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THE FUTURE OF EUROBEAT, YOUR OPINIONS..

Post by n . paganini » 24 Apr 2010, 17:30

ciao everybody !!

i would like to point out this discussion about the future of eurobeat and the sound in general. as i allready said in my other posts, i recently noticed that fans are a bit harsh with their verdicts about the eurobeat track and how the sound of the compositions are at the moment. let me point out that ofcourse we have to respect each others opinion. nevertheless i have the feeling that there is a bit of a moody feeling right now with in the eurobeat community and fanbase, maybe i,m the only one who notice this or are there more people who feel this ?

anyway, what i want to point out is that i think we don,t realise how healthy the eurobeat scene and sound is right now at the moment. if you take a good inside look, then we can notice that there are many labels that are producing top quality songs, for instance dima music and scp, delta music, and ofcourse the brilliant wackiness of hi nrg attack.every label has got his on sound and style, that has to be said. you can discuss each and every composition ofcourse but that has got to do with personal taste.

what most people maybe don,t realise is that the italians in general have very little freedom when it comes to composing their eurobeat tracks. it is avex that will decide how the sound of a track must develop and which theme or idea a song must get. the italians compose what avex want to hear. that is basically the whole story. they are constantly deciding what the trend will be in japan. i ,m pretty sure thet we will see maybe more soccer themed tracks within this year, and also some more 90,s orientated tracks as avex decided that they want to go back to the 90,s with the 200 series.

personally i think that the future of eurobeat is in the hands of the italians, i can tell you that the italians are really want to continue to produce and write eurobeat, as it is their passion and living, let,s not forget that they also must eat and live. also i think that a return of the eurobeat vinyl will bring more positive vibes around the community, as there are also more older eurobeat fans who really love the vinyl format, the combination of cd and vinyl will be great. let,s forget about the mp3 and digital downloads, as i,m oldfashioned myself, i really don,t care one bit about digital formats, i want my cd,s and vinyls, the physical element is very important in music. the feeling of a brand new vinyl or cd together with a beautifull sleeve in your hands is unbeatable !!

when we talk about the sound of the eurobeat tracks , i think that they variety of sounds and styles are more welcome in eurobeat, that is happening right now at the moment, the diversity in sounds and tempo,s is the key for a long living sound of eurobeat, diversity is the key element forthis music style.

last thing for me to say is that it,s also very important that the new generation of producers and vocalists are rising up and are getting a chance to compose and produce, i,m pretty sure that within the new generation of producers, there are some very talented paople that yet have to be discovered. please keep in mind that the old core of the eurobeat producers are not going to produce tracks forever, in fact i have heard some strong rumours that some of the old eurobeat giants are retiring sooner or later. we have to keep this in mind.

i,m looking forward to your ideas and and what you would like to sea for the future of eurobeat, your ideas are welcome and will be heard !!

ciao a tutti !!!!!!!!!!!!

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Post by DarkSky » 24 Apr 2010, 19:02

First of all I'd like to say welcome aboard, I'm glad that there's another Dutch member here on EBP.

I also noticed that the fans comment on songs on a very harsh way, the quality of the Eurobeat music as it is now is good, but we cannot continue producing this style forever. Music changes, Eurobeat changes. The Japanese listeners aren't as interested in Eurobeat as they were before. Times have changed.

I agree that we should have some more respect for each others opinion, that's a very important thing to have a good and nice community.

Unlike you said, the Eurobeat scene is not healty, there are many problems at the moment. And yes.. if the rumours you're talking about are the ones I have in my mind, I can confirm these. These got confirmed by multiple people.

Every label has its own style, and my personal opinion is: it's time for Hi-NRG Attack & SAIFAM to change their style to a bit modern kind of music.

Yes, the labels have very little freedom (Hey, that's the title of our new track!). I want labels to experiment with new styles and music structures so we can give the Eurobeat genre a new unique style which will still sound attractive to the current fans. And I think Dima Music will be the first label which will start experimenting, and you can hear our first experiment on Super Eurobeat Vol.203 already which will be released soon.

About the soccer themed tracks, I don't think we will hear these. The 90's oriented tracks, hmm yeah I think so.. we probably will.

