This past Sunday, the LA Times ran an article which was essentially an inflammatory pummeling of the EDM scene. It painted a picture of “Ecstasy-fueled underground” raves, bumped up into the mainstream, leaving a trail of dead, drug-addled kids being picked up by the “…coroner’s wagon rolling down desert roads.” Please....
Ten years ago this month, I put my entire heart and soul into an album called, “It’s You, It’s Me”. Let me just throw a flashback at you: At the time I was working on this album, things were desperate. I knew that if this album...
If there’s a formula to selling out, I think every band in the world would be doing it. The fact that you write good songs and you sell too many of them, if everybody in the world knew how to do that they’d do it....
I heard Kaskade tickets for NYEcost 1 vile of blood, 1 kidney, and your first born male child. — Jessie(@JessieVenom) November 20, 2012 Ha! Yes it has been a fun few days on my Social Media. But even if I am getting slaughtered in your Twitter feed I...
Ok, I’m going to make this easy for the people who won’t take five minutes to read this entire piece, and want something sensational and negative to walk away with. Here’s your headline: Kaskade totally upset by non-win on Top 100 DJ Poll! Blasts DJ Mag...
When talking to the press, I’m often asked how Electronic Dance Music (EDM) sprang up out of nowhere?! These guys. These journalists who make their Santa Claus sparkly eyes, enthusiastic and curious as to how EDM could just pop onto the music scene, *poof* and...
Explaining the politics of mash ups is a dirty business. For the uninitiated, a mash up is essentially a remix of a song. But not exactly. Maybe it’s more like a marriage of elements. For instance, I can pluck a vocal track that I’ve used...
I’m looking at the calendar, and cannot believe that the seasons are changing. Summer is close, but behind us, and Autumn is threatening to be here. It makes me wonder if everything actually happened? It’s only this past week that I’ve had the time to...
