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Getting high with EDM
Due to the advance of technology and social media, people can easily access to different kinds of music online, particularly with websites like YouTube and SoundCloud. Without these resources in the past, people generally only listened to a particular genre and settled down. Now since it is so easy to access to different styles of music, people always listen to multiples genres of music and likewise appreciate all of the ones they enjoy. Base on Van Havere et al.’s study, there is a clear overlap between the categories, suggesting that, nowadays, young people prefer various kinds of music (Van Havere et al. 5). I admit that I love multiples of genre and my preference changes over time. I was a huge Gun N’ Roses fan back

People enjoy dancing with this style of music while they are in the nightclub setting and having great fun. EDM is produced primarily for use by DJ and is produced in the context of a continuous DJ set; wherein the DJ progresses from one record to the next via a synchronized mix. EDM does not refer to a specific genre, but serves as an umbrella term for several commercially popular genres, including techno, house, trance, drum and bass, dubstep, trap, Jersey club, and their respective subgenres. According to Billboard, the global EDM business had reached a value of more than $6.9 billion in 2014. Some renowned EDM artists today included Calvin Harris, Skrillex, Alesso and Tiesto. EDM was first popularized via regional nightclub scenes in the 1980s, the warehouse party scene of the late 1980s, and the early rave scene of the acid house movement in the late 1980s. Nowadays, EDM is considered one of the largest styles of music around the world. Basically, you can listen to EDM no matter where you go and it is constantly played on the radio. The music has a significant thumping beat and is closely related to disco music which can easily induce people to dance with the beat. Moreover, when EDM is playing, raves and other nightclubs take advantage of the style of music by adding

tried to examine a broader spectrum of nightlife beyond dance music and suggested that the frequent of drug use in the nightlife is not solely related to dance music, but also to rock and funky music. In the study, they tried to look at several factors such as the frequency of going to certain nightlife venues in the previous month, such as, pubs, clubs or goa parties; listening to rock music, dance music or southern and funky music; or sampling venues, such as, clubs, dance events or rock festivals (Van Havere, et al. 2). In their study, they found out that respondents who used illegal drugs were 2.5 times more likely to report that they prefer dance music (Van Havere, et al. 5). It shows that people who listen to EDM is more likely to take illegal drug and explain why people have the perception to link EDM and drug together regularly. Also, they claimed that the odds of using illegal drugs were nearly 2 times higher for those people who reported visiting clubs (Van Havere, et al. 1). It indicates that the clubbing scene and rave scene is more related to the drug-use than other settings. Moreover, according to Van Havere et al., people who reported liking rock music and attendees of rock festivals used drugs less frequently. From here, it indicates two points. First, it proved that the drug-use in music concert is not only limited to EDM concert, but is also happened in rock music festivals. Second,