I don't think the vinyls will be revived, MP3s and digital downloads are the future of music. There are many older Eurobeat fans who would love to have the Eurobeat vinyls back in shops again, but I'm afraid that this is not possible because of Eurobeat's current condition.

Hmmm, what will happen to the Eurobeat genre?
Will it survive? I think so
Will it change? In order to let it survive, it MUST change whether you like it or not.

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Post by zoupzuop2 » 24 Apr 2010, 21:15

I know you've posted elsewhere on the forums as well, but, welcome to EBPrime, Mr. Paganini. Yeah, I've noticed an odd moodiness all over the Eurobeat world as well, and while I could diagnose some of the reasons, I do suppose the future is of more important discussion.

Yes, Eurobeat is now in a better state than it was rougly one SEB-decade ago (that is, the 190s). There are still some disappointing songs here and there, but those at least have explanations or better songs that were made around the same time. Labels ARE trying new things (for the most part; I still have yet to hear a GGM song with a change of synthbrass/riff sound... they're really good in other ways though). ABeatC is finally establishing their new sound and I really must say they're not afraid to splash some paint around. It doesn't always work, but Dave's definitely expressing himself in more ways than before, and while it's not "my sneezes make gold records" Dave from the SEB 110s-160s, it's actually pretty cool.

One thing that I figure not many people have guessed, is that the relationship between most Eurobeat labels and avex is like any artist and their record label; unless it's negotiated with VERY good attorneys, in most cases the "big" label contractually has the right to ask for revised versions of a song until, if I may borrow some legalese, it is a "commercially satisfactory master". Most contracts between a larger label and a production company (we would refer to these as "the Eurobeat labels") include that clause indefinitely. No, it's not always fun; no, it's not always what makes for great Eurobeat, but... that's the music business. Avex is no more guilty of it than Warner Bros or Sony or Vivendi(Universal and a slew of others). (Did you know that the version of "When The Sun Goes Down" you heard on 201 wasn't the first submitted draft?)
As for a return to the 90s sounds, I say bravo. Most of the Eurobeat labels are ready for such a breather as that.

While I certainly don't think Italy should stop making Eurobeat any time soon, I disagree that the future is SOLELY in the hands of italians. We've never seen diversity such as we're seeing now in the Eurobeat world. We've had a slew of newcomers from outside of Italy. Japanese fans like Sugano and DJ Command and whatnot STILL making Eurobeat, be it their own material or remixes of Touhou themes, or what have you. Plus, we've had very stronghanded newcomers like Disko Warp really entering the fray, such as Magic Hammer and some dumbass from California who can't stop whoring himself on forums. P: Point being, Italy still holds a VERY strong presence in Eurobeat, and I wouldn't change that for anything. But, I don't think it's the only player in the game, and I KNOW that Japan has noticed this (at least, from a few glances at iTunes Japan).

I predict that Eurobeat will spend some time "returning" to the 90s, but will still find a way to drift off in another direction. Maybe it'll even go so far as to fuse with yet ANOTHER genre. Italo Disco already mated with JPop to make Eurobeat, so what would happen if it met Electro (like 3Oh!3) or stuff like Owl City? How long it'll take to do that, I can't say for my life. We'll have to join the ride.
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Post by Jay » 24 Apr 2010, 23:52

I think the harshness is justified at times. Honestly, if you think this is bad, don't step out into the world of mainstream music where harsh criticism is rife, even to the point where some listeners want certain musicians dead. You should be extremely thankful that the eurobeat community isn't like that.

A while back, I used to respect music from every label, but nowadays some are ticking me off more than others. Why? I can't help but feel some labels have gone from creating music they love to creating music solely for profit. Of course, making a profit is a big part of the music industry but you can clearly tell when the heart and soul just isn't in the music. The question is how much emphasis does each label place on each of these factors?

Some of the labels have hit a point where they can't really move forward; in other words, this is the "best" they can put out, or so they believe. I'm referring to Hi-NRG Attack and Saifam in particular. Those creative juices aren't circulating anymore, so now they just keep repeating the formula they've been accustomed to for many years now. And, ironically, these are the labels that produce the most music. Maybe if they focused less on quantity and more on quality, we wouldn't have this problem. I think Hi-NRG Attack and Saifam are so burnt out that nothing they produce these days is particularly noteworthy (although Saifam has been improving lately, indeed, perhaps because Crevillente is back). When I can't tell the difference between a handful of Hi-NRG Attack songs sound-wise, something is definitely wrong.

