dang y'all are pessimistic
....or something
StevenAD wrote:My problem with making music based on pop culture (and this is the main reason why I'm stepping away from it) is that it gives your music an inherent shelf-life. As soon as MLP is irrelevant, so is what you've created. I may come across as pompous or whatever, but I want to try to make my work stand the test of time, and also make it stand on its own merits.
why are you creating music based on pop culture?
Myself? I enjoy the pop culture, and I really love music.
Why not combine the two?
Pony music, remixes of anime themes, whatever. It's a product of two things that you love. If you pour your soul into that, it shouldn't matter how popular the culture part is.
It's you. Or rather, it's an extension of you. A relic of where you've been and a sign that points to where you've grown since.
If you make a song that you only enjoy because it references pop culture, then that thing will expire faster than you can listen to it.
I don't know about you but I'm damn proud of what I've made "for ponies".
in fact, look at that first link again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwvzdMVJubA
that may be the worst as far as having an "expiration date"
but holy hell, it's a summation of my time, my music, my friends, and quite possibly the best year of my life.
maybe it's irrelevant to everyone else, but it's not leaving my heart.
but yet...
"Bose-Einstein Disco Complex" is not what I would call pony related.
0 pony samples
1 periodicvideos sample
and so I just started the periodicvideos remix scene.
when I was making the song, I was thinking about rainbow dash: fast and stylish, lots of energy.
but "fast and stylish and energetic" is not interchangeable with "Rainbow Dash". The song is a fast and stylish and energetic song, not a Rainbow Dash song.
But since the album was aiming for fast and stylish and energetic A LA RAINBOW DASH, I got in R&R (presumably).
does being in a pony album put a shorter shelf life on the song?
does being inspired by Rainbow Dash put a shorter shelf life on the song?
if you ask me, I'd answer no and no.
It's inspired by ponies but the end product is music that I like.
that's what's important.
StevenAD wrote:Yes, I am pissed off about what some people are saying about the album. It's not exactly a good feeling working so hard, achieving a goal, and then having people immediately dismiss you. I'm proud of my song, but jesus.
I honestly don't understand where all of this negativity / dismissal came from.
but I hate hate hate HATE seeing it spread around like some infection.
afaict, the general reaction among non-musicians is positive.
and it's a good album, damnit.