Genre:House Music

Induction

House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the American city of Chicago, Illinois in the early 1980s.

Became very popular in the mid 1980s. Early house music was generally dance-based

music characterised by repetitive 4/4 beats and rhythms centred around drum machines.

In 2012 House is the most popular form of dance music in the world, evident by the world's most popular DJ, House DJ David Guetta, claiming the #1 Poll position of the DJ Mag 100 popularity poll.

Origin

House music has came about from different styles of music genres. Here they are:

-Garage house -Boogie -Hi-NRG -Soul -Funk -Synthpop -Dub -Hip Hop

DJ David Guetta #1 poll position of the DJ mag.

Pushing House Music Forward In the last year films like ‘Drive’ have

been pushing the genre (House Music) forward. Because when people come and watch the film they will listen to House Music, and then the popularity of the House Music genre will grow even more.

Generic Features

Songs normal last between 3-4 minutes long.

Normal played in bars and clubs by DJs.

Album art work is very colourful, lots colours and a digital image as well as of the artist.

Famous Artists

Deadmau5 (2005–present)

Joel Thomas Zimmerman (born January 5, 1981), better known by his stage name deadmau5.

In 2009, he was the best-selling artist on Beatport with more than 30,000 digital downloads with his singles "Not Exactly," "Faxing Berlin," and "Ghosts N Stuff”.

Famous Artists

DJ David Guetta (1984-present)

Pierre David Guetta (7 November 1967), known professionally as David Guetta. is a French house music producer and DJ. Originally a DJ at nightclubs during the 1980s and 1990s, he co-founded Gum Productions and released his first album, Just a Little More Love, in 2002.

Instruments

The typical instruments used in a typical House music song are:

- Sampler -Drum machine -Synthesizer -Turntables -Sequencer -Personal computer

Instruments

Sampler

A sampler (or, in the case of only playback, called sample player or Rompler) is an electronic musical instrument similar in some respects to a synthesizer but, instead of generating sounds, it uses recordings (or "samples") of sounds that are loaded or recorded into it by the user and then played back by means of the sampler program itself, a keyboard, sequencer or other triggering device to perform or compose music.

Instruments

Drum machine

A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of drums or other percussion instruments.

Instruments

Synthesizer

-Synthesizers: is a electronic instrument, what is able to produce sound by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played though a loudspeaker.

-Synthesizer can usually produce a wide range of sounds.

Instruments

Turntables

Turntablism is the art of manipulating sounds and creating music using phonograph turntables and a DJ mixer.

The word 'turntablist' was coined in 1995 by DJ Babu to describe the difference between a DJ who just plays records, and one who performs by touching and moving the records

Instruments

Sequencer

A music sequencer (or simply sequencer) is a device or application software that can record, edit, or play back music, by handling note and performance information in several forms.

Instruments

Personal computer

A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator.