Hi guy's,

I was just wondering who u think are the greatest music artists of NG. which keep making awsome tracks and if u see a track of him/her that u already know that u probably like it and that u will download it.
and which new talented guy's do u think can get to the top of NG and become one of the greatest artists?

At 2/1/13 04:32 PM, ForeverBound wrote: Hi guy's,

I was just wondering who u think are the greatest music artists of NG.

WELL OBVIOUSLY I'M THE GREATEST ARTIST EVER!

But this forum is for the production of music, not appreciation, so this really belongs in the general forums. Or maybe the lounge. It will still devolve into a dick waving contest either way.

At 2/1/13 09:29 PM, Blackhole12 wrote: But this forum is for the production of music, not appreciation, so this really belongs in the general forums. Or maybe the lounge. It will still devolve into a dick waving contest either way.

In other words: in order to avoid drama, it's best not to post topics like these. No need to hurt anyone's feelings.

Seriously, how is this even a question?

You can get some answers by checking the favorite users of the musicians, most of us follow mostly other musicians so that's somewhere to check who we like without hurting anyones feelings xD

At 2/1/13 04:32 PM, ForeverBound wrote: Hi guy's,

I was just wondering who u think are the greatest music artists of NG. which keep making awsome tracks and if u see a track of him/her that u already know that u probably like it and that u will download it.
and which new talented guy's do u think can get to the top of NG and become one of the greatest artists?

We're all awesome.

yeah i heard about a guy with a dog avatar that it's getting better and his last song is very cool

At 2/1/13 10:05 PM, AxTekk wrote: Seriously, how is this even a question?

haha well i have to admit xKore is a pretty good artist just like TranceCrafter :)

Everyone here sucks, including me

At 2/2/13 04:01 PM, SoulofT wrote: Everyone here sucks, including me

well first off all u don't suck and second off all there are some pretty good artists around here ;)

At 2/2/13 06:21 PM, ForeverBound wrote:

At 2/2/13 04:01 PM, SoulofT wrote: Everyone here sucks, including me

well first off all u don't suck and second off all there are some pretty good artists around here ;)

lol, of course I was just kidding, there's some great artists here ^^

At 2/1/13 04:32 PM, ForeverBound wrote: Hi guy's,

I was just wondering who u think are the greatest music artists of NG. which keep making awsome tracks and if u see a track of him/her that u already know that u probably like it and that u will download it.
and which new talented guy's do u think can get to the top of NG and become one of the greatest artists?

Trancecrafter, SkillzmakeKillz, chimy727, chesyre, dj-nate, F-777, paragon9x, N3z-3, xKore, NIGHTkilla, waterflame, hania, halcyonicfalconX, Dimrain47, sissilenomad, zerobass, and those people I cant' remember.

Yeah there's noway to pick a best musician,.

At 2/3/13 02:36 AM, stratkat wrote:
Trancecrafter, SkillzmakeKillz, chimy727, chesyre, dj-nate, F-777, paragon9x, N3z-3, xKore, NIGHTkilla, waterflame, hania, halcyonicfalconX, Dimrain47, sissilenomad, zerobass, and those people I cant' remember.

Yeah there's noway to pick a best musician,.

it is abou the greatest musicians so it;s a group like u are saying here and i know that and i want to discuss about them lol

You might want to check this Underdog List where people submit links to artists that are very good but not well enough known.

Also, what would make an artist to be "THE GREATEST" ?
Q - being signed to a record label?
A - well, there are a few, but that's great just for NG artists. There are plenty of artists signed which we might not like at all (J Bieber comes in mind quite easy).

Q - being on tv and radio?
A - again, there are some (Soulja Boy used to have a NG account) but then again, would that make you consider THE GREATEST?

Q - having music in big movies, Disney or other Hollywood productions?
A - I can name some, but that's again, on a certain style of music and because they don't spend too much time on forum lately they are not well known.

Q - making some popular music software?
A - again, I can name at least Zircon Music (you know, FL Studio demos, instruments and now having his own company for making virtual instruments), but is that great here on NG?

So, until we define what makes an artist to be "THE GREATEST" we can't really find that. One contest that is ongoing, Dreams of Splendor Contest, is trying to answer quite a similar question, so I guess we have to wait and see... maybe we'll get an answer.

At 2/3/13 02:36 AM, stratkat wrote: Trancecrafter, SkillzmakeKillz, chimy727, chesyre, dj-nate, F-777, paragon9x, N3z-3, xKore, NIGHTkilla, waterflame, hania, halcyonicfalconX, Dimrain47, sissilenomad, zerobass, and those people I cant' remember.

Yeah there's noway to pick a best musician,.

Not to mention that this only covers a small demographic of artists on Newgrounds.

why isn't this thread locked yet?

