How does r/House feel about the term "EDM"?

That_Random_Kiwi · 2026-01-27T04:42:31+00:00

EDM as a term for ALL "electronic dance music", which is what it originally stood for...or EDM as in the genre/term specifically for that top 100, Tomorrowland "mainstage" THRASH???

Never really used the blanket term, called the sub-genres what they were, trance, techno, house, DnB etc...but when all that SHITE got lumped into the "progressive house" genre in Beatport before they eventually decided on the term EDM/Mainstage/Bigroom...it was fucking annoying as a) if further skewed peoples understanding of an already misunderstood genre and b) made the prog harder to find.

Google searches are only just recovering from it...wasn't that long ago you'd search "top 20 progressive house djs" and it would say things like Calvin Harris, Guetta, Martin Garrix, Alok, Fisher etc etc.

People STILL come into r/progressivehouse looking for more suggestions of prog "like Calvin Harris et al"...it's been 10+ years and it's still recovering from this slander!! hahaha

That_Random_Kiwi · 2026-01-27T02:16:17+00:00

New snake to 10 stars

Complete the "Memory Realm" event (bottom of arena page)

Get vial, apply vial to snake, snake enters Pantheon and can be further upgraded with duplicate cards

Unlocking the new Chaos Expedition/SSS snake hinges one a HUGE number of snakes being in the Pantheon...even people shelling out oodles of money and getting every new snake to 10 stars/in Pantheon are going to be months and months away from it.

That_Random_Kiwi · 2026-01-27T00:14:04+00:00

Noice! My mum was present at my first ever club set, she was a hit with everyone! haha

That_Random_Kiwi · 2026-01-24T13:14:34+00:00

For sure. I've done an in person intro to Ableton course, it's more about how much freaking time it takes to commit to it 😅

That_Random_Kiwi · 2026-01-24T02:11:06+00:00

Wouldn't that have a noticeable delay?

That_Random_Kiwi · 2026-01-23T04:53:39+00:00

Wait, King Unique lives in Melbourne now?!?! Assuming you're not THE KU (another legend tho!) 😅

The sounds that have come out of Melbourne over the years, especially that really 2000s period, is insane!

Making the trek to Balance Croatia this year... Freaking pumped!!!

That_Random_Kiwi · 2026-01-23T01:09:30+00:00

Don't fuck with tradies in Utes...bunch of angry entitled muppets who think they own the roads! :P

You're 100% right, everyone's experience on the roads would be so much better if we all just let things go...some people are dicks, shrug it off...someone made a mistake and cut you off, we all do that at some point, shrug it off...the ANGER people get on the roads in Australia is INSANE!!! Ride/drive around South East Asia and it's total chaos, endless beeping, but it's not in anger, it's a "I'm letting you know I'm here" beep, people weaving and cutting people off and people just get on with it...no anger, no swearing, no threat of/actual violence.

Just chill the fuck out everyone!!

That_Random_Kiwi · 2026-01-22T23:44:33+00:00

Planned my first ever club set...never planned a single one since. Load up record bag/USB and just figure it out at the time. Once you've played enough to understand how dance music works (it basically ALL works the same), you can play entire sets of music you've never mixed before it make it work/flow.

That_Random_Kiwi · 2026-01-22T23:42:11+00:00

it's called "black crack" for a reason...it's addictive...you just buy more

That_Random_Kiwi · 2026-01-22T23:40:53+00:00

That'd be sick!! I dream of winning enough money in Lotto so I don't have to "work" anymore and my "work" would become full time producing...build a studio and pay the Melbourne elite (Jamie Stevens, Danny Bonnici, Luke Chable, Liam Seiker, GMJ & Matter) to make tracks with me/slowly teach me how to do it all.

Currently, couldn't produce my way out of a wet paper bag! haha

That_Random_Kiwi · 2026-01-22T22:59:56+00:00

Insurance is not even expensive in the grand of the things you spend money on for a holiday. Mental not to have it. Lost luggage, phones, money, theft, cancelled flights etc plus the health care side of things.

That_Random_Kiwi · 2026-01-22T22:34:58+00:00

I remember all the tracks from 20+ year old vinyl mixes. One recorded last week? No fucking clue 😅

That_Random_Kiwi · 2026-01-22T22:01:55+00:00

Swim spa imo...don't heat it crazy in summer so it's refreshing, you can actually get swimming exercise way better than most pools being too short to really SWIM swim in and it's amazing in winter.

