dan1980 wrote: Genres we are looking for: All Things House, Indie Dance, Commercial/Crossover Dance, Electro, Breaks, Drum N Bass, Techno, Ambient.

jtredwings20 wrote:some may laugh so hard that their beverage comes out their nose...

i laughed so hard, the heroin came out my veins.

it is now happening, at least here, changing the names ("alex young") and nationality... and yes, i can still hear mnml i like but it is not what has become "mainstream". While genre names are stupid, I agree that there's still a lot of good-sounding "minimal" out ther...

Yeah, genres don't die... they just kind of become "obsolete" because too many people ruin it. EDM is cyclic, so I guess when Alex Young & friends will start making tracks called "Housalistic" and "Housecongas" and even the crappiest italian digital labels will swit...

patrick bateman wrote: I think this is what I've been pointing out in this thread

Yeah heh, I guess what you meant is not that you shouldn't "take care of your mastering", but rather "don't do it if you don't know how".

With a demo you are probably trying to impress a label, so IMO it's best if you actually DO spend some time for a "rough master", even if it's not going to be used -- adding a randomly picked limiter preset or something like that is probably going to just ruin the dynamics of a track and ...

With a demo you are probably trying to impress a label, so IMO it's best if you actually DO spend some time for a "rough master", even if it's not going to be used -- adding a randomly picked limiter preset or something like that is probably going to just ruin the dynamics of a track and ...

Yeah, I actually didn't write that right in my first post. If you're not making anything groundbreaking/original AND noone else is taking it, most likely it is something that isn't wanted. I agree the best way to go is with beatiful original music but also good artwork, titles etc.... just put as mu...