DANCE MUSIC THESE DAYS…

People love a good moan on social media…

“Dance music these days”

⁠ “It’s more about social media than it is about the music”⁠

“It’s a popularity contest”⁠

“They care more about your brand than your mixing”⁠

Here’s the thing. ⁠Dance music is an art-form, it’s not a science.⁠

If I’m building a nuclear reactor, and I start making stuff up and trying new things halfway through the build… it’s probably not gonna end well for me.⁠

If I’m a brain surgeon operating on a patient and I decide to get artistic and ‘mix it up a bit’, better get yourself a suit – because there is a funeral happening pretty soon…

Dance music isn’t a science. ⁠

You can make it up.
You can change it. ⁠

You can sample it, bootleg it, press it on pink glittery vinyl and feed it to a horse dressed as a unicorn, while doing ‘big box little box’ in the mirror at 5am. ⁠

You can do whatever the F you like, and once you’re cool with it, it’s cool.⁠

“They care more about your brand than your mixing”⁠

Here is the thing – there is no ‘they’.⁠ If ‘they’ don’t like what you do, then they were never your ‘they’ to begin with.

If you do something people don’t like in the studio, on your socials, in your mixes, at your events, or with your brand… who gives a F**K? ⁠

There will always be people that don’t like your music. ⁠Why would we change what we are doing to please those people? ⁠

They aren’t our fans.

Do whatever the hell you want.

Make it something you LOVE. Make stuff you’re proud of. Doesn’t matter if it’s ‘cool’ or if other people are into it. ⁠

Do you love it?
Does it make you happy? ⁠
Are you proud of it?⁠

If you said yes to any of those three, then you OWE IT to yourself to stick to that. ⁠The world is a big place, I’m sure there are others out there that will love and appreciate what you do as much as you do… and with the internet, it’s easier than ever to find and connect with them.⁠

So stop looking at what’s wrong with ‘dance music these days’…⁠ And start asking yourself – what’s right with what you are loving these days?⁠

Focus on that. ⁠

Because that’s all that matters.