Cities that are not Boston and may or may not be better.

And I have to say, since I'm bringing up the Roxbury parade in contrast -- the crowd in those photos looks very very very white, and not very representative of the city's actual ethnic makeup.
 
Boston's always been a segregated city and you should know that. SF isn't that much different since most of it is gentrified and kicked the minorities out to Oakland. There's nothing wrong with having a MEGA parade for people who listen to EDM. Ron, you complain a lot about NIMBYs in this area, but have you looked at yourself in the mirror lately? You need to do some soul searching and I'm here to help if you need it!
 
Ron a NIMBY? How on Earth did you get that idea?

I guess a Love Parade isn't exactly to my tastes, but they seem to be quite popular. I prefer a centralized, weekend long festival over a parade, but that's just me. And I'm not huge on the techno/trance/electronica/etc. music, I like it better when it's blended with other genres (De La Soul's Troublemaker remix of Matt & Kim's Daylight is a good example).

I've been really interested in the concept of multi-sensory events recently, especially with all the hubbub over the Olympics and the X-Games. They do an excellent job of attracting people, investment, and media coverage that obviously benefits the city. The idea that an event doesn't just satisfy one purpose is also cool - the X Games have competition during the day, festival villages to meander, more competition at night, and a party throughout. We talked about getting an event like this in Boston, specifically an F1 race, a while back. I think it was either Ron or Beton that promoted it the most.

Either way, we need some type of event that puts Boston on the national map. Our sports are all well and good, but they attract only fans of Boston sports. Local live music is the same. People come from all over the continent to see Coachella and Austin City Limits. What if we could do that here?
 
Either way, we need some type of event that puts Boston on the national map. Our sports are all well and good, but they attract only fans of Boston sports.
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Have you heard of the Boston marathon?
 
And there are many genres of Dance music that you can listen to at this event:

-Drum & Bass
-House
-Trance
-Techno
-Happy Hardcore
-Dubstep
-Psy-Trance

There's something for everybody!
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There's absolutely nothing for people who like music they can listen to...not just dance.
 
^^Today I listened to rant radio Industrial, the happy hardcore station on di.fm, and bassdrive.com and I'm not even at a club. I'm certainly not dancing while I'm typing this message to your suburban ass.
 
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Ron Newman said:
who says I'm complaining about anything?
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Ron Newman said:
..the crowd in those photos looks very very very white...
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You're complaining there aren't enough minorities in the crowd and implying that another MEGA parade shouldn't come to little-old Boston unless there is more diversity. You're setting up a pre-existing condition which is what all the other NIMBYs in this city do to block new development (whether it's architecture, planning, or events).
 
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There's absolutely nothing for people who like music they can listen to...not just dance.
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Speaking as someone who makes 95% of his income from creating and performing music on a "real" instrument (the drum set), I'd say you're 95% wrong. EDM can create so many different moods, more IMO than what can be achieved with the standard guitars-and-drums setup, and I consider several sub-genres (IDM, house and trance) among my absolute favorite styles. Telefon Tel Aviv FTW!

EDIT: hey armpitsOFmight, notice how I didn't make a single personal attack on the person I'm responding to? Please learn a lesson from this and grow up. This forum isn't the Youtube comments section.
 
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^^Today I listened to rant radio Industrial, the happy hardcore station on di.fm, and bassdrive.com and I'm not even at a club. I'm certainly not dancing while I'm typing this message to your suburban ass.
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You should check out harderbase.fm and technobase.fm. It's a German radio station but they play songs from all languages.
 
kz1000ps said:
Speaking as someone who makes 95% of his income from creating and performing music on a "real" instrument (the drum set), I'd say you're 95% wrong. EDM can create so many different moods, more IMO than what can be achieved with the standard guitars-and-drums setup, and I consider several sub-genres (IDM, house and trance) among my absolute favorite styles. Telefon Tel Aviv FTW!
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I think the many references throughout this thread to raves, parades, dance parties, and "scenes" skewed my judgment...the discussion just didn't seem to involve music at all. i will admit a basic ignorance about EDM, but I know for sure I prefer EDM any day of the week over fratty hip hop if I go clubbing. Anyway, I'm a huge jazz fanatic so there is more than enough music out there to keep me occupied.
 
implying that another MEGA parade shouldn't come to little-old Boston unless there is more diversity
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Nowhere did I say or imply any such thing. You are reading things into my words that simply aren't there. It's annoying.
 
Here is one of my issues w/ electronic music. A keyboardist can switch to a drum kit w/ his effects. Suddenly a keyboardist can play a virtual drum kit w/ his 10 digits, giving him way more options than a drumer who has 4 limbs to work with. It would allow a person to be the most amazing drummer w/ out ever having to have the talent and workethic to actually achieve those sounds on a drum kit. I kind of view this as cheating. I mean I guess it's an opionion on what matters more, how the sound was produced, or who cares how it was produced it sounds good.

And this is very specific thing that dosn't apply to all electronic music. Some are really just bands w/ keyboardists doing lots of layering type things.
But in other styles, if you hear a good trumpet solo, it's b/c someone w/ the skills to play the trumpet well played it well. Technology heavily used in electronic styles allows you to skirt actaully having chops and I think that is wack. Again I guess it only matters if you care how the song is produced.
 
fruityloops ftw! even i can produce some edm, though my loops are not pro level yet

no other genre of music just sounds as good, and that's what i care about. playing video games with it on, driving the car, dancing the night away, it will always brighten your mood
 
As this thread spirals further and further off topic, I gotta toss in my $0.02.

I've listened to tons of this stuff. Massive Attack, Goldie, Carl Cox, Skinny Puppy, Autechre, much of the Wax Trax and Warp Records catalogs, shit my friend Mark cooks up on his MacBook, and so on...

But if I'm reaching for one record in this genre, this is it.

Ace cut:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2vg_fsY2ow&feature=related
 
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