[Dancecult-l] Dance Music Project

[tobias c. van Veen]

Hello there,! 

I would go rent the movie 'Modulations' -- that will get you started. These
are huge questions, kinda' like asking 'what are the influences of rock
music and how is it made?' -- the answers being: almost everything & almost
every which way, but you will never understand rock without the blues and
you will never understand its production without the electric guitar. For
electronic music, I guess one could answer that you will never understand
contemporary dance music without disco and Kraftwerk, but one could also
say, Detroit & Chicago & Berlin -- hip hop, electro, house & techno -- and
you will certainly never dig the production without grasping two Technics
SL1200 turntables, a mixer, and a sampler, but one could also say, a Roland
909, 808 and 303. But somehow it just doesn't work the same, as contemporary
dance music has morphed considerably, and I have completely neglected to
mention dub, for which most dance music would be left out in the dark were
it not for Jamaica.

Then I'd go clubbing, and then as in yer in Australia, go find a 'doof'.
There's some Aussies here, perhaps they can crawl out from the woodwork to
send you in right -- as in weirdest -- directions. At night, under the
stars, there ya' go, it clicks.

[ http://dancecult.net/ ] has a growing database of books to read but
methinks that Simon Reynolds' _Generation Ecstasy_ will do rather nicely,
followed by Kodwo Eshun's _More Brilliant than the Sun_.

good luck,
    and let us all hear the restuls,

    t




> I am looking to do a project for my final year of music in school on
> electronic dance music. I have found some information on the internet, but i
> would like to get the opinion of other people that are interested in the
> genre.
> I am looking for any personal opinions on the music, history, answers to the
> questions below or even websites or books that would be of any help to
> complete this project.
> i am planning to explore the following questions below.
> 
> * technological and social advances and influences in the music, and how these
> changed EDM throughout the genres history, and musical examples of this
> * exploring its origins
> * how the music is created
>> * how synthesizers and drum machines became an integral part of dance music
>> * how these sounds are synthesized and created
> * Look at how social and musical developments contributed to the creation of
> several sub genres and associated sub genres.
> i am also looking for any other topics that i should delve into or changes to
> the questions i am examining for this project on EDM
>  
> any help is gratiously apprecitated.
>  
> with thanks
>  
> Clyde Altschwager
> Student
> Prince Alfred College
> South Australia
> 
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tobias c. van Veen -----------++++
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