For this assignment the categories I chose were girl power, dubstep, house, electronic, and virtual.
First up I would add Alison Wonderland to the girl power movement. Alison is a newer electronic dance music DJ who has became very popular very fast. She advocates for women to overcome relationship abuse, depression, and cheating in her music and her performances. She has been invited to and performed at many highly renowned music festivals such as the Electric Daisy Carnival, Breakaway Music Festival, Voodoo Music Festival, and many more. When performing Alison has been known to become extremely emotional and shows it through outbursts to her crowd which creates a uniquely emotionally charged environment that fans and first timers can all enjoy. Some of her works include U Don't Know, I Want U, Run, and many others. However the best way to experience Alison and her music is to actually see her perform live in concert or at a festival because of the unique energy she brings to the crowd. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5MMV5qULV0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLCm9lP-3Uk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc-aNL6egpY
For Dubstep I decided Bassnectar fit the bill perfectly. Bassnectar's music is known for its heaviness and like his name states: bass. He has gained a cult following of head banging fanatics over his time performing and many of his shows now go sold out. Myself even though prefering more relaxed electric dance music and not being a huge fan of dubstep found myself enjoying Bassnectar's set at EDC Orlando and found myself joining the crowd around me in the heavier dancing and head banging. Some of his works include Basshead, Timestretch, and Speakerbox. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRftXCiqfQ8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M-jOZRe0-8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVl2oQ__GDE
For Electronic and Producer/Dj culture who is more known for their catchy electronic dance music than The Chainsmokers. The Chainsmokers have put out hit song after hit song, and have gained a massive following. They are easily some of the best known artists in the US despite a somewhat recent come up and they have performed as headliners at many music festivals across the country. The reason for their success is that almost everyone can enjoy their music, especially during their performances, even though most of their released songs are more chill and catchy than bass heavy, when they perform they include a great variety of chill and bass heavy remixes of their songs that appeals to both relaxed concert goers and individuals that are more into raging and head banging. some of their works include Roses, Don't Let Me Down, and Closer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyASdjZE0R0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io0fBr1XBUA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PT2_F-1esPk
Finally for Virtual I chose Porter Robinson. Porter is mainly an electronic dance music Dj with catchy synth heavy songs, virtuality plays a big role in his music videos. This can be seen especially in one of his newest hit songs Shelter ft. Madeon. The music video which is in anime explains that the song is about a girl that is trapped in a virtual world that her father created for her during a cataclysmic event that ended the human race. Without this music video the song would just be a song however through using anime Porter gives a great and touching backstory to his song which is why Porter is unique in the way he creates his music. Some of his works include Shelter, Sad Machine, and Divinity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzQ6gRAEoy0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAIDqt2aUek https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si81bIoZRJQ
