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is EDM influencing the mainstream??
Over the past months Ive noticed that theres alot more EDM on the airwaves. With Britney, Justin Timberlake, and Timbaland all releasing tracks with a 4/4 beat and electronic elements. The explosion, at least here in miami, "of world hold on" after 3 years of being out. Kanye West ripping Daft Punks track. All 15 remixes of "Destination Calabria" being played the fuck out. And the addition of "club sessions" to the local open format station wed-sat nights dedicated to house music. Is it finally breaking through??
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Yes.
Prior to year 2000, everyone in Melbourne called EDM "techno" like in the US.
Nowdays the situation is much better, everyone calls anything with a 4/4 beat "house"! 
But seriously, yes, a lot of mainstream songs have started to take their cues from dance rather than rock music as has happened in the past.
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| Originally posted by Beat Blog Yes. Prior to year 2000, everyone in Melbourne called EDM "techno" like in the US. Nowdays the situation is much better, everyone calls anything with a 4/4 beat "house"! But seriously, yes, a lot of mainstream songs have started to take their cues from dance rather than rock music as has happened in the past. |
I agree - the mainstream is definitely warming up to Dance music in general. You've got mega-producers like Timbaland doing a great job of fusing EDM with other genres, translating it to something the masses won't reject.
hmm, so is there actually any GOOD mainstream music that has this dance element to it? Should I turn on the radio? 
is mainstream influencing EDM?
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| Originally posted by ClearVision hmm, so is there actually any GOOD mainstream music that has this dance element to it? Should I turn on the radio? |
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| Originally posted by HaeD is mainstream influencing EDM? |
ive been hearing more cars blasting club music around my place over the past few months than usual
omg this is the end folks... welcome Britney Van Timberlake
i'll stick to Chris De Burgh for now
Well I think perhaps a part of it is that sometimes people just wanna dance/get crazy... and they don't want slow hip hop beats to grind to. I know my friends are not into edm and they would never dance to any top 40 dj's. So the solution is 'dance parties' that are not quite full-on edm but good danceable music....like LCD soundsystem, Justice, chromeo, Hot chip.
I think a full on house set (especially deeper/proggier stuff) is just too much for some people to get into.... their minds just don't work that way.
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| Originally posted by Beat Blog Yes. Prior to year 2000, everyone in Melbourne called EDM "techno" like in the US. Nowdays the situation is much better, everyone calls anything with a 4/4 beat "house"! But seriously, yes, a lot of mainstream songs have started to take their cues from dance rather than rock music as has happened in the past. |
i don't think it will ever go that much farther into popularity than the use of electronic rhythms supporting popular artists. i don't think mainstream music will ever embrace instrumental EDM...
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| Originally posted by Floorfiller i don't think it will ever go that much farther into popularity than the use of electronic rhythms supporting popular artists. i don't think mainstream music will ever embrace instrumental EDM... |
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| Originally posted by Floorfiller i don't think it will ever go that much farther into popularity than the use of electronic rhythms supporting popular artists. i don't think mainstream music will ever embrace instrumental EDM... |
Electronic based dance music making headway into mainstream listening is hardly a new thing as anyone growing up listening to the various popular bands (INXS, Sinead O'Connor and U2 come immediately to mind) releasing dubs, club mixes, extended versions and so on. Which have your typical big 4-4 kick, bass groove and minimal vocals to make them popular for dance clubs. Trace it back a bit further and you've got early house tracks doing much the same thing by DJ's live with a popular vocal track behind a dance beat, so I really don't see it at a recent development.
Rap music is electronic music.
Pop music excluding rock and such is electronic music.
'EDM' /= only something with a 4-4 beat. Get it through your head. Stop being an ignoramus.
Vast majority of electronic dance music though is 4 beats to the bar, even if it's an even note sycopation, back beat where the snare is on the 1-3 or 2-4.
It's just a non-straightened 4-4 drum pattern.
I'm not sure I should be happy about this..
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| Originally posted by ClearVision hmm, so is there actually any GOOD mainstream music that has this dance element to it? Should I turn on the radio? |
It's a trend, and it will probably go away in a couple years only to re-surface yet again later.
Although I'm not sure club/dance music influences were really ever completely apart from the mainstream. There's always been 1 or 2 pop tracks around with a hint of EDM.
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| Originally posted by noikeee There's always been 1 or 2 pop tracks around with a hint of EDM. |
haha, they just had a gig here a couple weekends ago, and i only didn't go to see it because i was too tired that day 
random shitty music fun ftw.
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| Originally posted by Oreoh142 thats my biggest pet peeve when people call EDM in general techno. It drives me bonkers. Or when they find some crappy took 10 minutes to make shitty ass song on limewire and thing that its amazing or something. |
it annoyed me when people called rihanna's song "don't stop the music" techno or trance.
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