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Trimms
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 Posted - 2008/11/19 : 03:36:24
A happy hardcore album that isn't all hardcore?
I'm working on my first album, and it's going well. To be honest, writing 16 happy hardcore tracks is not something I plan on doing. The album will become redundant even if I travel through many different sub-genres of hardcore. So, I've got some electronica, industrial, piano and percussion, and even a punk song. Out of the 16 tracks on the album, 11 of them are hardcore, and the others are the aforementioned genres.
Do you think as happy hardcore fans that you would welcome this breath of fresh air? (If it's done right, of course.) I wouldn't want to offset dance fans by having some music that doesn't appeal to them on the album, but it would also be impossible to appeal to fans of the other genres of music as the album is mostly hardcore.
And you may wonder, why include different genres anyway? - it's a concept album about my descent into depression. It starts happy, innocent, and alive and slowly degrades into a nightmarish hell. As far as I know, no one's done anything like it in dance before (then again, most artists don't release solo albums.) So the other genres keep things interesting and keep the storyline exciting. They set the mood - especially the punk and industrial.
So, sorry to bother you with this, but I would like to know if you'd give a more experimental piece a try, even if it's not what you're used to hearing.
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Edited by - Trimms on 2008/11/19 03:38:59 |
warped_candykid
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Posted - 2008/11/19 : 05:16:01
Well, if you dont plan to make the album all Happy/UK Hardcore, then you don't need to label, OR title the cd as such. You can label it a Dance Collection album, or something along that line.
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CDJay
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Posted - 2008/11/19 : 07:30:41
I don't see why not.
Look at Sharkey's first album, with stuff like Forever Flying & Funk'd Hardcore.
Or glance over in CLSM's direction, with their excellent artist albums and indeed related chill out releases.
Although that's a high benchmark to aim at ;)
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choonland
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Posted - 2008/11/19 : 13:06:27
yes, I would definitely give it a shot, there is many people who like VERY different kinds of music, so thats not a limitation.
besides what you say is true: better have many good tracks in diferent genres, than one or two good HHC tracks and another 14 regular songs just to fill a cd,
its allready hard enough to make a kick ass HHC track to try producing 16 :P
give it a GO!
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bulby_g
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Posted - 2008/11/19 : 15:06:51
Don't see why not. :)
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pinkdevil16
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Posted - 2008/11/19 : 16:28:53
Yeah sounds cool not to sure about the punk but tho lol
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discoredia
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Posted - 2008/11/19 : 16:33:38
Go for it. Look at the variety of stuff Moby has done in the past.
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Trimms
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Posted - 2008/11/19 : 19:55:11
Thanks guys. It's good to see that it wouldn't be frowned upon.
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if you dont plan to make the album all Happy/UK Hardcore, then you don't need to label, OR title the cd as such. You can label it a Dance Collection album, or something along that line.
The only dance is hardcore. The other genres are not dance, so it wouldn't be a dance compilation. I know what you're trying to say, but I don't agree that it wouldn't be a hardcore album.
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Yeah sounds cool not to sure about the punk but tho lol
Haha, don't worry, there will be plenty more to enjoy :D
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sense_of_hardcore
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Posted - 2008/11/19 : 19:59:00
Why not? I think its a good idea, you don't have to limit yourself to one genre throughout the album.
CDJay gave a good example of a current hardcore/freeform artist. Sharkey did experiment with a few styles on his 'Hard Life' album and I thought it paid off. The two were maybe a radical departure from the traditional freeform sound however I could still tell they were Sharkey tracks. Funk D'Hardcore fused rock elements very well and K-Complex managed to tweak the track a bit to make it sound more like traditional hardcore years later.
Even in other musical genres, Trance legends like Paul van Dyk and Ferry Corsten, Techno legends like Dave Clarke, DnB legends like Roni Size etc., on their artist albums they often experiment with different genres like rap or RnB, mainsteam pop, soul and rock.
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TheOneNOnly
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Posted - 2008/11/19 : 20:11:22
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Originally posted by Naturatech:
yes, I would definitely give it a shot, there is many people who like VERY different kinds of music, so thats not a limitation.
besides what you say is true: better have many good tracks in diferent genres, than one or two good HHC tracks and another 14 regular songs just to fill a cd,
its allready hard enough to make a kick ass HHC track to try producing 16 :P
give it a GO!
100% agree, I am one that like a huge amounts of different music.
I listen to a lot of things, not all mind you, and albums with different styles is always a plus in my book.
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