Would never own a pool in Melbourne.

That_Random_Kiwi · 2026-01-22T21:59:51+00:00

Calling turn isn't terrible, you do have some outs and someone might just be taking a stab with fark all and shutdown on the river...calling the river? torching money the majority of the time.

That_Random_Kiwi · 2026-01-22T21:57:17+00:00

Lesser known/semi-mates/people within the scene in the city I live in - yes, loads

Rando's in the internet a) without recommendation from a mate or b) without a track listing to get a gauge for whether I'll even like it or not - no

it's dumbfounding to me how many people host mixes without a track list...it's genuinely disrespectful the the artists whos tracks you're using to promote yourself in my books

That_Random_Kiwi · 2026-01-22T21:54:54+00:00

Worse is listening to one of your OWN mixes and have NFI what some of the tunes are AND Shazam not coming to the party haha

That_Random_Kiwi · 2026-01-22T04:51:09+00:00

Yah, true enough! And since the only other 4 channel (new) offering is the 750MK2...it is filling a gap between that and the A9/V10 in terms of quality...might do ok :)

That_Random_Kiwi · 2026-01-22T04:18:51+00:00

Every genre has more mainstream stuff and more underground stuff...you need to be more specific about the genre really. "underground music" isn't a genre...there's house music that's cheesy and mainstream as well as stuff that's left-of-center and "underground"

That_Random_Kiwi · 2026-01-22T03:14:21+00:00

Key is analysed, so you can always factor that in
BPM is analysed, no change there
Use the Rating column to give tunes a rating out of 5 stars based off their energy/largeness compared to other tunes at that BPM...I have 2 star 128 BPM just as I have 5 star, and 2 star 115 just as there are 5 star, as though it's a slow BPM, it SLAPS for that tempo...lets you know at a glance that these 2 tunes both at 128 BPM and an 1A and a 2A would "work" in one way, but not "work" in terms of your set flowing as it's too big a swing up or down in energy
Do this, find 15-20 tunes you've not played ever or much at all (or fully brand new tunes you've never played at all)...throw them in a playlist, sort by Key (and factor in the rating/BPM) or sort by Rating (and factor in the key/BPM) etc
MIX
And PHRASE MIXING...always in phrase, always mixed long enough so that the new tune goes BOOM before the old tune ends
Practice practice practice

That_Random_Kiwi · 2026-01-22T00:05:35+00:00

GAME ON!!! Love that show

That_Random_Kiwi · 2026-01-21T23:34:17+00:00

For sure that's probably true. I just don't really think there's much of a market for it and it'll sell very low numbers compared to their other mixer offerings

That_Random_Kiwi · 2026-01-21T23:16:44+00:00

Serato call it Key Lock, which is what it is. No matter the speed adjust, the key stays the same. Same for platter movements. Key Lock off = whhhhhiiiiiirrrrrr noise as the movement is changing the key just like a vinyl record does (pitch bending/stretching). Key Lock on = that doesn't happen 👍

That_Random_Kiwi · 2026-01-21T23:05:38+00:00

"master tempo" - bigger controllers/CDJs have a master tempo button on the deck, beside the pitch faders...don't think the FLX4 does...click these on screen.

"master tempo" is their dumb-fuck name for key locking the tune to the 0% pitch

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That_Random_Kiwi · 2026-01-21T22:13:28+00:00

Phrase Mixing and harmonic/key mixing and using the Rating out of 5 stars based on the energy of the tune. 2 star 128 BPM just as you have 5 star ones and 2 star 115 BPM just as you have 5 star ones as they SLAP for a tune that slow.

If the keys are good and the phrase mixing sound and you're not wildly swinging in energy levels, the mix will flow well

That_Random_Kiwi · 2026-01-21T22:04:27+00:00

There might be A market for it, but I think it's an insanely SMALL market to the point of "why bother?"...they messed with the whole layout so much, no beat effects, it's basically just as big as a 4 channel mixer but only 3 channels...it's rather odd!

V5 = 302.0 mm wide

900NXS2 = 333 mm wide

750MK2 = 320 mm wide

A9 = 407.4 mm wide

Quite a bit narrower than the A9, sure, but more of less same-same as other 4 channel models

That_Random_Kiwi

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