Now, I'm well aware that Avex has a lot of control over the songs that are put out; in fact, most of us had a big discussion about this last year. But, even still, labels can exercise a considerable degree of control over their trademark sound if they choose to. Avex can request small changes to a song, but the "Saifam sound," "SCP sound," "Delta sound," etc. will always be kept in tact. That's why you don't have Avex asking SCP to make a song that sounds like Saifam; a label's trademark sound is part of a their autonomy that Avex respects, or at least I believe so. Having said that, labels can also change their trademark sound if it's becoming too bland or repetitive, but that's their choice in the end, not Avex's.

So what would you like me to do? Stay mute on the issue and let eurobeat continue down the path of monotony? I think I'm doing these labels a favour by pointing out what's wrong, and why the listeners aren't enjoying their music as much as before. After all, how can they know if nobody speaks up? Hi-NRG Attack have actually changed many things I once complained about, including the length of their extended songs, so I'm hoping they'll take on board this advice too. It's for the best.

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Post by Vadim » 25 Apr 2010, 01:02

Kudos to mr. Paganini for starting this discussion..!..
There is so much to say here...

Trends as they appear :

1- Avex lack of proper strategy, marketing, financing or
planning is running the genre into the ground.

2- Label shouldn't tell producers all on what and how they are to do.
This stiffles creativity. Run your own j-pop as you please, but leave
the real euro thing to those who understand it ( italian producers).

3- We don't need the genre bending (SCP refference intended).
If you want to do eurodance,house, rock, or trance - knock yourself
out on some other label or compilation. Keep the eurobeat true and authentic ..!!..

4- ALL: Don't try to hide unimaginative songs behind cheesy trendy
(and often even non-eurobeat) sounds. Just stop writing crap.

5- To GGM: You can dramatically take off creativelly if you
let Benadetti write your songs. She got a genuane melodic talent.

6- Bratt: listen to some good AOR records, write for a bit, and then
call a pretty girl come over and record.

7- Newfield: can you ask Gabrielli to write some chick tunes..?
(I mean good ones, not that pukable pitched Saifam cheese).

8- HRG: vocal pitching is not innovative, in fact it is detrimental to
your musical development. You are destoying the performance,
articulation, feeling and quality of vocalists by silly-pitching them.
Also, do write serious songs for a change - we are not all children here..

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Post by Javy » 25 Apr 2010, 03:24

Jay wrote:That's why you don't have Avex asking SCP to make a song that sounds like Saifam; a label's trademark sound is part of a their autonomy that Avex respects, or at least I believe so.
That's not necessary true though... they have asked producers to mimic other styles before. Granted the producers can refuse but trust me they definitely have asked one producer to produce in the style of another.
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Post by drnrg » 25 Apr 2010, 04:57

Vadim
3- We don't need the genre bending (SCP refference intended).
If you want to do eurodance,house, rock, or trance - knock yourself
out on some other label or compilation. Keep the eurobeat true and authentic ..!!..
That pretty much sums it up for me. :grin:

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I predict that Eurobeat will spend some time "returning" to the 90s, but will still find a way to drift off in another direction. Maybe it'll even go so far as to fuse with yet ANOTHER genre. Italo Disco already mated with JPop to make Eurobeat, so what would happen if it met Electro (like 3Oh!3) or stuff like Owl City? How long it'll take to do that, I can't say for my life. We'll have to join the ride.
3Oh!3! No just please no! never in amillion years No!

As for the labels:

Eurogrooves/TIME
In the world were TIME changed to Eurogrooves; There really hasn't been to much change in the styles. This is a good thing. Maybe just the artist names have changed form Helena to Hely. There have been even more Aggressive sound from Eurogrooves and not too many Aishu songs from Dall Ora. I think Eurogrooves will carry Eurobeat on it's wings. They are one of the most traditional sounding labels and as far as Dall Ora's name goes, one of the oldest as well. My only beef if any, would be more Voaclist variety. I love Christian De Leo, but please, don't burn him out.

