Decribe what EDM is to you

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Decribe what EDM is to you

Ok so there is loads of confusion around this thing called ‘EDM’ which is short for ‘electronic dance music’ I do believe. The confusion comes from what music is classed as ‘EDM’. Some say it is any genre of dance music but to me, I don’t think it is. When I think of EDM I think of things like electro house, commercial dance music, obscene dubstep. Artists like Knife party or skrillex fit the bill quite well!

However I don’t believe that things like deep house or techno for example comes under the phrase EDM. yes it is dance music however it’s a more underground scene. It’s a completely different circle of people than what I would class as EDM fans. Does anyone else agree?

I’ve been told that my latest mix is classed as EDM but I wouldn’t class it as that at all

https://soundcloud.com/meetsmandy/ouse-presents-breach-dj-comp

What are your thoughts on this?

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I use it to describe mainstream electronic music. Think the Electronic Top 40.

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Repetitive sounds made in poor taste for people on drugs to flail around to.

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This!^^^^^

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When I hear people use that term I tend to assume they’re talking about Electro House, or maybe electro house and commercial dubstep.

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Shit.

Any further questions? :slight_smile:

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I take it to mean the person using it has no idea what they’re talking about. Or possibly they know what they’re talking about, but neither I nor anyone else have a clue what they’re talking about, because they’ve used the term EDM. Either way, it’s bad

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Seems to describe a trend more than the music itself, doesnt it?

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Erectile dysfunction music. The ravers know what I’m talking about. Lol

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4/4 Chart music

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Mainstream house/trance/dubstep/trap etc. What you’ll hear at festival mainstages.

I lurve it. All the haters can suck it.

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I look at it as being this generation’s version of “electronica”. a meaningless, unneeded term that the media came up with because they’re lazy.

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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.

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seconded.

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Watered down american poppy bubblegum shit obnoxious cheesy electronic music

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EDM is what we in England have called dance music for the last twenty to thirty years, but those from abroad have had to rebrand it to make sense of it and make it popular.
Don’t mean to offend anyone by this, but that is what it is to me.

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This too - the term seems to have been coined by our American Cousins to Differentiate between some other styles of dance music (E.g. R&B and Hip Hop)

Its a term I wont use EVER in so far as it makes no differentiation between any particular musical style.

Its a bit like throwing Rock, Acoustic, Classical, Metal, Garage, Grunge, Punk into pot and calling it “Guitar Music”

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I’ve got a question mate.

Could you GTFO? :slight_smile:

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‘Made in poor taste’…are you just using big terms that you don’t understand man? Hit me up on PM and I’ll happily take you through some english lessons.

As for the original question, EDM is just the current genre of music that is popular with kids - everything goes in cycles, it’s a form of music that is selling well, packing events and keeping the clubbing industry busy.

Anyone who doesn’t understand how the music industry works has a lot to learn.

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There is NOTHING “EDM” about your mix.

EDM to me is mainstream noise what all the kids like. These kids like Avicii, Guetta, Romero. Shit, basically.