Re: (idm) house

From Edward Pond
Sent Sat, Feb 14th 1998, 10:47

Message text written by Ben Coffer
>What I hate about house (well, the house sound of nowadays anyway) is
>that it's so bloody predictable. Grrr.....you can predict when the beats=

>gonna stop...there's gonna be some people who want to raise their hands
>in the air while some strings play, there's going to be a snarerush, the=

>beat is going to kick back in.....and this happens with almost every...
>single....darn...tune. And people enjoy this?

I see where you're coming from, but this is just how the music is. Yeah
it's predictable, formulaic and all of that, but it still can be damn
enjoyable to listen to. It's like a formula that's been tried and tested
to sound decent in a club and if it aint broke, why fix it? A lot of
house music is not about innovation. People like being able to know
when they are going to get a big rush out of the music.

-Ed