Tuesday, January 06, 2004
Vacation snapshot #3:
Taking Scott record shopping, in search of new sounds, and, while describing Massive Attack's Protection to him, finding myself having to define "dub." I think I came up with something along the lines of "reggae - not dancehall - without the lyrics, very bass-heavy, but not like drum'n'bass." But what struck me was the initial challenge: how, exactly, does one define dub? I'll throw this question to the studio audience.
Not to mention that in introducing Scott to new genres/styles (he's a fan of some trance, but wanted to step out of that ghetto), I felt a bit like Thom Filicia, only in a record store instead of Pier 1: "Now, I noticed that you like x, and I think you're ready to branch out and try something more y..."
Taking Scott record shopping, in search of new sounds, and, while describing Massive Attack's Protection to him, finding myself having to define "dub." I think I came up with something along the lines of "reggae - not dancehall - without the lyrics, very bass-heavy, but not like drum'n'bass." But what struck me was the initial challenge: how, exactly, does one define dub? I'll throw this question to the studio audience.
Not to mention that in introducing Scott to new genres/styles (he's a fan of some trance, but wanted to step out of that ghetto), I felt a bit like Thom Filicia, only in a record store instead of Pier 1: "Now, I noticed that you like x, and I think you're ready to branch out and try something more y..."
# posted by Thomas : 12:38 PM