DELTA
here is another label that I absulutely love since they appeared on the scene in the late 90s. Newfield and Moroni team has aways been superb in producing that "traditional" eurobeat sound as well. Nowadays I miss the Newfield prods which have gradually become less and less. mainly those SAW-like Kevin Johnson discoish songs.
I do; however, think Capaldi is doing a fine job with his productions nowadays as as Rizzi as a composer. I've seen some rumores here and there about Newfield retireing that I just can't seem to accept, because he has even tried something new with his Eurobeat Pop material. In fact I wouldn't be too surprised if AVEX had picked up "This Could Be LOve" Missy Palmer for SEB.

HRG Attack
This label seems to be under attack by some members of the community. They have allways been far from Traditional sounding Eurobeat in style and music and esp artist names. Thier wackyness, Choatic sound struck a chord in the Eurobeat since the beggining. Thier sound id basically the same as in 90s, just at faster bpms. What they excell in is carchy sing along tunes. I admit that a lot of TIMES songs completely mimic other songs with no shame whatsover, but since they have 100s of songs in thier catalog, this really doesn't strike me a huge problem. For every HRG song that doesn't impress me; 10 more blow me away. They actually do try new things, but this is not too noticeable in the songs AVEX chooses for SEB. My only concern is that once ina while song that does nothing more but change the lyrics around , Other than that they remain in my top 3.

ABeatC
here is a label that has gone thru many changes. They have gone from the old Pasquinni Flea-like productions; complete with gallopong bass to the Tech intro phase(TIME went thru this too), to the Every other Dave Rodgers song sounding alike stage..and everything inbetween. Including a subsidery label Double, which later morphed into SCP. They were absolutely fabulous at the Start. .Esp. with huge talent like Caria and Corraini and Ferretti aboard. Then came that era were they mostly released female songs, which wasn't my favourit. Point is ,they have gradually gotten back on track. This with Rodgers as one of the sole producers. What I love about AbeatC is that once ina while Dave will surprise us with something new and innovative. The latest Super Eurobeat song title sounded freash in many ways. I believe AbeatC; pioneers of Eurobeat, will also be here for the long run.

Saifam
Not much to say, just that farina is one of my favourite Italo/Eurobeat artists ever. Ever since they turned in Boom Boom Beat, thier songs have really focused on that Boom Boom. SomeTIMES great songs arose from this styule, but someTIMES have really forgetable goo was squeezed out as well. Maybe they should try out a few Aishu flavoured style songs to lighten things up a bit. I believe a few of the members allready pointed this out....and I don't mean the chimebell lined fast beat with slightly less hyped vocals, No! I mean stuff like I'm Not A Freak. Don't be afraid to lower the BPMs.

Dima
Relatively new to the scene, but allready making a name for himself on the Eurobeat world. I enjoy his more traditinal sounding compostiions with a few of those SCP collaborations like 1 Week, but some of his slower stuff needs a bit of work. I'm hyped for new changes like Magnani and Manuel being on board. Not exactly sure what darkskyd brings to the tabel? Graphics?, but new talent is always better. My only diss would be, that he needs more Male vocalists and at more frequent appearences. We get Marin ,then 3 Dima, we get Magnani, then 3 Dima...and it's not his vocals, it's the alias David Dima. At least creat more aliases. makes it more exciting that way.

SCP
ah yes... My hate and Love affair with this label has been around since the start. I love thier aggressive foot stomping prods and someTIMES even more the slower Aishu disco-like Jay Lehr sons, but I cannot for the life of me yet accept the silly childlike songs. Or even the mature sounding ones, ruined by annoying little shout outs. Even HRG Attack use a little tact when using these effects, by including an aggressive sounding melody elsewhere in the song's structure, but SCP pretty much just writes that style for kids. I don't think they are about to change and can probobly only become more annoying, but I do look forward to the fast aggressive style of Go2 or the discoish Jay Lehr or Pamsy, sans the "Trans" effect. hey man, what ever happened to Lisa Lion?

GGMs/SSS
I'll just group these two together and say that I really havn't been impressed except for a handful of GGMs songs. Mega NRG and Leo River material are the only ones that really got me pumped. The main problem for me if there soundworlds. Too japanese sounding and not enuff Italian influence. They use no Italo influence riffs like some of the other labels, but there is a light at the end of the tunnelwith new songs like My Hot Guitar borrowing from Classic Rock.
Sinclair Style
Another head scratcher. What happened to the awesomeness of the productions at DELTA or even ABeatC? I think his songs sound to metallic high. I can't expalin it .but the synths in the Too Young To Fall In Love remake almost sound like something only a dog could hear. Really high pitched and distorted. With every new release this has changed a lot for the better , but still nothing has completely blown me away. I think his best to date for me would be the Super Eurobeat song by Niko, so I'm hoping Nando's new song will takes its place.

