Deviations?
(written originally at 2am, 3/12/25)
BUT NOW FINISHED 3/15 AT THE SAME DAMN TIME (ب_ب)
I've noticed the genres I write my own music for are pretty broad as it goes, seeing as how I could post a Pluggnb snippet one day and a have an entire album length backlog of drum & bass plus some hardcore (which, teehee, I do (╥﹏╥) ). I have been asked by people why this is the case and to be honest, I don't actually know...
I post what I like and Ive always been straight with that, I'm not gonna just make a bunch of dark plugg for some quick numbers and promo the shit out of it, in fact that's why I write and intend on releasing more hardcore & breakbeats. You shouldn't have to pander your own creations to just one community because its the genre thats getting numbers at the time, I have been teaching myself breakbeats & hardcore in the background of plugg because:
1. Everyone expects a quality out of their work that they themselves have to meet or the process will feel unfulfilling
2. It keeps the spark alive and scratches the itch of creating while I study other sounds
Each genre has its respective skill gaps, and lucky enough for me I've chosen the 2 easiest and 2 hardest types to write for (to me at least), being 90-2k Hardcore & Dark Plugg, along with their counterparts, Jungle & Pluggnb
Going into both of these more and why they are contrasting in their own manners. Dark Plugg is incredibly easy to write with a lot of personalization room to make it sound how you want, usually being bass lines that are distorted to hell and very repetitive but colorful and in-your-face drums. A prime example of these is the variety of beats used by Lazerdim700 and showcased a lot by producers such as Perc40 & boolymon. On the other hand you have Pluggnb, where the focus is making the most angelic sounding beat and putting it to your standard everyday rap song. Examples of this come in 2 forms (which I don't really wanna get into (눈‸눈) ) but mostly consist of artists like Summrs & Lil Shine, the genre is the base of all Plugg subs, but focuses more on carrying the entire song with grandios piano layerings and hard, punchy hitting, but smooth bass lines.
Secondly, (without getting picky over the modern age) Jungle is a lot more difficult to write for than it's later siblings. Jungle relies on a smooth flow of every component in your song, and focuses on a strong piano focal point to base all of your secondary sounds around, then tied off with an almost ever changing riffy drum pattern to keep it interesting. Jungle (and later Hardcore) was originally written to set moods for extended periods of time and to mix together easily, this means that often times the classic songs run upwards of 3 minutes and stretch into 6 or even 8 sometimes. Same can be said with Hardcore on the offhand, but now focusing on harder and much more repetitive drums to lay down a beat that's easier to follow and move with. Jungle worked it's way into Hardcore as a beat carrier or transitional method to give hardcore a simple intermittent variety to it's sound. Hardcore also adapted the same methods of Jungle, using largely the same piano workings and riff melodies that could be turned to bpms from 140 to even 200+.
Now that you know the basics, here's some examples of each to formulate your own thoughts on:
People that enjoy my Plugg tend to not enjoy my Jungle & Hardcore and vice versa. I dont need you guys to see eye to eye, I just want you to know what goes into both, and the most important part:
I MAKE IT BECAUSE I ENJOY IT!!!!!!!!
Oh yeah, and here's another Mazda!
LOOKING's original FD, beautiful car, not enough photos of it ಠಗಠ
(sorry for the post time, Ive been wrapped up in music all day, but isn't that a good thing? Being able to clear your decks to work on something you enjoy? (◡ ω ◡) )
