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okay, so, I admit.... I've been getting back into eurobeat again, after I thought I had squashed the bug in the early 2000's. This is all 
kuroneko 's fault btw!!!!!! Anyway, back when I first heard eurobeat music back in the late 90s, it basically blew my mind. I'd been used to relatively tame music on my computer at the time, and hearing it was just so different from what I was used to. It was full of action, and it was fast. I got a bunch of tunes from various places but were mostly crappy things from bemani games or whatever.
Then, one day my bros were visiting when one of 'em (a car guy) suggested we check out Initial D on the Netflix. Well, I'd avoided such a show like the plague, since in my mind I figured it would be a total "rice-fest" with the types of meatheads who popped boners at movies like "The Fast and the Furious". However, the animation of the first season kinda grew on me, and so did the character development. And damn. It's full of eurobeat music.
Looks like I've got the bug again. I spent several hours tonight looking for "the sound" which makes this genre the way it is, and I think I've gotten real close. Romplers such as Roland's JD-800 have a brass preset which when you tweak the dials on the device a slight bit produce the sound which everyone wants to hear. That banging chorus of synth chords stabbing out their hook. Only problem is, I don't got a JD-800, and am not very smart when it comes to "designing" instruments for my own music. I'm a composer, not a producer, dammit :)
In the meantime, I'd found some random eurobeat producer who is selling his producer pack on a random forum. If a month or so goes by and I'm still stuck on this kick, I might break down and buy the damn thing. If I do, you can be sure I'm gonna try to make the cheesiest fucking song I can think of, just you wait.
And now, some eurobeat music for those of you who sat through my bs.
zoupzuop2 (as "Eurobeat Brony") - Evil Enchantress: http://odysseymusic.bandcamp.com/tr.....euro-spell-mix
Niko - Speedway: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cv6NbE4sf0&feature=related
Mega NRG Man - Grand Prix: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO6cwAIyei8&feature=related
Mortimer - Ghosts of Suburbia: http://odysseymusic.bandcamp.com/tr.....1-instrumental
kuroneko 's fault btw!!!!!! Anyway, back when I first heard eurobeat music back in the late 90s, it basically blew my mind. I'd been used to relatively tame music on my computer at the time, and hearing it was just so different from what I was used to. It was full of action, and it was fast. I got a bunch of tunes from various places but were mostly crappy things from bemani games or whatever.Then, one day my bros were visiting when one of 'em (a car guy) suggested we check out Initial D on the Netflix. Well, I'd avoided such a show like the plague, since in my mind I figured it would be a total "rice-fest" with the types of meatheads who popped boners at movies like "The Fast and the Furious". However, the animation of the first season kinda grew on me, and so did the character development. And damn. It's full of eurobeat music.
Looks like I've got the bug again. I spent several hours tonight looking for "the sound" which makes this genre the way it is, and I think I've gotten real close. Romplers such as Roland's JD-800 have a brass preset which when you tweak the dials on the device a slight bit produce the sound which everyone wants to hear. That banging chorus of synth chords stabbing out their hook. Only problem is, I don't got a JD-800, and am not very smart when it comes to "designing" instruments for my own music. I'm a composer, not a producer, dammit :)
In the meantime, I'd found some random eurobeat producer who is selling his producer pack on a random forum. If a month or so goes by and I'm still stuck on this kick, I might break down and buy the damn thing. If I do, you can be sure I'm gonna try to make the cheesiest fucking song I can think of, just you wait.
And now, some eurobeat music for those of you who sat through my bs.
zoupzuop2 (as "Eurobeat Brony") - Evil Enchantress: http://odysseymusic.bandcamp.com/tr.....euro-spell-mix
Niko - Speedway: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cv6NbE4sf0&feature=related
Mega NRG Man - Grand Prix: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO6cwAIyei8&feature=related
Mortimer - Ghosts of Suburbia: http://odysseymusic.bandcamp.com/tr.....1-instrumental
I love some of the melodies, the fast pace, the cheesy lyrics. Oh sometimes the lyrics are a hoot. FIRE and DESIRE ahoy
Now and then I cut 6 to 12 second loops mostly of instrumental sections and put em in flash. Silly me. :x
http://www.teamartail.com/musicloops/SEB/
Those are some really good selection, Especially love the Evil Enchantress one.
Gianni Coraini, Giancarlo Pasquini, Giorgio Conti are some of my most fav Italo and Eurobeat singers :)
You'd better keep your promise, your style mixed with Eurobeat would be pretty interesting !!
I'm listening to "So Many Wonders (Eurosky Mix)" as we speak and it reminds me of the cutesy style that was trademark of Domino
I remember back in the 90's early 2000's I so into ParaPara. I thought for a long time that Eurobeat and their clubs were completely dead!
I blame the non-stop production of music just for the sake of selling. Eurobeat has a very specific canon, but even then you should always have space for innovation if you take time to experiment with different synths and newer technologies.
Being a fan of Eurobeat for a while now, I highly approve of this!
Both DDR and Initial D is how I got into the particular type of music.
Nice to see this little resurgence of the genre!