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Friday, January 9, 2009

Zzzzzzzzzzzzz New Genre Alert (Potentially)

Posted by Dave Segal on Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 11:03 AM

On our way to Nectar last night, Stranger music editor Eric Grandy, Stranger freelancer Brandon Ivers, and I were talking about music (shocka!). Ivers commented that he wanted to focus more on making music than writing about it. I said, “Somebody needs to fuse country music with dubstep—and I think that person should be you, Brandon.” Mr. Grandy then coined the term “count-step” (pronounced with un-PC short “u” sound, of course). After the laughter subsided, about 18 minutes later, I realized that this hybrid really should happen.

The gauntlet has been thrown, producers. Start your Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard samples in 5, 4, 3…

"Folsom Prison Blues" (ripe for the dubstep treatment)

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I've always like the idea of Dub Step more than the actual execution. Not "song"-oriented enough, I guess.

Posted by qwerty on January 9, 2009 at 12:01 PM

qwerty --- that's where cun... i mean, count-step comes in. tasty grooves and tasty licks, brah.

Posted by brandon on January 9, 2009 at 12:05 PM

doom metal + oompah = doompah

Posted by David Day on January 9, 2009 at 12:13 PM

"mike hunt"-step. that's my vote for the new name

Posted by KELLY O on January 9, 2009 at 12:14 PM

everyone knows Mike Hunt is a prick

Posted by dane cook still rules, ok? on January 9, 2009 at 12:18 PM

I am reminded of this trainwreck: http://www.johnnycashremixed.com/

Maybe your "count-step" will be better, though.

Posted by Levislade on January 9, 2009 at 12:39 PM

it could just end up being folktronica, which i feel never got a fair shake. beth orton was, at one point in time, the coolest thing of all time. it's sad when genres are the most exciting thing of all time, and then they die.

Posted by qwerty on January 9, 2009 at 1:18 PM

I know it's not dubstep, but I love it all the same:
Doormouse - Fulsom Prison Blues (From the I Heart Country EP)

Posted by apoptosis on January 9, 2009 at 2:17 PM