Rules for a Hit Song: A blog about song writing, theory, and genres of electronic music.
Rules for a Hit Song: A blog about song writing, theory, and genres of electronic music.
Rules for a Hit Song: A blog about song writing, theory, and genres of electronic music.
Rules for a Hit Song: A blog about song writing, theory, and genres of electronic music.
Rules for a Hit Song: A blog about song writing, theory, and genres of electronic music.
Rules for a Hit Song: A blog about song writing, theory, and genres of electronic music.
Rules for a Hit Song: A blog about song writing, theory, and genres of electronic music.
So you want to make music but don’t know where to start?
You’ve come to the right place.
Here at Rules For A Hit Song we believe that everyone can make music and we aim to provide the beginner with a starting point and anyone interested in learning more with a resource for their own musical development.
I am a research scientist at Spotify, and regularly give talks on my research, such as at the International Conference of Music Information Retrieval. These talks are generally on topics related to Automatic Music Genre Classification. While the title of my blog is “Rules For A Hit Song”, I only write about those things that I am directly involved with, so be aware that I am not a musician myself. I have done some work with musicians in the past, but currently do not have any connections with the music industry, and my current career focus is on machine learning for audio-based classification problems.
I used to do pretty frequent posts here, but now I am trying to only post when there is something truly interesting to share. If you want to keep up with that you can follow me on Twitter or subscribe via email below.
I’m a former electronic musician and producer. I’ve been writing experimental electronic music since the age of 14, starting with simple melodies composed on a Casio keyboard and eventually graduating to composing my own songs in Ableton Live.
My passion for electronic music started when I was 13 years old, when I would listen to trance music at home on my stereo. This sparked my interest in how electronic music is created and how it can be used to evoke emotions. From there, I began creating my own music, using Ableton Live to compose songs that have a wide range of influences, from soulful R&B and jazz to the harsh sounds of industrial rock.
At the age of 15, I produced an album under the name “Experimental Electronic Music.” It was well received by critics, who praised its unique sound and originality. The album featured many songs that were influenced by genres such as house, techno, trance, IDM (Intelligent Dance Music), and ambient music.
Electronic music is a genre that has seen a surge in popularity throughout the past decade. Artists like Skrillex and Major Lazer have broken through to the mainstream with unique styles and sounds. In this article we’ll cover some of the different types of electronic music and how you can get started making it yourself.
Electronic music is not just one style, but instead a number of styles that are united by their use of electronic instruments or computerized sounds. Many electronic artists will incorporate acoustic elements into their work as well, such as live drums or guitar.
The most popular genres currently are dubstep and house. Dubstep features prominent bass lines, wobbly synths, and often incorporates elements of hip hop music, such as vocals and rap verses. Dubstep also sometimes uses samples from other genres such as rock or classical, creating a sort of fusion genre with dubstep at its base.
House music is characterized by repetitive beats and basslines that change gradually over time, often following patterns from disco or funk songs from previous decades. House producers will often sample old funk records for their basslines and drum grooves, then add synthesizers on top to create new melodies. House songs tend to be longer than their hip hop counterparts, ranging from five minutes up
Experimental electronic music is a genre that uses various types of electronic equipment to create unusual and often unpredictable sounds. This could be anything from synthesizers to cell phones and laptops, as long as they produce abstract and unexpected sounds. Experimental electronic music can often sound like the output of malfunctioning equipment, but this is not necessarily the case.
Experimental electronic music is closely related to musique concrète (literally “concrete music”), a genre created by Pierre Schaeffer in the 1940s. Schaeffer took recordings of everyday objects and manipulated them to create an entirely new sound. He also incorporated recordings of traditional instruments into his compositions. Schaeffer’s musique concrète was a very influential genre that paved the way for many genres of experimental electronic music.
Some well-known musicians who have worked in the genre include Brian Eno, Aphex Twin, and Thomas Dolby.
Experimental electronic music is a genre of music that utilises electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in an experimental manner. It emerged from the technological experimentation of musique concrète, electroacoustic music, and other 20th-century art music.
Experimental electronic music may be generally characterized as either:
musical improvisation in a modern classical idiom; or,
extensive use of processing, alteration, and/or non-traditional musical instruments to create new timbres and textures.
The term “experimental” encompasses all forms of electroacoustic music that push established boundaries and exceed the conventions of popular genres. Musicians who produce this kind of music are often referred to as sound artists or audio artists (although these terms can also refer to people working with sound outside of traditional musical contexts).