Dub-huh? Skrill-who? How many BPM in your EDM? Say what? If you’re new to the electronic dance music scene, the terminology may seem like a riddle of genres, sub-genres and cryptic abbreviations. In ...
In the beginning, there was Jack, and Jack had a groove. And from this groove came the groove of all grooves. He declared: “Let there be house!” and house music was born … And so the bodies murmured ...
Being in my forties, I can't say I have a favorite DJ. I still think of music as something coming out of a guitar. But being in marketing, I can't ignore the ferocious upswell in popularity of this ...
The Thornton School of Music will offer a new course, “Electronic Dance Music” (MUSC 499) in the fall. The course will present a comprehensive look at the history and development of the electronic ...
When electronic dance music heavyweights like Calvin Harris, Martin Garrix, Bassnectar, Afrojack, and dozens of others take the stage this weekend in Las Vegas in front of hundreds of thousands of ...
While there has been a steady rise in traditional-leaning country music — complete with fiddles and steel guitars — another ...
It wasn’t that long ago when it looked like electronic dance music, or EDM, might be the savior of the music business, thanks to an impressive growth rate of 54% over the course of just three years.
A 2015 Forbes list of the highest paid Electronic Dance Music DJs celebrates 12 multimillion-dollar earners, all of whom are male and, with the exception of two, are also Caucasian. The same ...
I remember going to my first 'Rave'. I was 13, and I am pretty sure my mother forced my brother to take me in the classic 'You can go if you take your little sister' scenario. My brother dressed me in ...
The International Dance Music Summit has published its annual business report. This year’s edition focuses on the global impact of the pandemic on electronic dance music in 2020. The overall earnings ...
It's hard to boil down the year in electronic dance music to just 10 tracks. There are numerous genres (house, techno, EDM, etc.) and sub-genres (funky, hardstyle, deep house, etc.), and producing a ...