I need one. Badly.
I used to be pretty up to date back in the days when I was mainly into rock, but it seems like I completely missed the boat with EDM. And I'm not just talking about the subgenres only your weird neighbour and some local skank know about.
This one gig a member of the organisation asked me to play some minimal tunes. I nodded with a straight face (it's minimal after all, who doesn't know minimal?) and had no idea what the hell I was supposed to play. Something without too much in it, was pretty much my only thought.
Eventually I chose the Tocadisco remix of Body Language, but whether that's minimal or not, I honestly have no clue.
And at that point I realised it's time to get back to the basics. House, techno, progressive, minimal, breakbeat, dub, elektro, glitch, ... They leave me puzzled. Leave alone the different subgenres.
How have you learnt the different genres? Just learn it as you go? Reading the entire wikipedia on different EDM genres? Found some awesome guide which you don't mind sharing?(recommended!)
Or do you simply not give a crap?
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