Dubstep... Oh god...

Genre talk with Ethan again
today's subject: dubstep

"Hey, is this dubstep?"
-Ethan

well, lets find out!
once again, being a musician heavily influenced by the drums and beat patterns, i like to classify by rhythm.

but, hey remember that songs are often more than 1 genre as well.

Guidelines:

bpm is going to be 140. however, it is going to be in 2 step, or half time compared to the 140 of trance. This means it's going to sound like 70 bpm instead.
In musical terms we have the 1,2,3,4
Where bass drum is on the 1, snare is on 3.
perhaps the artists need to put it on half time on their magical music making machines to fit in all the extra spazzy beats that will follow.

compared to a house or trance beat that would have a 4 to the floor beat. 1,2,3,4 would all represent a bass drum hit.

Rhythm pattern often has these extra bass drum hits compared to a simple house beat.
you will find pickup and drop off beats to the snare and tuplets usually at the end of the pattern

And then there's the signature bass wobble. dubstep base. there no way to explain it other that pure electronic power in the form of base.

Deadmau5 - Ghosts and Stuff - Electro House

This is an example of wobble bass for those who haven't heard of it. actually, if you haven't, then what are you doing here?

the leading melody line at 0:47.

Benny Benassi and Skrillex - Cinema - Dubstep

right at the beginning of the song is al dubstep pattern. Notice how the bass drum is being thrown all over the place.

The Living Tombstone - Dubstep Dishwasher - Not true dubstep, but enough "wubs" to be classified as dubstep

Uh oh, we have a bpm of 110 ish? I'm guessing.

but we only have a simple drum pattern beat without any creative dubstep bassdrum extras.

I'm reluctant to call this song dubstep dishwasher, as it is not even true dubstep. and quite a boring and unoriginal track.

Now, some people may say. sure, it's classified as moombahton right?

I'd be reluctant to say so. I hate the people that say," it's slowed down to 110, so there fore it's moomba".

Moomba is all about the latin beat patterns. those need to be prominent. this dishwasher has only a little at it's talking break.

Spitfire - Porter Robinson kill the noise remix (victims moombah edit) -Moombahcore

at 0:17 is a latin beat. now where have I heard that before?

Oh that's where I've heard it... ummm lolz.

Here's a DjPon3 dubstep mix. pay attention to the drum Patterning. 

I told you bro. I told you about the wubs. it's not all about the wubs!

"And then there was predator.."

-Brett