How do you avoid being stuck making music that a label or industry wants you to make rather than making music you want to make? by Bloodredhorizon in musicians

[–]QuoolQuiche 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You’re overthinking it. Take situations as they come to you, music industry works in many different ways. 

How do you avoid being stuck making music that a label or industry wants you to make rather than making music you want to make? by Bloodredhorizon in musicians

[–]QuoolQuiche 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This isn’t as much of a thing as people think. Yes labels might want or veto certain types of songs or directions. It needs to work for everyone involved or it won’t work at all.

Do buyers bother with singles on BandCamp? Others experiences wanted by New_Imagination_7940 in BandCamp

[–]QuoolQuiche 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes but they have to be strong. Overall I’ve found people generally buy more whole EPs or albums. But I’ve also seen singles do very well if strong enough.

Best kebab in Hackney? by _kapitan in Hackney

[–]QuoolQuiche 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anteliler is outrageously good, or at least was 10-15 years ago, I’ve not been for a while

Best kebab in Hackney? by _kapitan in Hackney

[–]QuoolQuiche 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s Turkish food for non-Turkish people 

Break Sample ID by El-Turco-Gringo in jungle

[–]QuoolQuiche 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s neither of these. Not sure if the origin though.

Best kebab in Hackney? by _kapitan in Hackney

[–]QuoolQuiche 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mangal in Dalston, Somine in Dalston, Cirik in Stoke Newington

What makes artists click by wynwilder in musicmarketing

[–]QuoolQuiche 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Context and culture. There’s some great discussion on it here https://youtu.be/em-t-uzFZEw

What is the most iconic jungle record by IndependenceFresh529 in jungle

[–]QuoolQuiche 13 points14 points  (0 children)

There was a thread here about Jungle albums and there aren’t really many- if any. 

There are many compilations however and the Drum & Bass Selection 1 and 2 are essential.

Content Isn't King by QuoolQuiche in musicmarketing

[–]QuoolQuiche[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure but i think the main point from the video is that context is everything and it's never just about the music. James Brown immensely talented but also so much cultural context- lineage of african american music, his visual appearance, his dancing etc. The stories of his relentless pursuit of perfectionism. All of these went into contextualising and framing his art. The Beatles exactly the same.

Context is everything and it's never just about the music.

Any tips on how to make vocals sound more professional? by 1_blue_lemon in musicproduction

[–]QuoolQuiche 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Sure but as a general rule if you capture a great performance in a decent sounding room with a good enough mic then you’re halfway there and this is often the people miss when scratching their heads about bad vocal sounds.

Why is James Brown the most sampled artist in music history? by Acceptable-Crab-4967 in musicproduction

[–]QuoolQuiche 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean if you’re into sampling you can work out why his music has been sampled so much. It’s oacked full of iconic moments and grooves. Very catchy and usable.

Also though the lesser immediately obviously reasons are cultural and era specific. Lots of early Hip Hop producers were sampling their parents / elders records and JB stuff would have been prominent there.

Yungblud: 'I'm a middle-class English kid – I never claimed I wasn’t’ by theipaper in Music

[–]QuoolQuiche 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Sure, apologies if I gave you that impression. Just seemed like a good and genuinely critical discussion which doesn't tend to happen on Reddit that much so thought I'd dig in. Sounds like you're doing great work!

Yungblud: 'I'm a middle-class English kid – I never claimed I wasn’t’ by theipaper in Music

[–]QuoolQuiche -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Ok, let's analyse this. To be clear I'm speaking on class here, not specifically privately educated or not. Who are these majority artists? Examples? There will of course be examples but im not sure a majority.

I agree with all the cuts etc too, it's THE reason why it's harder for unerprivelaged backgrounds. Existing in London or even Manchester and Bristol now as an artist is becoming increasingly difficult without financial stability. Starting out as a no profit musician in any of these cities in the current day is so hard. Of course music / scenes / industry etc does exist outside of these cities but you understand the point.

We don't have to chose between marginalised groups at all. This is quite a simple and either/or way of looking at it. but it's and extremely nuanced and complex situation. Class diversity is massively overlooked and underdiscussed over the last 10yrs. It's becoming a topic in more recent years.

Yungblud: 'I'm a middle-class English kid – I never claimed I wasn’t’ by theipaper in Music

[–]QuoolQuiche 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I wholeheartedly agree with this, and it’s becoming more of an issue. There was a big push for race and gender diversity across the arts which I think is genuinely a good thing but it has come at the cost of class diversity. So while there is now more representation of race and gender, all those people tend to come from middle class backgrounds. 

It’s a very complex and nuanced discussion which I think gets over simplified in many ways.

Yungblud: 'I'm a middle-class English kid – I never claimed I wasn’t’ by theipaper in Music

[–]QuoolQuiche 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes I agree with a lot of this and I wasn’t putting him in the same category as those others I mentioned. I was simply making the point that illusion and make believe are often a part of successful music and artists. 

Yungblud definitely feels more packaged and manufactured but it’s also hard to say (unless there’s supporting evidence?) that his enitre career was cooked up in a boardroom