AC Slater Talk's About the Rise of Unknown Talent In Dance Music Scene


writing by AC Slater
I was reminiscing with someone recently about our early days of going to raves and clubs, and we realized how insanely different everything now. 

I remember when djs had to start from the bottom, play the worst local gigs, build a following then slowly branch out around the country to play shows and prove themselves and build a real fan base. this is a different type of DJing of course, involving pricey (and heavy) vinyl collections that the DJ needed to know intricately, and be able to quickly thumb through when the situation called for a specific track. popular producers got to skip the 'prove yourself as a DJ' portion, but even then if they weren't a good DJ the crowd would not be having it. 

Now its a whole different ball game. Many still come up in the more traditional way, but it can also be so easy to bypass any kind of "paying dues" portion of a career and really make it big with one single song or remix. luckily we don't need to carry 100lbs of vinyl around with us anymore, and there are 100 times more events happening, and 1,000 times more fans than there were 10 or 15 years ago.

I dont think this change is bad or good. i embrace change, im just observing and reflecting. I think its impressive how things can change so much so quickly. if you look at rock/pop bands on the other hand, its still the same basic formula thats been happening since the 60s. because of the nature of technology i think electronic music will always evolve to another place, and that will always keep it exciting. what do you guys think? 

Also, any oldies like me remember the old days?


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