In Defense of Electronic Dance Music (EDM)

Guitarists pluck strings and pianists stroke keys to make a medley of sounds called music, but a different breed of musicians click and tap away on a computer.  Just as it takes musical abilities for a guitarist or pianist to create the right combination of sounds that resonate with listeners so to goes the same for electronic dance music (EDM) DJs who can select and arrange the right sounds together in order to connect with their fans.  Recently, Tom Petty belittled EDM music and Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) founder Pasquale Rotella politely responded, but he did not go far enough to defend the art of EDM.  As one can see from the video below, thousands of people gathered at the recent 2014 Las Vegas EDC and they enjoyed the music created by their favorite DJs just as Tom Petty's music can be enjoyed by his fans.

      
http://www.stereogum.com/1695545/youll-never-believe-this-but-tom-petty-thinks-edm-shows-are-stupid/franchises/wheres-the-beef/





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAmMDG7mFog