Can you make drum and bass at lower bpms?

[XXDarkShadow79XX]

guys!
chill.
I got this:
DnB is only valid at 175 BPM, everything else is forbidden!

And likewise, dubstep is only dubstep at exactly 140 BPM, anything else isn't dubstep.
Also, house is not house unless it is 128 BPM. That is all.

I know you were being sarcastic, but you're kind of right. Well actually, I think we should follow this rule that I usually follow.

It's still X genre plus 10 Bpm on either side. For example, dubstep is still dubstep from 130-150. It cannot be 120 or 160. Likewise, DnB can be 160-180. Now there are a few exceptions, but generally this is something I like to follow.

[Nine Volt]

Eh, you and I have differing opinions. I agree that we should have genres, but they shouldn't be so rigid. Yes, some genres like house are practically built on being in that 128 area, but ones like dubstep are a lot more flexible. So what if a song is, say, 90 BPM? If it sounds like dubstep, it is dubstep (in my book).

You're right to an extent though, and I understand where you're coming from.

I tend to enjoy experimentation rather than sticking to the guidelines, so I often ignore or bend rules like BPM guidelines and such. Something standard is fine, but if we don't bend or break the rules then we will basically cease to develop new styles. Many, many, many genres were borne from experimentation and rule breaking in previous genres. For example, dubstep (old school style, not brostep) was (to my knowledge) born from a combination of dub and 2-step. Now, the genre has evolved into the robotic, massive, distorted clusterfuck that we all love, thanks to experimentation and rule breaking.

You follow that rule all you want, I'm content with basing classifications on how it sounds rather than the BPM.

Something that we can all probably agree on is that dubstep fans make too many subgenres :/

Also sorry for the massive post, as well as possible screw-ups/repetition. I'm literally just making this up and not looking back XD

[Friv]

It's still X genre plus 10 Bpm on either side. For example, dubstep is still dubstep from 130-150. It cannot be 120 or 160. Likewise, DnB can be 160-180. Now there are a few exceptions, but generally this is something I like to follow.

Dubstep can be 120bpm too; and drum & bass can be 130bpm or 25000bpm if you feel like it. Don't follow the "music rules" just because idiots tell you something must be this. People like Skrillex or Socrates wouldn't be as popular as they are if they didn't innovate.

[Nine Volt]

Basically everything me, Kyoga, and Friv said. Now everyone shutthefuckup.

[the4thImpulse]

Basically everything me, Kyoga, Friv and 4th said. Now everyone shutthefuckup.

Fixed, I will also ask for this thread to be locked.

[Nine Volt]

Basically everything me, Kyoga, Friv and 4th said. Now everyone shutthefuckup.

Fixed, I will also ask for this thread to be locked.

Thanks 4th, I didn't look back to see what people said on the first page :/

[Stars In Autumn]

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