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Originally Posted by strvs
I agree that some skill is involved in making electronic music, but alot more is needed to learn an instrument, gather musicians, and compose a song where each musician takes part. The amount of skill and work to make a 20 minute magnum opus like Yes - Close To The Edge is leaps ahead of ANY techno song, anywhere. The interplay between each musician is astounding, and would take a massive amount of skill to be able to play flawlessly live, which they do.
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100 % of all Drum And Bass Dj = play the drums (many types) & many play piano/keyboard, Not to mention a good amount play guitar, bass guitar.... How do you think they create loops for their songs ? I would just like to point of that DJ's of the like have just as much talent as many solo artists do and bands.[/quote:94d04]
NO way in fuck. Just listen to the track Close To The Edge, then give Focus - Eruption a try. Theres tons of others that would blow a drum n bass track out of the water, just ask if you're interested. I guarantee you it takes 100x more talent to compose than drum n bass. And i'm not saying i dont enjoy drum n bass, some of it is pretty sweet. But its not even NEAR the talent that some bands have. Talent isnt everything, musicians need emotion and creativity, simple songs can be some of the best. But in this case, i know for a fact that no drum n bass artist can amount to the music genuis of Steve Howe, Bill Bruford, Jan Akkerman, and the list goes on.