electronica
Electronica and Dubstep: music defined by its frenetic pace and plethora of bleeps, bloops, blips and bass.
Why Lo-Fi Music Is So Popular
I'm sure when you open up YouTube's homepage, you see a little red "live" marker and an anime thumbnail. Often labeled as "chill beats to study to" or something of that effect. Lo-fi hip-hop instrumentals and other chill-beat styles of music have been all over the place. These playlists and compilations have millions of regular listeners and the artists are becoming just as popular. Heck, the YouTube channel, ChilledCow only posts other people’s music (they haven’t produced any original content) and have over 2 million subscribers as of January 2019. So why are lo-fi/chill-beat tracks so present in the current pop culture?
By J. P. Frattini5 years ago in Beat
How House Music Changed My Life
Towards the beginning of my senior year of my undergraduate studies, I began to experience major anxiety. I often found myself consistently comparing myself to others, lacking confidence, and never truly enjoying moments I know I should be enjoying. I was always hesitant to talk to someone about my anxiety, in fear of being judged, or that my peers would think I could not handle tough situations. On one weekday, my close friends invited me to go to a house music club in Huntington Beach. At this time, all I knew about house music was that it was a form of electronic dance music. What I didn't know is how spiritual, uplifting, and life changing house music turned out to be for me. I am here to tell you what house music means to me..
By Shion Galata6 years ago in Beat
Best DJs Who Can Scratch of All Time
For the past ten-ish years of my life, I basically devoted myself to my love of electronica, turntablism, PLUR, and the rave life. I do not regret my decision in the least bit, because it opened my eyes to a world of love, acceptance, and some of the best music I've ever heard. (What can I say, that first rave I attended changed my life.)
By Skunk Uzeki6 years ago in Beat
New Upcoming Artist
As a listener or musician, you may feel that you're encountering some explorative roadblocks that hinder you from discovering new content on the rise and trending. You're likely disgruntled and tired of the same artists, albums, and playlists you play every time. Perhaps you even wish to explore new musical genres that pique your curiosity and maybe even unleash that "inner kid."
By Samuel Noble6 years ago in Beat
Ten of the Dopest Most Head-Splitting Dubstep Tracks that I Know About
I don't know if you've ever listened to dubstep music, ragastep, rapstep, dubtrap, trap, trapstep, or #bass music in general, or if you've been listening since you were knee-high to a duck. One thing I can tell you is, there's little point in presenting my opinions about "goodness" or "bestness" as facts, because the truth is — or at least it should be — as Jack Black sings: "it doesn't matter if it's good. It only matters if it rocks."
By Aulos.Media7 years ago in Beat
What It's Like to Be: An Up and Coming DJ
Just a regular college student, studying to make his way into the business work force, Joseph Brown decided to take one of his passions with him to college to continue out his dream of becoming a DJ. Starting off by buying his first DJ deck and practicing in his room, he started off not knowing too much of the technicalities of being a DJ. With some practice time and the help of his friends critiquing his skills, JBRWN has made it a long way from those nights practicing at home. Entering into multiple DJing competitions and performing at clubs and bars is one route that he has taken to get his name out there. Enough so that he has been hired for a multitude of parties and club gigs since.
By Corey Gittleman7 years ago in Beat
Help us, Hipsters. You're Our Only Hope.
Musicology is the study of music. Within classical musicology, there are terms given to certain musical formats or layouts of pieces of music. For example, let us imagine a hypothetical piece of music that has a certain length of music that we would call Part A. Imagine now a piece of music that is distinct from this Part A, which we will call Part B. If a piece of music arranged these parts in the order AABB, meaning that our Part A was played twice, followed by two playings of Part B, we would apply the term ‘Binary Form’ to this piece.
By Dean Conway7 years ago in Beat