In closing .once again I quote vadim who really hit it on the nail for me.
We don't need the genre bending (SCP refference intended).
If you want to do eurodance,house, rock, or trance - knock yourself
out on some other label or compilation. Keep the eurobeat true and authentic ..!!..
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Post by Vadim » 25 Apr 2010, 07:50

Apparently, I got Benadetti mixed up. She was on Time, not on GGM.

Bottom line: tunes similar to Annie *No Borders Now* need to come
back to Eurogrooves..

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Post by drnrg » 25 Apr 2010, 08:13

Vadim
Bottom line: tunes similar to Annie *No Borders Now* need to come
back to Eurogrooves..
Once in a while songs like those and Pride, John & Mary Dance and SMS just seem to arise out of the genious mind that is Mr. Dall Ora. He himself takes his own style to the next level.

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Post by DarkSky » 25 Apr 2010, 09:15

Jay wrote:Maybe if they focused less on quantity and more on quality, we wouldn't have this problem.
I 100% agree with that.
drnrg wrote:Not exactly sure what darkskyd brings to the tabel
Many things.. but my main role is composer.
drnrg wrote:My only diss would be, that he needs more Male vocalists and at more frequent appearences.
Hmm, yes we have 3 new male vocalists so you can expect some more male songs soon.
drnrg wrote:We get Marin ,then 3 Dima, we get Magnani, then 3 Dima...and it's not his vocals, it's the alias David Dima. At least creat more aliases. makes it more exciting that way.
I think that more aliases will be too confusing for new listeners, I don't think we'll create many new aliases.. I don't see that happening (yet).
Vadim wrote:Kudos to mr. Paganini for starting this discussion..!..
There is so much to say here...

Trends as they appear :

1- Avex lack of proper strategy, marketing, financing or
planning is running the genre into the ground.

2- Label shouldn't tell producers all on what and how they are to do.
This stiffles creativity. Run your own j-pop as you please, but leave
the real euro thing to those who understand it ( italian producers).

3- We don't need the genre bending (SCP refference intended).
If you want to do eurodance,house, rock, or trance - knock yourself
out on some other label or compilation. Keep the eurobeat true and authentic ..!!..

4- ALL: Don't try to hide unimaginative songs behind cheesy trendy
(and often even non-eurobeat) sounds. Just stop writing crap.

5- To GGM: You can dramatically take off creativelly if you
let Benadetti write your songs. She got a genuane melodic talent.

6- Bratt: listen to some good AOR records, write for a bit, and then
call a pretty girl come over and record.

7- Newfield: can you ask Gabrielli to write some chick tunes..?
(I mean good ones, not that pukable pitched Saifam cheese).

8- HRG: vocal pitching is not innovative, in fact it is detrimental to
your musical development. You are destoying the performance,
articulation, feeling and quality of vocalists by silly-pitching them.
Also, do write serious songs for a change - we are not all children here..
1. Avex DOES have a proper strategy, there is a plan.
2. Avex is the label that buys licenses for the songs, so they have the right to request changements.
3. Genre blending is a way to attract new listeners to the genre, it's good to increase interest and popularity.
4. ?
5. /
6. /
7. /
8. The last sentence, that's exactly what I have in my mind.

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Post by pokecapn » 25 Apr 2010, 09:44

Vadim wrote: 3- We don't need the genre bending (SCP refference intended).
If you want to do eurodance,house, rock, or trance - knock yourself
out on some other label or compilation. Keep the eurobeat true and authentic ..!!..
True and authentic? You mean like the early 90's eurobeat which was pretty much house with weird vocals and synths? You're only kidding yourself if you think the sound of eurobeat has stayed the same over the years.

