I really didn't have much in the way of ideas for what I wanted my blog to be about. I put my mind to it and came up blank. In the end I decided to go with the music idea that was given in class and I am going to challenge myself to find new and interesting music. I want to keep my options open and not all of my blogs, hopefully, are about music. To keep it interesting I am going to try to focus on largely unheard of musicians that I have recently discovered from a wide range of genres.
My first artist is called Skrillex. Skrillex is the stage name of Sonny Moore, a 23 year old out of LA. Skrillex is Soony's second big act. At 16 he was the guitar player and lead vocalist for a band named From First To Last. The band was successful until Sonny began suffering from vocal problems eventually requiring surgery and his eventual resignation from the band. Sonny went on to pursue a solo career under his new stage name Skrillex. Like most aspiring artists these days and put it out on his website for free download. The album My Name Is Skrillex quickly caught the attention of the dance music community and Skrillex has been signed to mau5trap. Since then he has released another EP titled Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites.
Skrillex falls in the genres of fidget house and dubstep, both relatively new genres of music. Since they are such new genres i will try my best to describe them. Dubstep is a sort of dance, electric music that makes heavy use off powerful base beats. Fidget house is best described as hip-hop style beats or dance beats with short voice snippets or samples thrown in and are often used in the beat and not so much for the lyrical purpose.
I first heard Skrillex on Pandora music player and researched a little further and eventually downloaded his two albums. I recently started listening to him and the general dubstep genre as a hole not too long ago so I don't know a ton about the genre. A good description would be catchy beats and a fast pace definitely something for the younger crowd. Skrillex first emerged two years ago but is already on the path for success in the dubstep community. I have put two songs by Skrillex below that I suggest you take the time to listen to. Skrillex is a great artist hope you enjoy it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSeNSzJ2-Jw ( would like to note that he uses a sample from the cup stacking girl video which I found very strange ->http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j54yGxuk0yo cupstacking girl video)
this isn't a song on one of skrillex's albums but it is my favorite remix that he has done http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzxa1vlk43Y&feature=related
