Electronic music, DJ culture and nerdism
When talking about music, we frequently use genre names to describe different styles. While someone who is not too deeply interested in music might only differentiate between Rock/Pop, Jazz and Classic, many music nerds find it important to differentiate between, say, Disco House and Deep House. Electronic music has been evolving fast in the ...
At some point, many DJs and fans think about hosting their own parties instead of playing at other people’s parties. This will mean some extra work, but the prospect of setting your own rules, playing your kind of music and also earning some money are very attractive for many DJs. However, a good DJ is ...
With the current “Harlem Shake” hype taking over YouTube by storm, it can easily be overlooked that the track that started this hype is only one example of an entire musical genre. I also have to admit that I was aware of it for a while already, but didn’t really start digging deeper until recently. ...
The other day, I watched this video of Henry Rollins talking about the current state of music in general. He is a Rock musician, and our musical tastes probably do not have very much in common, but I like the point he makes: The current state of music is very positive! It might be hard ...
Music and the internet, Music nerdism
I am an audio engineer, who has studied at the Audiocation Audio Academy. I prefer Audiocation to the SAE, because of the payment method (Audiocation monthly; SAE all at once), which does not make it much cheaper, but easier to afford. Plus the fact, that it is a correspondence course. Learning, when and wherever ...
