its all about feel, not the instruments. use the same old shxt if you want to sound like a bad rip-off of everything that someone else already DID, or follow your heart and maybe you'll end up with detroit techno, maybe you'll end up with something "better" or maybe something different. maybe you could make a name for YOURSELF and stop re-inforcing the stagnation of detroit techno. this is a result of a few pioneers and a whoooole lotta sheep/producers.
for something as expansive as music, to limit yourself before you even write the first note is both a disservice to yourself, the listener, and music as a whole. agree or not, its my 2 cents -Joe I am not a producer or a DJ. So from a consumer of the material. I would say I think you can have a detroit 'feel' to the music without using classic detroit instuments. theres a lot of music that has a detroit 'feel' to it. it's the string sounds, the high hat programing and the warm percussive percusion. the future feel. there a hiphip instumental track on roots manuva's 'dub come save me' (apols cant remember the title) which to me is a detroit inspired track, whether mr roots would think that or not, I don't know. but that's how I hear it. more later. just wanted to chip in. rav. Which brings me to this: Can an artist be considered Detroit (or simply techno) ONLY if he or she uses the classic Detroit instruments and melodies/style or is it more about the energy that the music carries?
