The ability to mix a track and transition into another is no longer a baseline skill for a DJ. Because of the mainstream popularity gains of some producers, such as Tiesto, having a visual show is necessary for keeping the audience or clubgoers interested. Nevertheless, if you’re producing your own [...]
Richard Vission vs Luciana "WHEN IT FEELS THIS GOOD" About Luciana: Luciana is a global dance music artist with an impressive list of hits to her name. Her smash hit "I Like That" with Static Revenger and Richard Vission topped the US Billboard Dance Chart and has nearly 10 million [...]
Synth is a great way to learn about using a synthesizer to make and produce music. The basic version of this app, available for free from iTunes, allows you to experiment with several different synthesized sounds, adjusting the octave, pitch, and modulation. Different filters for delay amount, time, feedback, and [...]
Nostalgia is a two-way street for an electronic musician and producer: The preferred, and now classic, sounds are in one direction, but antiquated technology and cumbersome playability is in the other. Getting those ‘80s synth washes is contending with a lack of touch sensitivity and with equipment that has a [...]
Sometimes Eavesdropping puts me to sleep. Scientists may be falling behind when it comes to space exploration but artists keep pushing hard. Future-sound minimalist band Lazer Sword is not to be overlooked in this desire to return to science fiction's most creative arena. So on Memory, their new album, we [...]
As the days begin to get warmer, people want to get outside in as little clothing as possible and have a good time. Electric Daisy Carnival was the beginning of that good time and one of the first electronic dance music festivals to kick off the summer. Met Life Stadium in [...]
Large, bulky DJ equipment gets in the way, and these days, it’s not even necessary. Manufacturers profess their latest mixer or controller is now the smallest and the lightest, but all of the old features – and then some – remain intact. This can be said for the Numark N4 [...]
The layered textures on P.O.S. latest single Gravity (Andrew Bayer & James Grant Remix), are the epitome of glamorous. Beginning with the hammering heartbeat, the distant electronic warbling, the track opens with intrigue and proceeds to explode outward. While the additions of piano and a slightly more complex drum beat [...]
Longing for straightforward, easy-to-use technology doesn’t necessarily make you a luddite: it pretty much makes you just like every other DJ and electronic musician out there. All the bells and whistles simply don’t cut it when a mixer, controller, or deck is a pain to use and doesn’t integrate well [...]
Tom Noble is sharpening his skills. His latest single release, Dancing Hard, is a set of remixes of a track previously released by Noble. Instead of just allowing other DJ's to carve it up and present it in a fresh fashion, Noble also decided to rework the track himself. Noble [...]