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How to setup the Rodecaster Pro Multitrack Recording with PreSonus Studio One
Crossfadr is getting into the podcasting space…makes sense right. We have a full recording studio with audio interfaces, microphones, keyboards, etc., but decided to go another route when recording our podcast (show title coming soon). We ended up purchasing the Rode Rodecaster Pro and four Rode Podmics. This setup is [...]
Crossfadr is now on YouTube
Crossfadr is excited to announce our new YouTube Channel. We will post really cool DJ sets with Motion Graphics, product reviews, tutorials, and the occasional VLOG. We're also excited about our new playlist titled Construct. The first episode is below. So head over to YouTube, check us out, subscribe and [...]
9 Tips for Mastering Your Own Mixes
One of the first rules of music production has been to never to master your own mixes. But some rules are meant to be broken: Learn how to polish off your finished mixes without losing your perspective. The common wisdom of the pro audio world has always been that you [...]
Smart technology and the modern music business: Finding a 360-degree approach to success
It happens all the time. That song that played at the 9th grade dance when you finally nerved up and kissed your date remains forever etched in your memory. You’ve probably still got the CD. We all long for simpler times. Even more, we long for situations that we already [...]
Who in the fuck are Andreas Romdhane and Josef Svedlund – aka Quiz & Larossi
Early in July, Music Business Worldwide published an article in which Spotify denied having any activity behind alleged “fake artists” on its platform. The article followed their report from August 31, 2016, which listed 50 of these supposed artists, bringing the story back into the spotlight. Spotify maintains that they [...]
Where Denver’s underground dance scene stands (and who’s running it) in 2017
The Denver music scene, the dance scene in particular, is like Shrek. It has layers. There’s big guys, little guys, and everyone in between. That’s not so different from many other cities, in and of itself. But we have a special situation here. To keep going with the corny movie [...]
NEW: Pioneer DJ’s DJM-S9 Serato DJ Mixer
The new DJM-S9 two-channel mixer for Serato DJ puts the power of personalisation in your hands, with a fast, accurate and customisable crossfader, plus Performance Pads and FX buttons that you can map to suit your preferences. The mixer delivers plug-and-play integration with Serato DJ's four decks and boasts DVS [...]
When EDM Producers Become Necessary to a Pop Star’s Career
Justin Bieber’s planning a comeback, and is letting everyone know it. If you’ve forgotten, the teen pop star behind hits like “Baby” and “Boyfriend” tarnished his image over the past two years: The kid with the swept hair and high-pitched voice transitioned into a young adult that throws eggs at [...]
Krewella Shouldn’t Speak for All Women in EDM
It’s stating the obvious that women aren’t as visible in EDM as the guys. Plenty come up with excuses: Women aren’t as interested in technology, you just have to look harder, or women just aren’t as good producers. This, of course, doesn’t mean that women are completely absent. Several have [...]
Touring Deep House: The Best Way to Introduce U.S. Audiences?
Deep house is having its moment in the U.S. Some say it’s about time, but with the subgenre’s newfound popularity comes one criticized aspect: Deep house is fueling similarly massive events and venues that progressive house producers were doing three years ago. Last year, New York City saw Tchami come [...]
Native Instruments Stems – A New Audio File Format Provides DJs, Producers, and Live Performers
Stems - A New, Open Multi-Track Audio Format is Announced at WMC 2015 in Miami New audio file format provides DJs, producers, and live performers the ability to mix with a track’s different musical elements individually MIAMI 2015 – Stems – a new, multi-channel audio format has been unveiled at [...]
Ghost Producing, Part II: If Everyone Does It, Why Not Admit It?
It seemed that, before the end of 2013, ghost producing within electronic dance music was acknowledged but not talked about. Hinted at, yes, but no artist directly came out and said, “Yes, I have used ghost producers,” or “I have a team behind me. Did you think I was a [...]
Should Mainstream Dance Music Producers Criticize EDM?
Remember after the second Transformers movie hit theaters, actress Megan Fox went to the press to call director Michael Bay “Hitler”? Fox’s foot-in-mouth approach seriously cut into her career, and these days, she’s better known as being Brian Austin Green’s wife than actually doing anything. So what does this have [...]
Digitally Imported Eyes Lofty Expansion Plan, But Is It a Good Idea?
Digitally Imported – the streaming radio service geared specifically toward electronic dance music subgenres – has stood out over the years for a handful of distinctive reasons. One, it’s one of the first online radio stations, started by creator Ari Shohat in 1999 from his college dorm room to play [...]
So, Is Deep House Mainstream Now?
Deep house is one of those dance music subgenres that you just don’t touch. Its origins and 30-year history have carved out a firm place in the genre’s pantheon of come-and-go styles, never truly hitting mainstream in the U.S. but outlasting practically any trend. If it’s classic dance music you’re [...]
Graffiti, Richie Hawtin’s Support, and a New EP: Our Interview With Russian Techno Act 4Yo4u
Russian techno quartet, 4Yo4U just put out their latest work, an EP titled Ambush, last month through Refused. The Moscow-based group, made up of members Aibo, Didi, Kodek, and Key-D, formed in 2011 and has since gone onto receive support from prominent techno producers. Richie Hawtin included their tracks in [...]
Is EDM Actually Saving The Music Industry? Depends on Your Perspective
Earlier in 2014, the International Music Summit in Ibiza put out a report stating that the electronic dance music industry was worth $6.2 billion in 2013. The amount significantly grew from a year before -- $4.5 billion in 2012 – with factors ranging from greater demand for big-name DJs to [...]
Ban EDM? Another Drug Overdose, Another Panic
Every time a drug overdose or hospitalizations occur after a major EDM show, the media in North America turns clueless. News outlets don’t know how to describe the phenomena – in some cases, adopting dated language, like a recent Boston Globe article about a similar incident at an Avicii concert [...]
Underground vs. Mainstream Dance Music: Is The Feud Over?
Dance music has long been its worst enemy, with European vs. American, Hi-NRG vs. down-tempo, instrumental vs. production vs. DJing, and underground vs. mainstream scenes always being embroiled in smack-talking battles about how one style is better than another, one way of doing things is superior, or certain artists have [...]
Why Does a DJ/Producer Need an Alter Ego?
For many mainstream performers prior to 2010, careers arched from the highly-sought after club residency to the single topping the Beatport charts to finally making it to the main stage at a major festival like Electric Daisy Carnival or Ultra. But throughout this decade’s long path, one factor remained: The [...]