In the first part of this guide we looked at how to set up a ‘dead’ sounding space in your studio and discussed microphone choice. Here, in part two, we will look at how you capture a great vocal performance. The Role Of The Producer The role of the producer [...]
When you are DJing in your bedroom, everything is perfect. Your turntables are set at the right height, your monitors are crisp, there are no drunk girls running up to the DJ booth requesting Britney Spears, and every cord/adaptor/powerpack is at your fingertips. When you venture out, unless you are [...]
By now, you’ve likely heard the report, either through a news program or Twitter feed: Two people died as a result of drug overdoses during the first two days of Electric Zoo, prompting the NYPD and Mayor Bloomberg to cancel the EDM festival’s final day. Jeffrey Russ, 23, and Olivia [...]
If you haven’t noticed (and there’s a pretty good chance you have), trance music has fallen into a dichotomy of sorts in recent years. On one hand, vocal styles dominate the Beatport ranks and SiriusXM radio play. On the other, a darker, harder sonic palette – sometimes called trouse, sometimes [...]
What’s the best way to do an album release party for a producer? Does it take the typical pop/rock/hip-hop format, involving the album’s music played in the background for listening? Or, does the producer DJ it as a set to show just how well it works in a club setting? [...]
The biggest buzz in EDM over the past two weeks has been the re-launch of Priority Records. It’s an odd choice on the surface to focus on a label once associated with the biggest names in West Coast rap. On a deeper level, however, it’s not. The reviving of an [...]
BT’s ninth studio album A Song Across Wires hits stores on August 16, and to celebrate the occasion, the DJ and producer is performing at Marquee New York on August 17. We’ll be there. Tickets are currently available and can be purchased here. Even though the event begins at 11 [...]
While it's certainly useful and necessary to divide and classify music into discrete genres for the purpose of organization, things can sometimes go awry. This can occur because like language, music is an alive and breathing cultural phenomenon, and attempts to solidify the epitome of a particular music's style can [...]
Another day, another Deadmau5 rant. At times, from the pictures of his cat to random digs at Avicii, Deadmau5’s complaints morph into whining, but at others, he makes a decent argument. The latest is his beef with Afrojack, which culminated in toss-off track “Drop Da Bomb.” After telling the Dutch [...]
In the scope of electronic dance music, videos have long seemed secondary. In spite of bigger budgets, themes primarily feature dancing, or in certain instances, the budgets are so low and the execution so shoddy that EDM videos are the medium’s B-movies. More recently, Vyclone unveiled an app that could [...]