Allison Galvez
Mr.Howard
English 12 Per 5
1 May 2015
EDM
In this era, music has become a major part of everyone's life, almost like a need to be always listening to favorite artists. With iPods and iPhones being so portable, it has become very easy to be constantly listening to music. Now wherever you go you see people walking around with earbuds in there ears. Due to the increasing statistics of people listening to music, it has become a popular market. Artists and music producers are constantly looking for the newest and greatest sound yet. Which leads me to a question. How exactly did certain genres of music start? Did disco suck or did it unite a group from the same generation and give voice to an entire culture? Was Elvis actually the
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In the 2000s, certain characteristics of rave culture of the 1980s began to shift into actual EDM concerts and festivals. Big festivals often feature a large number of acts spread across multiple stages. Festivals focus more on the appearance and experience of a person. It is meant to look visually appealing. They include complex stage designs with incredible lighting systems, pyrotechnics, and laser shows along with a certain dress code for the people that attend. They also take precocious measures to ensure the well being of others . Some popular music festivals are Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas, Miami's Ultra Music Festival, New York City's Electric Zoo, and Atlanta's TomorrowWorld which is similar to that of Belgium's Tommorowland festival.Due to the high popularity of electronic music that has risen, it has contributed to other big festivals of different genres, such as Coachella and Lalapalooza. These events add more electronic and dance acts to their lineupsas well as EDM-like stages. With these accommodations, some major acts, such as Calvin Harris and Deadmau5, have performed on main stages during the final nights of Lollapalooza and …show more content…
It’s bursting with a distinct energy that is not dissimilar to that of punk. But unlike punk, the commercial prospects for this music are limitless. EDM festival profitability grew for a number of reasons. As mentioned before, Electronic Music was more widely accepted due to it’s strong background and influence on Pop music which created a naturally larger fan base for the EDM festivals. EDM festival profitability growth was also due in part to the better promotional methods via the internet. With social media outlets facilitating promotions, EDM festivals could get a greater return on their word of