At 2/3/13 06:05 PM, Sequenced wrote: why isn't this thread locked yet?

Because the admins saw fit to change the rules:

Please focus discussion on the creation and appreciation of original works here on Newgrounds.

At 2/3/13 06:08 PM, Back-From-Purgatory wrote:

At 2/3/13 06:05 PM, Sequenced wrote: why isn't this thread locked yet?

Because the admins saw fit to change the rules:

Please focus discussion on the creation and appreciation of original works here on Newgrounds.

great so we're all a bunch of circle jerks now.

At 2/3/13 06:10 PM, Sequenced wrote:

At 2/3/13 06:08 PM, Back-From-Purgatory wrote:

At 2/3/13 06:05 PM, Sequenced wrote: why isn't this thread locked yet?

Because the admins saw fit to change the rules:

Please focus discussion on the creation and appreciation of original works here on Newgrounds.

great so we're all a bunch of circle jerks now.

Nope, I'm only letting it go so far. There's a difference between appreciation and ass kissing circle jerks.

It also depends if you are talking about SKILL too... a lot of artists on here write stuff, but can't read sheet music or play an instrument or haven't gone to any school for music, but they are still artists, and some of them very good.

You can also judge based on complexity and how carefully they craft their work... there are people who pay close attention to every single note in their piece, spending hours making sure everything sounds just right, and others who just toss cliche chord progressions in and either write a melody or record vocals on top. Some people use complex theory to shape their pieces in certain ways, while others simply rely on their ear.

Alternately, you could judge people on how successful they are. This is tricky, as exposure is a difficult thing to measure in a place where it comes to a few instantly, others rarely, and some never at all. Just like in the mainstream music world, not all the pop stars are REALLY the most capable musicians or composers, they just happened to have been in the right place in the right time and done the right thing.

No matter how you approach this issue, I don't think there's ever a clear answer. Certainly you can make a list of your favorite artists in each category- for instance, in classical, you could rattle off a good dozen names of people who post works under classical who are generally considered to be (or were) the higher end of it... Bosa, Edgen, Deadlyfishes, BrokenDeck when his keyboard is not trying to hinder his piano mastery, etc. However, I would have trouble picking among all their number one person who, even in just that section, is the best. They all have their own uniqueness to them that I would never be able to decide one over the other. Perhaps if you said... "who is the greatest [dark orchestral] music artist of NG?" it would be easier to answer, when the individual niches and characteristics of each composer comes into focus.

At 2/3/13 07:30 AM, sorohanro wrote: what would make an artist to be "THE GREATEST" ?

I suppose the hope is that amongst musicians here, the greatest would be defined based on combinations of both the quality of production and composition. But then, that would exclude a large portion of people who lack the ears or knowledge to accurately judge such a thing, not to mention most people are bias to a lot of types of musical phrasing and genre....although people arent afraid to voice their unknowing opinions on music, so we'd get plenty of clutter from that.

There is definitely no win-win type of definition, but I still see it as the perhaps the most accurate in broad terms.

We should have Newgrounds Grammys lol

At 2/3/13 07:30 AM, sorohanro wrote:

So, until we define what makes an artist to be "THE GREATEST" we can't really find that. One contest that is ongoing, Dreams of Splendor Contest, is trying to answer quite a similar question, so I guess we have to wait and see... maybe we'll get an answer.

There was also this contest and the results;D

All NG music artists are awesome.

why are people even responding to this topic lol

Omegist.

Kid is amazing.

Is there any question? It's obviously her!

first of all didn't expect it that there where so much post on this topic :D
Second of all it didn't turned out like I wanted it to be but well still think it is a usefull topic ( if i'm counting all the complainging then)

for the people to get it a bit clear we are talking about the total songs. it doesn't really matter if u can't read sheet music or have any skills or u make it by ear, as long as the song sounds awsome. and we are looking now for the best musicians of NG so the guy's who keep making interessting pieces which a lot of people like. and yes Samulis we might need to make categorisch

so who do u guy's are the 5 best musicians in each genre?

At 2/4/13 09:44 AM, jaysummers759885 wrote:

:My answer? If you really want to know who the greatest artist is? Look inward. Pick up your instrument, and get to work my friend.

so u are saying that i should make music? or am i not understanding that last section right?

At 2/1/13 10:18 PM, DivoFST wrote: You can get some answers by checking the favorite users of the musicians, most of us follow mostly other musicians so that's somewhere to check who we like without hurting anyones feelings xD

I think everybody's feelings need to get hurt.
I vote ParagonX9 for best old school artist, however, his music wouldn't hold up today against some of the older metal artists. However, the best genre that is coming up is the dubstep genre in my opinion. Lots of good folks there, I like Biocide for the Rookie of the Year.

I think the best new genre is Hardstyle :D
dubstep is just blehh