After being a long-time viewer of this sub and I do try to contribute now again but I still can't get my head around why people hate mainstream EDM - not just this sub and not just EDM but this is just what I'm getting at.
Every time something mainstream such as marshmello, the chainsmokers or calvin harris gets mentioned here it gets downvoted straight away (this will too probs). These people have millions of followers on twitter/instagram and have probably now made millions and are set for life. IMO that is being successful which we should all appreciate? I can understand people who put their all ionto producing and then people who get ghost produced songs get futher but I think that's down to the right marketing tactics rather than anything else. From what I've learned on here you may aswell study a marketing degree over a music degree because that will get you further in the long run as people need to hear your music.
Anyway that's just my cup of tea so I would be interested to hear others
Submitted October 11, 2016 at 09:40AM by fourfortyeight https://www.reddit.com/r/edmproduction/comments/56xs0x/what_is_wrong_with_mainstream_edm/?utm_source=ifttt
Javier Rodriguez
Tuesday, October 11, 2016