crazy how there are thousands of young talented electronic musicians who would kill for an opening slot at Ultra music festival but instead they book a giant fast food corporation to run a glorified PR stunt that rips on rave culture
In 2003 Joe Biden proposed the RAVE Act
It slapped event organizers with a $250k fine for knowingly throwing parties that allowed for illicit drug use
This discouraged venues from providing harm reduction, free test kits/water, resulting in many preventable deaths in dance music
how to get into EDM without rich parents:
-work a part time job & save up for a laptop & DAW (some offer discounts for students)
-snag a cheap usb controller, learn to DJ
-Practice CDJs at guitar center for free
-Learn music theory & production via Youtube
-dont give up
-have fun
How to get good at music:
1) Start making music
2) Keep making music
3) Think: "I must suck at music"
4) Have an existential crisis
5) Realize: "I'm good at music!"
6) Share music with world
7) Repeat steps 2-7 until u die or become diplo
Porter doing an opening AND closing set at his own festival so people come early & stay late to check out the rest of the lineup. That's the kind positive energy we need in dance music now and forever
EDM Branding 101:
porter - beep boop anime
flume - the boy who eats ass next door
diplo - GQ Dad bod cowboy
Rezz - Friendly Space Mom
svdden death - satanic dubstep for christian wooks
kill the noise - spiritually ascended woke rave father
marshmello - fortnite dance music
Get yourself together man. Move to LA. Rent a loft. Start an EDM collective. Get six or seven roommates. Do a juice cleanse with them. Book some raves. Burn down an Applebeeโs. Listen to daft punk. Start some sort of CBD company.
Tyler the Creator was 18 when bastard dropped.
Skrilly was 22 when Scary Monsters dropped.
Gesaffelstein was 27 when ALEPH dropped.
Danny Brown was 30 when XXX dropped.
James Murphy was 35 when LCD Soundsystem dropped.
It's never too early or too late to make great music.
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๐ a song called ID - "ID" (original mix)
social media can be depressing because it presents the illusion that all your peers are having the time of their life 24/7 & if you aren't, then something must be wrong with you
truth is: everyone struggles with their own personal demons, even if they don't show it. ur not alone.
The 7 wonders of the EDM world:
Ekaliโs plant
Rezzโs goggles
Deadmau5โs Mask
Mr. Carmackโs laptop
Marshmelloโs helmet
San Holoโs parakeets
Excisionโs paradox stage
Brownies and lemonadeโs lemon raft
weird life tip - whenever you feel down in the dumps, clean your room/apt/house and i promise you will feel more positive!
completing small, manageable tasks gets you in a productive mindset & enables you to tackle any larger issues you're going thru. baby steps, big progress.
people think you've "made it" when u got a zedd sized mansion & a lambo
tbh all i got is two cats and $50k of student loans to pay off
but fk it, im happy!
I do what I love for a living
I make music and travel across the globe to share that music
To me, I've already "made it"
how to make future bass:
Supersaw: /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
Kick: _ _
Snare: - -
808: <== ===<=
Hi Hat: ----------------
VoxChop: โแดแดฌแด โoแตo
Spotify A&R: idk man could we make the song a little more stream friendly?
Bernie Sanders sees the โWar on Drugsโ as a costly, destructive, and ineffective policy, according to his website.
If you are in any way a part of the greater dance music community in America, this is something that DIRECTLY EFFECTS YOU. Vote for Bernie
I started taking a low dose anti depressant & going to therapy almost a year ago during one of the lowest points of my life. Today I laughed at a soap bubble while doing the dishes. Thereโs a lot more to it than that - but i feel content now. things can change for the better!!
I was 16 when I went to my first rave & that experience completely transformed what I wanted to do with my life
Got into Producing at 17
DJing at 18
Quit my dayjob at 22
Turned 27 today & never been more thankful I get to wakeup everyday and make dance music ๐
Still dont get how second sky had a legendary lineup - skrillex, RL grime, porter, bladee, hudmo & g jones - and it didnt sell out
EDM economy hurtin rn
This week on EDM Twitter:
Donโt touch the griz at forest
They a 10 jokes
Inflation jokes
John summit continues his IronMan bender over multiple continents
Freestyle DJing a scam? & other hot takes
Ppl v happy & v mad bout house music bc drake dropped an h&m-core album
Get urself together. Move to Denver, The white Wakanda. Pirate ableton. Live in a trap house with 2 or 10 other DJs. Play kendama with them. Book renegade shows. Boof some ketamine. Only vape puff bars. Get uncomfortably into experimental bass. Start a microdose mushroom company
A guide to identifying common EDM genres in the wild:
Hardstyle: DongDongDongDong
Dubstep: WubWubWubWub
House: Un-Tis Un-Tis
Melodic bass: twing twang ooo aaah
DNB: boom ta, boom ta
Psytrance: dahdahdah dahdahdah
Future bass: wao wao *anime sample*
Trap: booomtzzzzzzzzzcha
If u havenโt pressed play on the cdj thatโs already playing and stopped the music in front of everybody u arenโt a real DJ sorry i dont make the rules
life cycle of a DJ:
Starts Raving
Loves Raving
Tries to make music (badly)
Persists and annoys family friends & co-workers in pursuit of dream of being a professional DJ
Starts getting booked
Blows up
Burns out
Starts making house & techno
Gets really into crypto, web3 & NFTs
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