Will Rios
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The Far-Reaching Roots of EDM EDM (Electronic Dance Music) essentially breaks down as being an extremely overarching and broad genre of music that captivates the ears of millions of Americans, and people worldwide. This music phenomenon has gained widespread media attention?and with the aid of the Digital Age?has allowed artists, in accordance to this genre, to become prevalent and well-received. This genre, in contrast to other styles and forms of music?with the help of computers and programs?can be as easily as created as it is heard. For this reason of universality and public access, EDM is an ever-evolving genre of music attending to the most current spectrum of desired tastes of the audience. One common misconception, …show more content…
This a standard 4/4 beat with an audible stress placed on the fourth beat (for example, 1 and 2 and 3 and 4). This stress was often filled with the dramatic entrance of a drum or base timbre. Another aspect of disco music is the use of syncopation?the additive of off beats within the standard structure of the song to create an unexpected and volatile rhythm. What brought disco to the forefront of this decade were these two elements in addition to: an increased tempo and a more widely spread use of electronic instruments?i.e. Electronic pianos, drums, etc. These two key elements, as well, are in alignment to the standards of today?s EDM. The most used standard for beat of contemporary music in America is the 4/4 beat, despite its derivations ( such as the four-on-the-floor beat, etc.), and EDM takes strong influence from electronic-based sounds?using synthesizers and computer programs to mimic real world/instrumental sounds on a frequency-based level. For a contemporary tie in, the Instrumental Core remix of Hans Zimmer?s Time plays heavy necessity on electronic additives such as base, drums and low-in-frequency (lower) pulsing bursts of sounds to play on the background of the song. Interestingly enough, it employs the exact use of the four-on-the-floor beat just as disco (taking EDM back to its roots 40 years prior) as EDM introduces the ?base drops? or new/reemerging …show more content…
As the spectrum of the audience?s tastes shifted more closely to electronic replicas of orchestral sounds due to synthesizers (replicating at the frequency-base level), repetitions of rhythms and clear and prevalent use of electronic additives became the desired feature in this evolving genre of music. As technology progressed, electronic music hit its peak pre-2000 with the emergence of Rave music. This increased speed in tempo, pulsing electronic (lower in frequency) additives and it basis on repetition strayed away from deriving off of orchestral instruments as done by disco. Rather, rave music used synthesizers to create a wide array of pitches and tones and only played true emphasis on two orchestral instruments: the base and drums. The fallout of rave music; however, is attributed to the emergence of pop and country music. Only recently, with the assistance of social media coverage and the influence of generation y and z, as one of the highest EDM consumers, accelerated the EDM genre, once again, to the forefront of music. A few notable examples of well-received EDM artists, such as Deadmau5, Skrillex, and Kaskade, attribute their inspirations to the quality and style of the music they grew up with?often around the time of the emergence of Techno and House Music. This brings my assertion to be a more circular discussion for even the break-off point of Rave
3E-1
The Far-Reaching Roots of EDM EDM (Electronic Dance Music) essentially breaks down as being an extremely overarching and broad genre of music that captivates the ears of millions of Americans, and people worldwide. This music phenomenon has gained widespread media attention?and with the aid of the Digital Age?has allowed artists, in accordance to this genre, to become prevalent and well-received. This genre, in contrast to other styles and forms of music?with the help of computers and programs?can be as easily as created as it is heard. For this reason of universality and public access, EDM is an ever-evolving genre of music attending to the most current spectrum of desired tastes of the audience. One common misconception, …show more content…
This a standard 4/4 beat with an audible stress placed on the fourth beat (for example, 1 and 2 and 3 and 4). This stress was often filled with the dramatic entrance of a drum or base timbre. Another aspect of disco music is the use of syncopation?the additive of off beats within the standard structure of the song to create an unexpected and volatile rhythm. What brought disco to the forefront of this decade were these two elements in addition to: an increased tempo and a more widely spread use of electronic instruments?i.e. Electronic pianos, drums, etc. These two key elements, as well, are in alignment to the standards of today?s EDM. The most used standard for beat of contemporary music in America is the 4/4 beat, despite its derivations ( such as the four-on-the-floor beat, etc.), and EDM takes strong influence from electronic-based sounds?using synthesizers and computer programs to mimic real world/instrumental sounds on a frequency-based level. For a contemporary tie in, the Instrumental Core remix of Hans Zimmer?s Time plays heavy necessity on electronic additives such as base, drums and low-in-frequency (lower) pulsing bursts of sounds to play on the background of the song. Interestingly enough, it employs the exact use of the four-on-the-floor beat just as disco (taking EDM back to its roots 40 years prior) as EDM introduces the ?base drops? or new/reemerging …show more content…
As the spectrum of the audience?s tastes shifted more closely to electronic replicas of orchestral sounds due to synthesizers (replicating at the frequency-base level), repetitions of rhythms and clear and prevalent use of electronic additives became the desired feature in this evolving genre of music. As technology progressed, electronic music hit its peak pre-2000 with the emergence of Rave music. This increased speed in tempo, pulsing electronic (lower in frequency) additives and it basis on repetition strayed away from deriving off of orchestral instruments as done by disco. Rather, rave music used synthesizers to create a wide array of pitches and tones and only played true emphasis on two orchestral instruments: the base and drums. The fallout of rave music; however, is attributed to the emergence of pop and country music. Only recently, with the assistance of social media coverage and the influence of generation y and z, as one of the highest EDM consumers, accelerated the EDM genre, once again, to the forefront of music. A few notable examples of well-received EDM artists, such as Deadmau5, Skrillex, and Kaskade, attribute their inspirations to the quality and style of the music they grew up with?often around the time of the emergence of Techno and House Music. This brings my assertion to be a more circular discussion for even the break-off point of Rave