A dark backdrop, bright lights and a heavy base line are the epitome of electronic dance music. Set in a festival of 10,000 attendees or a tiny basement club of 100, the energy that is shared is drawn from the same place; a love for the music.
EDM has evolved tremendously over the last 20 years and brought, along with it, a culture of living that has transcended the music scene itself. Through different areas of financial and business aspects, EDM has become it’s own sector of the music world. Electronic music is created by manufactured sounds and the culmination of ideas that are funneled through software programs.
The producers and DJs of the genre are pioneering what it means to be a millennial in the current age of creating music and art through sound. Theirry Godard of smartasset.com writes in his article “The Economics of Electronic Dance Music Festivals” that “The acceptance of EDM into the cultural mainstream allowed the 10 highest paid DJs to command a combined $115 million in 2012 according to Forbes.” In all corners of the world EDM has marked it’s territory by claiming the following of hundreds of thousands of sets of ears. A wide variety of people that are eager and willing to spend their dollars and their time to lose themselves in a beat.
With all the glitter and glam that accompanies the EDM culture also comes the opposite, and often, dark side. Mental health issues along with drug and alcohol dependence are just a few of the aspects of the industry that are receiving public attention. With both the positive and negative aspects growing at a steady rate, the EDM industry shows no signs of slowing down.
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