Oi oi!
Always wanted to ask ya this one. What are your thoughts on quite young (from 2005) genre of music called - Hardstyle?
If nobody knows what da fk am i talking about : Hardstyle is sort of hardtrance only with 150 bpm (im giving the exact data cuz i swear everygoddanm song is in this tempo).
It's pretty schematic: intro; another intro to main melody (usually with sbd talking if you know); melody teaser; full-blast melody; outro (which is the intro from the begging).
I think what is the most characteristic about hardstyle is the famous kicks and cheesy melodies (not always lol but worth digging out). Really deep overdriven bass kicks that distinguish artists from each other.
And what is most famous about hardstyle is not really the music itself, but the shows in which it's played. You just gotta see it. Type in google or youtube : Qlimax, Defgon 1 or Mysteryland and you'll know.
From oldskool point of view (at least mine lol) : it's got the groove, melodies fit (not all as i said ^^^), music gives you quite energy bust and it's not really that concentrated about money really... Because in 90' house music movement it was all about the good time and last thing you'd think about was money. Now here is pretty the same only situated in 20'. Hardstyle producers are fully aware that they won't make much money since it's all in internet innit. You can download any song you want for free, so they are just type of people who're saying :"we ain't going to make lots of money on this so might as well enjoy it
and we'll get all the shiny stuff from shows anyway".
sheeesh that was a quite long one.
Any feedback appreciated
All the best
Always wanted to ask ya this one. What are your thoughts on quite young (from 2005) genre of music called - Hardstyle?
If nobody knows what da fk am i talking about : Hardstyle is sort of hardtrance only with 150 bpm (im giving the exact data cuz i swear everygoddanm song is in this tempo).
It's pretty schematic: intro; another intro to main melody (usually with sbd talking if you know); melody teaser; full-blast melody; outro (which is the intro from the begging).
I think what is the most characteristic about hardstyle is the famous kicks and cheesy melodies (not always lol but worth digging out). Really deep overdriven bass kicks that distinguish artists from each other.
And what is most famous about hardstyle is not really the music itself, but the shows in which it's played. You just gotta see it. Type in google or youtube : Qlimax, Defgon 1 or Mysteryland and you'll know.
From oldskool point of view (at least mine lol) : it's got the groove, melodies fit (not all as i said ^^^), music gives you quite energy bust and it's not really that concentrated about money really... Because in 90' house music movement it was all about the good time and last thing you'd think about was money. Now here is pretty the same only situated in 20'. Hardstyle producers are fully aware that they won't make much money since it's all in internet innit. You can download any song you want for free, so they are just type of people who're saying :"we ain't going to make lots of money on this so might as well enjoy it
and we'll get all the shiny stuff from shows anyway". sheeesh that was a quite long one.
Any feedback appreciated
All the best
