Why is IDM defined as intelligent?

RFJ · 01-03-2013, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Oatbag

It's ok to site references from online forums now? What's the official format for doing it? What if the username is something terrible?

Only this forum.

The APA and the MLA, as of last year, officially and formally recognized IDMforums.com and it's member base as experts in this field.

Futureproducers.com and dubstepforum.com were subsequently denied their official requests for recognition.

erik mitchell · 01-03-2013, 07:19 PM

I always thought of IDM as more complex than other genres of electronic music (more interesting sounds, lots of changes through the song, possibly set to weird time signatures, experimental, etc.)

Br/ainfu+ked · 01-03-2013, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by erik mitchell

I always thought of IDM as more complex than other genres of electronic music (more interesting sounds, lots of changes through the song, possibly set to weird time signatures, experimental, etc.)

experimental sound design ambient techno with more changes

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Glazed Ham Sandwich please? · 01-03-2013, 07:31 PM

really tho, it's because I'm smart and you're not.

huehuehue

Oatbag · 01-03-2013, 07:33 PM

Well then, it is clearly ok to cite from IDMF.com (RFJ, 2012)

RFJ. (January 3, 2012). Why is IDM defined as intelligent? [21]. Message posted to
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Sencesor · 01-03-2013, 07:44 PM

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relic · 01-03-2013, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by RFJ

Only this forum.

The APA and the MLA, as of last year, officially and formally recognized IDMforums.com and it's member base as experts in this field.

Futureproducers.com and dubstepforum.com were subsequently denied their official requests for recognition.

To answer this seriously as I teach college writing...I'd allow a student to do this as a survey (primary research, gathering your own data) and cite it accordingly. Which in my mind would require them to describe their survey method, list the questions, etc. in an appendix.

I often let students use personal interviews and surveys for research projects.

relic · 01-03-2013, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Oatbag

Well then, it is clearly ok to cite from IDMF.com (RFJ, 2012)

RFJ. (January 3, 2012). Why is IDM defined as intelligent? [21]. Message posted to
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Is that supposed to be APA or MLA? ;p

Oatbag · 01-03-2013, 07:55 PM

It's actually APA

Just the forum wouldn't let me do an indent on the second line of the citation. Using usernames just seems so strange.

RFJ · 01-03-2013, 07:55 PM

I burned all my thanks in another thread but, for the laughs and information, I'll make it up to you guys one day.

No really I will.

relic · 01-03-2013, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Oatbag

It's actually APA

Just the forum wouldn't let me do an indent on the second line of the citation. Using usernames just seems so strange.

Thought so. I'm am SUCH an English Nerd.

lolirl · 01-03-2013, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by relic

I'm am SUCH an English Nerd.

You're English?

Glazed Ham Sandwich please? · 01-03-2013, 09:13 PM

i always thought
it was a little odd
that there's not way
to do tabs or
indentations
on this forum

very odd

zyklon · 01-03-2013, 10:07 PM

I think it's just that there's the perception that the sort of music classified as "IDM" is more complex structurally, and more mathematical to produce compared to traditional 'dance music'. I suppose there's some truth in that, since it can take quite a lot of thought and effort to make something that breaks away from musical norms and still sounds 'good'. But I'm also aware that a lot of IDM (or any experimental music) is the result of effortless fucking about and randomnness being pretentiously passed off as deliberate and precise.

relic · 01-03-2013, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by lolirl

You're English?

Nope, Hillbilly. I just teach our kinda similar language to people who supposedly speak it as their native tongue.

lolirl · 01-05-2013, 09:57 AM

Yeah, I know.

RUncELL · 01-05-2013, 10:58 AM

I'm sure IDM is just another name for Leftfield.. Music that did not fall into any particular genre or was a mixture of genres like ambient and electro for example..
The intelligent tag, I think comes from the drum and bass days in the 90s, when d+b split into all sorts.
One new d+b genre to emerge back then was Intelligent drum + bass which used intricate beats, filtered beats and clever looping.. Squarepusher.. . Venetian snares. . .

Sideffect · 01-05-2013, 01:12 PM

I always considered IDM not as a genre but as a characteristic to certain music.

It's imo electronic music that's more sophisticated and varied then some ocean sounds with whales in the background for example.

It creates brain activity... Following the sounds with your mind is a result of it...

Slump · 01-11-2013, 07:32 PM

I always figured "Intelligent" was analogous to the terms progressive and technical. I agree that the term IDM sounds stupid and pretentious; I still tell people that's what I make when asked though!

Broton42 · 01-11-2013, 07:33 PM

I always thought I was writing Interpretive Dance Music.