I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who voted, liked, clicked, promoted, listened and shared to help get me to the top 5 DJs to compete for the opening slot for David Guetta. I appreciate ALL THE HELP!
If you missed it, here's a video of the actual recording I submitted for the competition
As an electronic music producer like him, there are a number of tunes of his from the non-commercial/pop side of things that I dig (like The Alphabet and Lunar) and I respect him for that. When I first heard those tracks, I was blown away because all I was familiar with were his pop hiphouse tunes but some of the tracks on the 2nd CD were straight up tight electronic tunes reminiscent of Daft Punk.
IF you're immersed in the dance, electronic or as we call it today, EDM scene, we all know how loved Guetta is on one side and how hated he is in the other. My joining the contest wasn't to take any side but to simply "try" to at least be one of the representatives of the local electronic music scene in the Philippines. We all know how culture dictates that only the famous or popular ones can get the attention of Pinoys locally. Unfortunately, if you're Pinoy trying to make a name for yourself in the electronic scene, people wouldn't really bother to check you out because you're not famous abroad (American Idol anyone?). So I thought, if the so-called world's no. 1 DJ is playing, then it would be a "nice" platform to win the slot to get exposure to let people who go to the concert know, that there are also a lot of locally-made electronic dance music, and there are Pinoys playing them live! Idealist yes but ss simple as it may sound, that's really the main reason I joined. I'm a music producer and live performer first and I rarely call what I do DJing so just imagine how I felt trying to enter a DJing contest hehe Why there? Because it's a mainstream/pop crowd and it would be nice to also expose them to music styles/sounds/artists they won't even bother checking out because they haven't heard of them (like silverfilter haha I kid) But you get my point. So being able to play out originals and remixes of mine of artists I like and enjoy might at least plant something in their heads. Would it be effective? I don't know. All I know is, I tried to do what I can to push things a bit further and that is to try to penetrate that type of crowd by joining the contest... That is of course, if I end up winning. If not, nothing's lost really. I'd still be doing the same thing promoting and pushing for electronic music made in the Philippines like I've always done for over a decade now. But if I do win, then I'd do all I can to really make a mark not as a DJ, but as a Filipino Electronic Music Producer and live performer :)
Do check out of course http://www.facebook.com/groups/electronicamanila/ to support your local acts! :)
So if you're reading this and the only exposure you have to what dance music is is David Guetta on a Rihanna or Usher track, go try to explore more and learn about the greats from before like The Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy, Groove Armada, Fatboy Slim, Armand Van Helden, and SO MUCH MORE. Don't be satisfied with the "dance" music the radio stations or the mainstream clubs push on you. You have ears and you have taste and most importantly, freewill, so use it and don't let anyone dictate what you should like just because it's popular. Find out more and you will discover a whole new world of music you might end up enjoying!
Cy
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