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Should Overproductive music stop?
Yes. (I think they should.) 88%  88%  [ 7 ]
No. (Its impossible.) 13%  13%  [ 1 ]
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19 Sep 2011, 2:00 pm

It depends on what you mean by 'overproduced,' doesn't it?

I agree if you mean the sort of overdone, gimmicky productions that modern pop gets... autotune, cliche club samples, compressed mastering etc. Like Katy Perry, Black Eyed Peas, Kesha, and so forth.

I like complex music though, and I appreciate it when production is used creatively. Just throwing out some obvious examples... would groups like Pink Floyd, My Bloody Valentine and Radiohead fall under your definition of overproduced? They've all gone overboard at times but I think most people would agree that groups like them wouldn't be the same without their production.



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19 Sep 2011, 2:52 pm

helixloomer wrote:
It depends on what you mean by 'overproduced,' doesn't it?

I agree if you mean the sort of overdone, gimmicky productions that modern pop gets... autotune, cliche club samples, compressed mastering etc. Like Katy Perry, Black Eyed Peas, Kesha, and so forth.

I like complex music though, and I appreciate it when production is used creatively. Just throwing out some obvious examples... would groups like Pink Floyd, My Bloody Valentine and Radiohead fall under your definition of overproduced? They've all gone overboard at times but I think most people would agree that groups like them wouldn't be the same without their production.


I agree with this. I like complex music that is on the avant-garde side. People who would criticize those bands in the second paragraph for being "overproduced" would annoy me. Clearly they just don't "get" complex music and have a different preference.

However, I can understand criticisms of using auto-tune being used with simple pop, country, or folk music. If music is simple I at least want it to be soulful. Auto-tune takes all the soul out of the singers voice. Up to a certain limit I don't care if a singer is slightly off pitch at times as long as they can put emotion behind their voice. I guess some people just want a catchy melody they can remember and don't care about music being emotionally moving. So to each their own I guess.



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20 Sep 2011, 12:32 am

marshall wrote:
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marshall wrote:
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marshall wrote:
I vote this topic. Is completely subjective and meaningless.
Whatever do you mean?

What gets defined as "overproduced" is a subjective judgement. I like electronic effects if they are used creatively and help set the mood of a piece of music. I don't like otherwise simple pop music where the studio production is only used to make it sound more "perfect".
I also like electronic music and effects. When is separated and original of course. But when electro mashes up with any music genre, is not good to me. Is music fail.

So you would say bands like Radiohead make overproduced music?


they are a fairly progressive band who don't break grounds on sound engineering so much as they do on composition and arrangement. Overproduced or underproduced is fine so long as there is a context so we know what we're comparing or qualifying.


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20 Sep 2011, 8:36 pm

marshall wrote:
ConfusedDude wrote:
marshall wrote:
ConfusedDude wrote:
marshall wrote:
I vote this topic. Is completely subjective and meaningless.
Whatever do you mean?

What gets defined as "overproduced" is a subjective judgement. I like electronic effects if they are used creatively and help set the mood of a piece of music. I don't like otherwise simple pop music where the studio production is only used to make it sound more "perfect".
I also like electronic music and effects. When is separated and original of course. But when electro mashes up with any music genre, is not good to me. Is music fail.

So you would say bands like Radiohead make overproduced music?
No. Because is original and is awesome music.


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21 Sep 2011, 9:41 am

ConfusedDude wrote:
marshall wrote:
ConfusedDude wrote:
marshall wrote:
ConfusedDude wrote:
marshall wrote:
I vote this topic. Is completely subjective and meaningless.
Whatever do you mean?

What gets defined as "overproduced" is a subjective judgement. I like electronic effects if they are used creatively and help set the mood of a piece of music. I don't like otherwise simple pop music where the studio production is only used to make it sound more "perfect".
I also like electronic music and effects. When is separated and original of course. But when electro mashes up with any music genre, is not good to me. Is music fail.

So you would say bands like Radiohead make overproduced music?
No. Because is original and is awesome music.

Okay. I still don't quite understand the definition of overproduced. Probably because I don't listen to top40 music on the radio.



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21 Sep 2011, 4:59 pm

marshall wrote:
ConfusedDude wrote:
marshall wrote:
ConfusedDude wrote:
marshall wrote:
ConfusedDude wrote:
marshall wrote:
I vote this topic. Is completely subjective and meaningless.
Whatever do you mean?

What gets defined as "overproduced" is a subjective judgement. I like electronic effects if they are used creatively and help set the mood of a piece of music. I don't like otherwise simple pop music where the studio production is only used to make it sound more "perfect".
I also like electronic music and effects. When is separated and original of course. But when electro mashes up with any music genre, is not good to me. Is music fail.

So you would say bands like Radiohead make overproduced music?
No. Because is original and is awesome music.

Okay. I still don't quite understand the definition of overproduced. Probably because I don't listen to top40 music on the radio.
I consider overproduced, only the music that everyone is listening now. Like LMFAO, Black Eyed Peas, David Guetta and Friends (yes, Friends), and anything related for that matter.


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