Dubstep...Oh yea!

For this week, I decided to talk a little bit about a genre of music most people aren’t familiar with and some that have never heard of it at all. A very interesting form a music known as dubstep as emerged in recent years. The first dubstep songs have been released around 2000, originating from parts of London. For those who have never listened to dubstep, it is basically a form of electronic dance music that consists of slow, but hard hitting beats and heavy bass lines, sometimes using songs that already exist. Dubstep is different than what most people are used to listening and I wouldn’t be surprised if a whole lot of people aren’t too fond of it. It definitely isn’t something you can just start playing and fall in love with…at least not for the majority of us. It is hard to explain what dubstep even is, hence the picture above, but it is something I would recommend listening to at least once. However, keep in mind that one dubstep song can sound COMPLETELY different than another. So if one song doesn’t sound too appealing try listening to another song. Some can be very hard and extreme where as others are softer and more mellow. It also depends on the artist or DJ creating the music, some are very skilled at what they do where as others have no clue. Typing in “dubstep” on Youtube might not be the best way to find some good songs but do some searching; you might find something that catches your…ear? To give you a place to start, listen to some of the songs by UKFDubstep, they have a good variety of songs with a lot of diversity in each one. Everyone should try expanding to different types of music once in awhile, why not now?
-Jason D

Here is a link to a good mellow sample of dubstep.

This link is to a song that is a bit harder than the first.

Here is one for a quick laugh but still a pretty good beat.