Decribe what EDM is to you

[JesusJuice]

I can honestly say I dont know a single DJ who would refer to it as EDM unless it was ironically/sarcastically, or in an interview with an American magazine/website - but even then they normally caveat it with an explanation

But I'm talking about DJ's that have been in the business 20+ years, so have a differnt experience than newer exponents.

DJ's arent inclined to call it that cuz they want their specific genre to be known. or they just wanna be snobs. commenting on age is just dumb. im just 21 years old and i dont like the term at all. i find that its just redundant since all dance music is pretty much made electronically. but the media needs a go to name to call something that embodies all genres without getting people angry bout it to a certain extent.

The term EDM isn't really used outside the USA.

This too is very true

[Patch]

All EDM means to me is that the user of the phrase is a newbie to Dance music culture.

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[gareth186]

Hahahahaha this.

I actually don't get what's so wrong with the term EDM - just because electronic music is getting popular doesn't make the term stupid. It's so much better than calling everything "techno" anyway.

This. Edm is a broad term for all genres within the field. Although i think underground people stay away from the term as they like to differentiate sounds (deep/tech)... This doesn't make edm incorrect though

[JesusJuice]

This. Edm is a broad term for all genres within the field. Although i think underground people stay away from the term as they like to differentiate sounds (deep/tech)... This doesn't make edm incorrect though

thats what i've been saying! lmao

[DubluW]

To me, it defines much of the popular dance music that is current at the moment with masses.

Mostly that stuff was included in that 'epic mashleg' mix by Daleri. Im not really a fan.

[Balmain]

All EDM means to me is that the user of the phrase is a newbie to Dance music culture.

^AMEN.

But yh EDM is just like the big family of every single kind of music made through a computer.

[CountenanT]

I don't particularly like the term as - like has been said - calling a certain type of dance music "EDM" is like calling rock, metal and punk "guitar music".

However, I find it easy to use it to describe that particular style of house music with "build up/drum roll/hard electronic drop with lots of wiggly sounds", the likes of Afrojack, Hardwell, Hard Rock Sofa etc.

[OfficialRomo]

The term that people use when they really don't know dance music that well. Any real fan of the MUSIC rather than the SCENE rarely uses that term. Personally, I think it's a huge over-generalization of the genre; kinda like calling everything with a guitar rock n roll.

[DISaS73R]

I don't particularly like the term as - like has been said - calling a certain type of dance music "EDM" is like calling rock, metal and punk "guitar music".

Metal and punk are subgenres of rock, so that wouldn't make any sense and is quite unlike EDM.

[trilla_shocka]

A joke now. I usually cringe when I hear the word or term "EDM".