Music Genres

[Malson]

I'm not quite sure what your point is anymore. You just stated what I've been saying this whole time.

[Blizzard]

Yeah, I've edited the post already, sorry for that... (-_-)

Let's continue:

So Dance MUSIC and a FPS GAME are the same?

[Moss.]

WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT VIDEOGAMES NOW!?
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MUSIC.
MUSIC AND VIDEOGAMES ARE NOT THE SAME THING.



I agree with Zypher's thoughts on genreing and how you should just listen to music as music.

And I say this as a person that's been writing music for about 7 years.

[haloOfTheSun]

This is ridiculous. 

He didn't say Dance can't interact with Rock, he said if you make a Rock song you can't call it Dance.
And he said if you would add Rock elements into a Dance song, you can't call it Dance anymore as it isn't Dance anymore.
Read his post again closely, Zypher.

Dance is a strict genre and cannot interact with rock in anykind of way because then it would not be dance.

He apparently DID say dance can't interact with rock. Saying you can't do this is moronic, because adding rock elements to a dance song doesn't make it something else, it can still be a dance song. Please don't reply saying that would be Dance-Rock-Ultra-Techno-Pop or something retarded like that.

I can write a symphony, add a jazz guitar and drum set parts to it, and still call it a symphony. It doesn't make it Symphonic-Jazz.

You have very elitist views on music, but I would suppose that's because you're "in the music industry". Furthermore, the only good thing about genres is it helps organize things just a tiny bit more. Other than that, they're completely useless. Why everyone is getting so bothered here about it is beyond me.

This topic will be split soon, and will then be found in Intelligent Debate.

[GilgameshRO]

Genres are a bad idea you say? Do you want to say RPG are the same as FPS-es? I don't think so.

Eliminating genres would provide more oportunity for innovative gameplay. Also, I've played at least one game that is both an RPG and an FPS. It's the same for music really.

[ataraxy2]

Genres are just guidelines... I use ACID's method when it comes to organisation anyway. That's www.acidplanet.com (checks to see if this is against forum rules). I don't spend hours debating whether my IDM song is a bit too DNB to go with my IDM collection. Needless to say the definitions of genre on ACID are also believable, just don't go worring about where to put your music. Put it somewhere. 

[Jesus Hitler]

Genres are just guidelines...

Exactly. Anyone who doesn't agree with this is a child molester.

[SexualBubblegumX]

Meh I find the 'genre' thing usefull. if something is labeled 'emo' or 'rap' its really short hand for 'stuff Fu would hate'.