Did You Know These Most Common Misconceptions about Electronic Music? Being an EDM fanatic or artist, have you ever come across people rolling their eyes at you just because you are crazy about electronic music? Well, it’s not only you who’ve had observed so. It happens with each electronic music promoter at some or the other point of time, maybe to more or less extent. People generally consider electronic music and everything associated with it complex and weird. While millions of EDM maniacs get crazy at just one beat, others often find it quite difficult to understand. From how the music is made to how much fans enjoy its groove; almost everything gets scrutinized by the world outside of the electronic music scene. And here’s when a dozen of misconceptions about electronic music arise. Let’s throw light on a few most common misconceptions about EDM! •
Electronic music is only one, limited genre.
Electronic music is a wide genre traversing a number of sub-genres including rap, rock, house, deep house, techno, and many more! Moreover, electronic music is far too often categorized by a single element or stereotype, which is totally wrong. It reflects incredible diversity. •
All the electronic fans are either drug addicts or consume some form of drugs or another to enjoy music.
No, electronic music is not all about drugs and alcohol; is has its own power to grab infinite minds and souls. In fact, most EDM festivals worldwide prohibit consumption of drugs and booze within their campuses. •
Electronic music is dance music. And the culture it is spreading all around is creepy.
Of course not! Electronic music is a whole world and EDM (dance music) is just one part of it. About the culture, it in fact brings a lot of cultures together in an excellent way. •
Every artist plays someone else’s music without any creative control or each track is just a mash-up by DJs.
No, not at all. Every EDM artist comes up with unmatched creativity and strives to produce a new piece of music every time! Mash-ups and remixes are highly popular though. •
Only teenagers listen to electronic music.
It’s a fact that along with teenage crowd, men and women aging 18-35 follow EDM to large extent. •
Electronic music is just an ongoing trend, nothing else.
It’s not only an ongoing trend; electronic music is promisingly the new rock and roll. No wonder, it’s in demand today! The actual reason is its style or way of expressing that attracts listeners all over the globe. No matter how many misconceptions prevail about electronic music; it is finding its way through, and will continue to entertain us for ages to come!