Is electronic/dance music an acquired taste?

scrogbot · 02-04-2011, 11:24 PM

just because its electronic doesnt mean its dance music. rock is dance music. swing is dance music. waltz's, rumba's and polka's are dance music.

is electronic dance music an acquired taste? yes and no (in my opinion). if you've ever had a lot of fun listening to electronic dance music its easier to appreciate it for reminding you of that time you had lots of fun. granted, "electronic dance" music often reminds people of doing drugs (usually of the "up" variety, at a rave). however, some people just like bass-y music that's easy to shake their ass to, whether its electronic or funk or rock'n'roll. lots of electronic music is bass heavy. some of its not. a lot of electronic music is not for dancing, more for chillin out at about 4:21

but i understand how people lump all electronic music into the kind of music gay guys like, ie: house, specificly what i call "diva house" (disco beat stuff with some diana summers sounding vocalist). but there's so many genre's of electronic music, there's house (which generally has a disco beat), and deep house (which is dark and moody) and "diva" house, and drum'n'bass (which is pretty macho or even thuggy, often with jazz or bossa nova beats), and jungle (which is a harder kind of drum'n'bass) and liquid (chill drum'n'bass) and ambient (like a movie score) and happy-hardcore (which is like overdosing on drugs - just noise in my opinion) and techno/electro (indie rock of electronic music) and candyraver trance (for kids on drugs) and acid jazz (for older people on drugs) and breakbeat (which has a particular beat pattern) and hiphop (which is essentially breakbeat with a rapper/vocalist) and downtempo (chillout music) and dubstep/garage/mashup (which is everything)...

and within each genre there's better stuff and lamer stuff. so yes its an acquired taste but "electronic dance" music varies so much it's tough to not find at least a few artists that you instantly like without acquiring the taste.

if you like non-electronic music but want to hear some electronic music that doesnt remind you of a dance club, try amon tobin, my favorite.

~~guttetrance~~ · 03-08-2011, 01:36 AM

Music come music go i think the sound and not the style is more importent.

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 03-08-2011, 03:39 AM

Depends on the sub-genre. I'd say dubstep might be considered an acquired taste.

Howard the Duck · 03-08-2011, 05:22 AM

i was really heavily into that scene in the late 80s, early to mid 90s

haven't really been keeping in touch with it

FETCHER. · 03-08-2011, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by IndiElectronica

Matter for instance looks like it's closing and am worries as have tix to see Shinichi Osawa, Steve Aoki and Etienne De Crecy.

I'm salivating.

I'd say it was, my friends particularly hate being in my car because I'll play different types of electronica music each time. I've been friends with them for a long time and one is slowly starting to actually like the style of music I like. The rest are having absolutely none of it.

IWP · 03-13-2011, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Vanilla

Depends on the sub-genre. I'd say dubstep might be considered an acquired taste.

Funny, because dubstep is one of the more popular sub genres of electronic music in my area. That's usually all I'll ever hear in my city's rave scene anymore, well that, and drum & bass.

ReadyWhenCalled · 03-13-2011, 03:19 PM

I think it is... Though, I didn't get into Electro style music until introduced... Clearly it seems to be meshing in with all genres now, but I kind of like it.. I enjoy all styles, and right now this one is in. It'll be interesting to see how musical taste develops over the next decade.

RWC-ReadyWhenCalled

CanwllCorfe · 03-13-2011, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by IWP

Funny, because dubstep is one of the more popular sub genres of electronic music in my area. That's usually all I'll ever hear in my city's rave scene anymore, well that, and drum & bass.

Yeah Dubstep is HUGE right now. It just took off out of nowhere. I think the really weird genres like Noise, Power Electronics, and Hardcore/Gabber are very much an acquired taste and are destined to just be unpopular.

FETCHER. · 03-13-2011, 08:05 PM

GABBER! That was my first love. My real love however is trance/techno. Also, dubstep is gash.

music_phantom13 · 03-14-2011, 05:47 PM

Oddly enough, I would think that for people that usually listen to the radio dubstep would be difficult to get into. For whatever reason, it seems to be easily the most popular style right now. Even the more ambient stuff taking cues from Burial is getting out there.

And what's gash? I dunno if that's good or bad I'm horrible with British and Scottish words

02-04-2011, 11:24 PM	#31 (permalink)
scrogbot Groupie Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 1	electronic or dance music is an acquired taste? just because its electronic doesnt mean its dance music. rock is dance music. swing is dance music. waltz's, rumba's and polka's are dance music. is electronic dance music an acquired taste? yes and no (in my opinion). if you've ever had a lot of fun listening to electronic dance music its easier to appreciate it for reminding you of that time you had lots of fun. granted, "electronic dance" music often reminds people of doing drugs (usually of the "up" variety, at a rave). however, some people just like bass-y music that's easy to shake their ass to, whether its electronic or funk or rock'n'roll. lots of electronic music is bass heavy. some of its not. a lot of electronic music is not for dancing, more for chillin out at about 4:21 but i understand how people lump all electronic music into the kind of music gay guys like, ie: house, specificly what i call "diva house" (disco beat stuff with some diana summers sounding vocalist). but there's so many genre's of electronic music, there's house (which generally has a disco beat), and deep house (which is dark and moody) and "diva" house, and drum'n'bass (which is pretty macho or even thuggy, often with jazz or bossa nova beats), and jungle (which is a harder kind of drum'n'bass) and liquid (chill drum'n'bass) and ambient (like a movie score) and happy-hardcore (which is like overdosing on drugs - just noise in my opinion) and techno/electro (indie rock of electronic music) and candyraver trance (for kids on drugs) and acid jazz (for older people on drugs) and breakbeat (which has a particular beat pattern) and hiphop (which is essentially breakbeat with a rapper/vocalist) and downtempo (chillout music) and dubstep/garage/mashup (which is everything)... and within each genre there's better stuff and lamer stuff. so yes its an acquired taste but "electronic dance" music varies so much it's tough to not find at least a few artists that you instantly like without acquiring the taste. if you like non-electronic music but want to hear some electronic music that doesnt remind you of a dance club, try amon tobin, my favorite. Last edited by scrogbot; 02-04-2011 at 11:44 PM.

03-08-2011, 03:39 AM	#33 (permalink)
Scarlett O'Hara Make it so Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 6,181	Depends on the sub-genre. I'd say dubstep might be considered an acquired taste. __________________ "Elph is truly an enfant terrible of the forum, bless and curse him" - Marie, Queen of Thots

03-08-2011, 01:36 AM	#32 (permalink)
~~guttetrance~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 14	Music come music go i think the sound and not the style is more importent.

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Howard the Duck Live by the Sword Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 9,075	i was really heavily into that scene in the late 80s, early to mid 90s haven't really been keeping in touch with it

03-13-2011, 03:19 PM	#37 (permalink)
ReadyWhenCalled Groupie Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: American residing in Canada Posts: 32	I think it is... Though, I didn't get into Electro style music until introduced... Clearly it seems to be meshing in with all genres now, but I kind of like it.. I enjoy all styles, and right now this one is in. It'll be interesting to see how musical taste develops over the next decade. RWC-ReadyWhenCalled

03-14-2011, 05:47 PM	#40 (permalink)
music_phantom13 Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 942	Oddly enough, I would think that for people that usually listen to the radio dubstep would be difficult to get into. For whatever reason, it seems to be easily the most popular style right now. Even the more ambient stuff taking cues from Burial is getting out there. And what's gash? I dunno if that's good or bad I'm horrible with British and Scottish words