Every show and festival-goer needs their downtime away from all the noise and dancing. It can’t always be: eat, sleep, rave, repeat. Sorry, Fatboy Slim. We’ve rounded up a list of music documentaries that teach us about the lives of DJs, the history of electronic dance music and its rave culture. Hang up your shoes and kick your dancing feet in the air to learn about our music roots:
A lot of artists in this day and age tend to put quite a bit of focus and emphasis into Spotify and Soundcloud and of course online digital retailers such as Beatport and Traxsource but the number one source for music is YouTube. YouTube just recently launched a paid subscription service previously known as YouTube Red now called YouTube Premium and YouTube Music to offer ad-free streaming of music and video as well. Google Play Music is also a part of this subscription service.
With YouTube being a part of the Google network and launching an ad-free subscription service, it should be where any artist or musicianâs number one focus is. Not only can artists and promoters market themselves and their music and events out this way to sell more tickets and more music but they can also produce additional income this way as well.
A lot of the video content we tend to see for electronic music are either livestreams or recorded sets on popular channels that arenât owned by that of the artist or promoter. Artists such as KiNK, Florian Meindl, Haywyre, Saytek, and numerous others have been increasingly gaining popularity by showcasing their production skills on YouTube. Weâve put together some ideas and ways that you can use to market yourself on YouTube as well.
In todayâs society, Social Media plays a big role in peopleâs everyday lives as well as business. Social Media is also turning out to be an important vehicle for bringing to light the talent of new electronic music artists, through making them known to fans and promoting their brand.
Electronic dance music is over saturated, so you need to be clever when you are attempting to reach your potential fans, media outlets, labels and managers to pay attention to you. It is not enough for artists to keep posting their music on their YouTube or SoundCloud accounts over and over. It is not enough for artists to wait for their manager to make a move. Production Music Live explains why this is: âYour post isnât just competing with another producerâs post – itâs also competing with a meme and a cat video someone shared. No wonder why the link to your music gets lost in this stream – itâs just not the most engaging post.â Artists need to keep this fact in mind in order to navigate the social media stream. Here are some factors that may improve social media standing and lead to developing the career of talented electronic music artists:
I just read an article titled âGuide to Dance Music Marketingâ that touched on the subject of Instagram Bots (really?), SoundCloud Playlists and YouTube Playlists. The scariest part of the article was the â2017â in the title.
Today more than ever it is crucial to take advantage of the best and newest technology on music platforms available. 80% of people going to YouTube are looking for a specific song (not your music) and SoundCloud continues to irritate its creators by taking away key features. Believe it or not, Spotify is dominating in artist discovery and helping launch new artists careers.
Spotify is quickly becoming more and more popular in the electronic music community. Many artists have jumped on the bandwagon and are developing a solid and thriving presence on this relatively new platform. Artists like T.E.E.D., with his randomly titled playlists like âOfficeâ and âBedroomâ, or Dosem with his regularly updated âHousestrikeâ playlist are gathering hundreds of new followers and generating thousands of streams. Even Marco Carola is dropping Spotify Playlists to promote Music On. Here are three key parts of Spotify that can get you ahead of the game.
“Stream ripping has become a major threat to the music industry,” says the new lawsuit filed by some of the world’s major record labels in an attempt to tackle what they feel is a serious problem caused by YouTube stream ripping sites.
Universal, Warner Bros. and Sony have joined forces to sue the most prolific of such streaming sites in California federal court. The site is YouTube-mp3.org, one of the countless destinations where music fans can simply copy and paste a YouTube video’s URL to rip and download its audio. Billboard broke the news on the lawsuit, specifying that the labels who filed the lawsuit claim that YouTube-mp3.org and other similar sites put the music industry in jeopardy as they allow individuals to effectively illegally download music instead of paying for downloads or streaming subscriptions. According to the lawsuit, which can be viewed here, YouTube-mp3.org is responsible for around 40% of the hundreds of millions of tracks downloaded through these types of sites on a monthly basis. To clarify, YouTube itself is not a target of the lawsuit and is not being held accountable for the actions of these independent and “rogue” sites.
YouTube-mp3.org is alleged to be run by a German company and German citizen named Philip Matesanz. The accusations include those of copyright infringement as well as claims for contributory copyright infringement, vicarious copyright infringement and inducement of copyright infringement.
Thomas Bangalter as one half of Daft Punk
The words “Daft Punk” have long been synonymous with fake festival line-ups and 2016 has been no different, with the usual rumors that the French duo could appear at either Coachella or Lollapalooza. There is no doubt that the production duo consisting of Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter has helped shape many facets of dance music, in large part thanks to their timeless sound, unique style and that very same elusiveness that has landed them on fake line-ups for years.
While this very same mysteriousness has helped cement their spot as one of dance music’s most sought-after acts, it is their music that has continued to do the real talking thanks to a string of critically acclaimed singles and albums.
Recently, Thomas Bangalter began releasing his solo work through a series of YouTube video uploads. The first to show up was “Music Sounds Better With You,” a fantastic track produced with fellow Stardust band members Alan Braze and Benjamin Diamond on vocals. Later, Bangalter also posted two different renditions of “Club Soda,” a funky track originally released in 1998. There is no doubt that Daft Punk’s signature sound shines through both of Bangalter’s solo work.
You can listen to and watch both videos below.
Source: Magnetic Mag
 YouTube unveils the long awaited streaming service, Music Key, which will launch Monday in beta-test mode for “a limited group of people who play the most music on YouTube.”  Music Key will be available to the public sometime in 2015 at about $10/month.  This ad-free service will focus on mobile devices, allowing users to listen to music while using other apps and also watch videos offline.
YouTube has been trying to enter the music streaming market for more than a year, to join other companies like Spotify, Pandora, and Beats Music, to earn subscription fees from listeners. Â However, they hit a snag in June when reps from top independent record labels accused YouTube of offering significantly less in song-licensing rates than major labels like Sony and Universal. Â Despite all the trouble, YouTube was able to strike a deal with Merlin, who represent thousands of indie labels.
Christophe Muller, YouTube’s global head of music partnerships says, “We’ve signed deals with every major label and hundreds of indie labels worldwide to make these features available. Â We didn’t expect this to happen overnight.”
Music Key will not affect the traditional video site, which attracts more than 1 billion users every month. Â Music Key will group tracks by artist and albums, which is similar to other companies like Rhapsody and iTunes. Â In addition, users will be able to toggle back and forth to Google Play, where you can purchase the track.
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry reported that streaming revenues grew by 51.3%. Â Since album and track sales have been dropping over the last few years, companies are becoming very competitive in the music-streaming market. Â The digital era continues to evolve the way we listen to music.