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Post by Jay » 25 Apr 2010, 12:49

drnrg wrote:HRG Attack
This label seems to be under attack by some members of the community. They have allways been far from Traditional sounding Eurobeat in style and music and esp artist names. Thier wackyness, Choatic sound struck a chord in the Eurobeat since the beggining. Thier sound id basically the same as in 90s, just at faster bpms. What they excell in is carchy sing along tunes. I admit that a lot of TIMES songs completely mimic other songs with no shame whatsover, but since they have 100s of songs in thier catalog, this really doesn't strike me a huge problem. For every HRG song that doesn't impress me; 10 more blow me away. They actually do try new things, but this is not too noticeable in the songs AVEX chooses for SEB. My only concern is that once ina while song that does nothing more but change the lyrics around , Other than that they remain in my top 3.
Personally, I don't notice much of a difference in quality between HRG's SEB and non-SEB releases. I'm speaking generally, as there's always exceptions to the rule (e.g., I'm sure most of their non-SEB songs are better than 'Pagal').

Also, I don't have a problem with their craziness. Believe me when I say I was obsessed with HRG during Euromach, the 140s (when I really began to get into eurobeat), and all the way up until SEB166/167; there were heaps of crazy productions during those periods. HRG's songs were like a yo-yo for me during the 170s and 180s - some were good, others repetitive or annoying - but now I'm lucky to hear a song that's worthy of at least 6/10 from me. It's hard for me to believe the same producers of 'Super Euro Flash' also created 'Pagal' and 'Internet Kills the Eurobeat Stars.' You know what I mean?

All these complaints about HRG are valid and I hope Accatino and Rimonti are reading this and taking the advice on board. I would love it if they could find inspiration in some older songs, at the very least, rather than reuse that same four-year-old melody and whatnot. I know they can do it; after all, they produced the highly innovative 'Stargate' and 'Sexy Wild & Crazy Sound' in the recent past.
drnrg wrote:Eurogrooves/TIME
In the world were TIME changed to Eurogrooves; There really hasn't been to much change in the styles. This is a good thing. Maybe just the artist names have changed form Helena to Hely. There have been even more Aggressive sound from Eurogrooves and not too many Aishu songs from Dall Ora. I think Eurogrooves will carry Eurobeat on it's wings. They are one of the most traditional sounding labels and as far as Dall Ora's name goes, one of the oldest as well. My only beef if any, would be more Voaclist variety. I love Christian De Leo, but please, don't burn him out.
Speaking of vocalist variety, what happened to Dhany? Don't tell me she jumped ship.

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Post by DarkSky » 25 Apr 2010, 13:53

Take Me To Your Paradise is a perfect example of what could've be one of my favorite songs ever if it didn't have these crazy high pitched backing vocals.

Listen to the accapella version and decide:
http://mp3.juno.co.uk/MP3/SF1386940-02-01-02.mp3

His voice is great, but the backing vocals are terrible.
Now listen to the sample of the full song:
http://mp3.juno.co.uk/MP3/SF1386940-02-01-01.mp3

Sounds great doesn't it? But the backing vocals annoy me soo much.

I'd love to have more HRG songs in this style, but WITHOUT the terribly pitched backing vocals.

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Post by Vadim » 25 Apr 2010, 19:36

pokecapn wrote: True and authentic? You mean like the early 90's eurobeat which was pretty much house with weird vocals and synths? You're only kidding yourself if you think the sound of eurobeat has stayed the same over the years.

Eurobeat can't blend in with outside music genres because it will be
swallowed up. Imagine eurobeat as a small island surrounded
by sea 'n' sharks.. If we let in too much from the outside, than we
shall have an identity crisis and eventual dissapation of the genre
into the oblivion( like we had it with Hi Nrg in Europe/US in the 90-s).

I am not against a sensible experimentation with production
and sounds here, but whatever is going on it must still remain
within a classical genre form. 'Cause conservation is the key..

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Post by Vadim » 25 Apr 2010, 19:45

drnrg wrote:Vadim
Bottom line: tunes similar to Annie *No Borders Now* need to come
back to Eurogrooves..
Once in a while songs like those and Pride, John & Mary Dance and SMS just seem to arise out of the genious mind that is Mr. Dall Ora. He himself takes his own style to the next level.
Benadetti's tunes actually don't appear like typical D.O.
So, wouldn't it be cool if EG let her write more stuff..?
It could create some variety..besides, her vocal is amazing..

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