listen to decent music if they can enjoy masterpieces.
      - ThomPete 13y ago
        There are. Believe me there are. Great bands are built over time, they are not inherently great.