Finally found the time to lay this set down
ThereFore I must be Amazing :D
The M Machine - Metropolis Pt. 1 Notes »
This is so inspiring to someone like myself who is in love with music and fiction. The M Machine has found a perfect fusion of both which creates this musically cinematic adventure I can’t get enough of.
sometimes dreams are something you have to buy into”
— (via ghostarewe)
sundays make me so depressed for some reason.
(Source: lavidamadridista)
Goosebumps Never Lie.”
— Axwell (via thecrimsonshutter)
EarMilk: The definition of dubstep for old-school fans is still the same, but if you ask someone on the side of the street what dubstep is, they are going to say Skrillex or someone like that. So you have someone like Skrillex, who is making dubstep a commonplace theme, the downside to the rise in dubstep’s popularity and virility that is going on right now is that a lot of new fans hear those drops and buildups and associate that with all electronic music.
Felix Cartal: I think that Skrillex is really positive for dance music. I think anybody that can bring more light to what we do and win 3 Grammys is all really positive. If people like dance music for the drop, I don’t see what is wrong with that. My theory with music is ‘who are the artists to say why someone should like something.’ If people like my music because they want to just hear drops, fine, come hear drops. If they enjoy a different aspect of it, that’s cool too. I don’t think it is ruining the integrity—When it comes down to it, our music is really a party, and how much integrity can you interject into something where everyone is drunk anyway. My theory is why do people want to see dance shows? Because people work a job they dislike all week and on Friday they just want to go party and dance music is really fun. People who get too high-horse about it and say, “Well people are ruining it” have to realize that it is essentially party music and people want to have fun, so why start to take that away from them I guess? I don’t want it to sound like I think people should make music strictly for partying, but do a bit of both. Ultimately, I’m just trying to make music that is reaching new fan bases and is pleasing to me.
— EarMilk’s Interview with Felix Cartal
you’ll get your turn little box (Taken with instagram)
(Source: cjunloads)
Good News!
So much good stuff going on and falling into place. Coming into that funding I’ve been waiting for and it’ll finally be time to upgrade all the equipment. Meanwhile, at the legion of doom, I’ll be plotting and scheming. Been falling behind on all these projects I said I’d work on when the year started (Probably be more motivated if it was warmer).
Anyways, hooray to all the new tumblr, twitter, and soundcloud followers! We love new friends! Hope to have more goodies and spread the Clush Life.
Cheers
- T.A.
I have no hard feelings for the openers who bang it out and don’t play “an opening set.” I was an opener once. Gotta start somewhere.
Never gonna get anywhere playing a toned-down set all your life. I say fukin go for it. Crowd ain’t gonna like the headliner any less.
(writing this as the opening Dj is playing Beatport top 10 and all the hits). I ain’t scerred.
— Wolfgang Gartner
Eureka!
I’ve been trying to figure out the general public’s main issue with EDM and concluded that it lies in the stranglehold they maintain on the Top 40’s bubble of music. It’s not to say that I have anything against Top 40’s as a whole but it seems a bit drastic to reject anything not commonly played on radio stations or popular TV shows. The fact of the matter is that as much as myself and others included would like to keep EDM from going to mainstream and dying, it’s bigger than we know what to do with.
Plain and simple, it’s hard to ignore the fact that Skrillex won 3 Grammys this year, not to mention that David Guetta and Deadmau5 were some of the performing artists for the event. It was also Deadmau5 who was asked to play the world’s first 4D light show in London. Calvin Harris’ producing genius brought Rihanna’s “We Found Love” to fame. 99.9% of young adults will sing their hearts out to Swedish House Mafia’s “Save The World.” Everyone and their mother is aware of Avicii’s “Levels” at this point. Chris Brown’s “Turn Up The Music” not so stealthily samples the melody from Nicky Romero’s “Toulouse, ” Usher teamed up with Diplo to produce his new single “Climax,” and many of the Top 40 stars everyone loves has jumped into the studio with David Guetta.
Top 40’s may seem like a comfort zone to some people but EDM has something to offer just about everyone. It’s not like theres a need to forsake those chart toppers. Hell, without them there would be no mash ups and sometimes those can be gold, but it’s well past time to broaden musical horizons. The challenge is getting people to leave the bubble in order to experience something new.
The misconception that all EDM is Techno or Dubstep is a terrible label that ruins the experience by putting a negative view on it and never giving it a chance to blow your mind. It can’t all be lumped into one category that generalizes diverse production styles. Want to sing until your voice is gone? Try some Progressive House. In it for the bicep tearing bass and dance grooves that rage all night long? A little Electro House is good for that. Bouncing up and down with a kick ass beat to get lost in? Whomp away to some Dubstep. Simply want to shake your ass and sweat it out? Moombahton will push you right up against someone sexy. The list goes on and on.
It’s all out there, just don’t judge it before you try it. 9 times out of 10, like a song that breaks the countdown on MTV, it’ll surprise you.
- T.A.
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