[Machi]

Do you guys think you can know get to know the person via music they create or spin?

I have noticed over the years to have much better relationships with producers/djs whose music I really connect with rather then those who create the stuff I don't care for….any thoughts?

[cosmicvibrations]

Short answer: sorta kinda, but not really.

Does the person have the ability/skills to use their creative tool in exactly the way that they want to? Are they expressing what they want to express? I think that makes a difference.

Also, I purposefully use electronic music as a conduit for raw emotion. If you're getting to know me through one piece of raw emotional music, I guess that's something… but who's to say you'll understand it the way I did? I could make a piece inspired by how horrible I feel, and it could come out very different to you.

I don't know, that's a a teensy tiny piece of my answer to this question, which is a really complicated one. Art is so subjective.

I do know that the personal nature of someone's music is why I enjoy live sets.

[Machi]

thx Leo, cool answer, you keep surprising me more and more….

I am talking more about artists who I would expect from to know their tools enough to express themselves, esp. since they already have managed to make it to the point of performing in the front of live audience.
It is much more straightforward if it comes to djing, imo. Also, I am not talking about one-time experience, more like a combination of released productions,  live performances at different party settings and stuff like that…

[PookztA]

Do you guys think you can know get to know the person via music they create or spin?

I have noticed over the years to have much better relationships with producers/djs whose music I really connect with rather then those who create the stuff I don't care for….any thoughts?

i agree a whole bunch.

i wouldn't say i get to know a producer or DJ very well based on their music, but you do learn some things about them for sure.

still though, the qualities someone selects in tracks or puts into tracks they produce does say a good amount about their intention with the music, so for that reason, yes, i definitely connect with people based on their music.

i definitely dig artists that play more positive, meaningful styles of music (whether that be dark, morning, progressive, downtempo, or whatever). i love hearing empowering samples that instill positive vibes and inspirational thoughts in the listener, because it makes me feel that the artist probably picked those songs or made those songs to help other people be happier and to get more out of life, as opposed to just playing a track that sounds cool to the musician.

just my 2 cents

[Ascension]

Funny story about this.

Last year at Sacred Earth when Ekoplex was done with his set, I went up to him and said, “I bet you like Wizzy Noise”. He pulls up his sleeve to show me a section of a Wizzy Noise track's waveform that he got tattooed on his arm 🙂

[PookztA]

Funny story about this.

Last year at Sacred Earth when Ekoplex was done with his set, I went up to him and said, “I bet you like Wizzy Noise”. He pulls up his sleeve to show me a section of a Wizzy Noise track's waveform that he got tattooed on his arm 🙂

haha that is pretty cool 🙂

[Nameless One]

It was really awesome meeting Mubali last year… I just spent some time going “ohhhh, right.”

[Ascension]

It was really awesome meeting Mubali last year… I just spent some time going “ohhhh, right.”

Yes. Great example of someone's music reflecting their personality almost perfectly. I think the Ooze do a pretty good job of this as well (cause those dudes are weird and like to see ppl naked).

[Machi]

It was really awesome meeting Mubali last year… I just spent some time going “ohhhh, right.”

Yes. Great example of someone's music reflecting their personality almost perfectly. I think the Ooze do a pretty good job of this as well (cause those dudes are weird and like to see ppl naked).

totly (just as pronounced) man  ;D, Mubali and Oozies (I am ooze's official grupie btw  :P) are the reason I started this thread  😀

[psycherhexic]

i think alot of this is super true…

you can gather a big vibe…

but the best thing is when you listen to records and then watch an actual interview and you were DEAD WRONG.

I mean when i met Electrypnose it was VERY weird, he was exactly like I imagined, and my girlfriend stood a couple feet back while we spoke… later that day she said how weird it was that he seemed like an older version of me…… which is crazy considering how I'd been going on and on about how perfect his music was for the past year.

I think through his production I could gather a vibe.. that time it was a perfect image.

One lately was this guy I've been getting heavily into.. Vladislav Delay, I hadn't seen any photos at first and just knew from the music that the dude had to be small… quiet.. and stylistically minded. then I found these:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BvpCn2eyAN0/SErjGeY-olI/AAAAAAAAAfA/n68iXnixfh0/s400/delay.jpg
http://www.substation.co.nz/zimages/luomostudio1.jpg

dude is a genius.

[emilybobemily]

It was really awesome meeting Mubali last year… I just spent some time going “ohhhh, right.”

when I met mubs it was like weeeeeeee beer.

[justin]

couple things I wanted to mention about this… what people do with music is more like… look at it like it's a place you can get to, not a place you exist all the time. It's just a certain, usually hidden part of a person expressing itself. If it was always the artist talking they'd barely be able to function in this society (let's face it this is no place for children). Most music occurs in a focused, almost kind of meditative state a place apart from what happens in a social setting. Sometimes it carries over into a personality, usually it doesn't. If you run into an “open channel” (an overly empathetic, sensitive person) you're usually running into a quivering ball of neurosis cause they are just reflecting the world around them. If you run into an artists claiming ownership of their art that's when you run into that arrogant egomaniac thing. With that it's usually just a misunderstanding of where the music comes from. Musicians don't 'own' music in the same way a person doesn't 'own' information. It's just a translation or reflection of life experiences.

[cosmicvibrations]

Ocelot is another good example. Would you guys agree that his music reflects some visible part of him?

I'm with you though Justin. Many times it's a hidden part of someone. 🙂 (I like this thread.)

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