EM Education 101

I just decided that a feature of my blog, will be Electronic Music Education. I will try to introduce you to great artists, legendary tracks, as well as techniques, theories and gear. Because I think as a NeoBedouin that this education is needed for the following reasons:

I feel the real House music, the one we used to hold inside our heads and hearts, our ears and souls, is being mutilated. Commercialism fucks everything, and a bit of me hurts everytime i see a car passing by with a shitty sound system playing shitty dumb sounds, like shitty Tiesto and shittier Vendetta and shittiest David Guetta, to only name a few.

Ignorants calling themselves Dj's play dumb music in most of Lebanon's numerous clubs and pubs. And there's a reason why I call it "dumb": it makes people go dumb. Shallow music keeps people in their shallowness, deep sophisticated well built music, makes people meditate, widens the imagination and frees the body.

The purpose of what is called Electronic music, is to create infinite horizons of Sound and Rythm, beyond the boundaries of physical musical instruments. Its greatest advantage as I've always seen it, is that close link it has to human feelings and thoughts, its capacity to create a total atmosphere and direct focus.

So, it's not because you've been to a Sasha and John Digweed gig and popped some pills, or because you haven't missed any of PVD's and AVB's venues in Lebanon in the last few years, that you can yourself an Electro-Head. And it's not because you got some CDJ's and downloaded some tracks from the internet, that you can call yourself a DJ.

You need knowledge, thousands of listenning hours, research, observation, practice, sharing, and most importantly, a true and deeply-rooted Love for the Music.

Respect yourself musically.

Mission 1: Listen to the track above. Listen carefully, detect the sounds. Richard Devine has been on the scene for a while now, as a producer, sound designer and DJ.This track is taken from his 2003 album, it's a tough one but it's always good to start with the tough stuff.