Techno music

[Daniel Belich]

hey guys,

I wanted to ask your opinion about this song: Twenty One Pilots - Heathens (SKAZI RMX)

what is your opinion?

[Daniela H Benavides]

I think that the song of Twenty One Pilots - Heathens (SKAZI RMX) is very good, the rhythm of the song is very contagious, very good idea to do, a mixture of alternative rock with electro. I love this song.

[MikeRobinson]

It's quite imaginative.  Just when you think you know what it's going to be, you have that "several seconds slider" and then go off in a new direction which still feels related to what we've already heard.

 

One general comment I'd make is that so far the mix really doesn't include deep bass.  You've got a lot of high-range, a certain amount of mid-range tending toward high, and some "bass-like thumps" that to my ear really don't get into bass.  What comes to my mind is the long full-measure progressions that you often hear from the double-basses in an orchestra.  It becomes a sort of sweep that moves the song along without getting in the way.  I think the addition of such a track would be an interesting improvement.  You could even put two-note chords down there.  When you look at the song on a frequency-display, I think you really want to see action taking place in all three ranges.  Even in "techno."

[ShepBranson]

S'cool. Tho I am not a fan of the "pre-drop" I think that it is waaay to repetitive and a little annoying. Maybe with another phrase in the beginning and then the main phrase as a pre-drop

[MikeRobinson]

Part of my general disagreement with "Techno" is that too much of it really is formulaic ... please remember that I was there in the 1980's when the Drum Machine (and MIDI) were first being invented.  I really don't like to encounter "musical tropes."  Yes, we've all watched YouTube videos where composers literally "write a 'song' in one hour." 

 

All I can say is that there's a very, very long distance between a McDonald's hamburger and a carefully-cooked steak accompanied by a very good bottle of wine ... and guess which one of the two I'm gonna pay my money for.