Tomorrow is a Mystery

For the past eight years, festival-goers and EDM lovers have gathered in the heart of Belgium to experience a weekend full of fantasy, costumes, and camping. TomorrowLand, a weekend long music festival, has caused people from all over the world to join each other in song and dance. With storybook themed stages and enchanted characters running free, it is a festival in which you can escape reality and enter an 'Alice in Wonderland' type world. For the first time ever, the creators of TomorrowLand made a BIG move- literally and figuratively. TomorrowWorld, the American version of the Belgium festival, took place just this weekend in the Chattahoochee Hills of Georgia, right outside of Atlanta. With over 50,000 people in attendance each day, the festival was a huge hit. Hundreds of the top EDM DJ's from all around the world reunited in the hills and created history together.

Artists such as Tiesto, Armin Van Buuren, and Porter Robinson (my personal heart throb) all took the stages this weekend in front of thousands of people. With multiple stages and plenty of room to roam, TomorrowWorld did not disappoint with the capacity of performance. Each stage created a different reality for everyone to discover, like the Super You & Me stage, which was superhero themed and caused DJs to wear their favorite superhero attire.

Not only does a new festival like this bring in plenty of revenue, it also gives us Americans a chance to discover what we've been missing out on. Although we have hundreds of huge EDM festivals each year, this one created a completely different experience and was a treat for all who attended. I can only hope we will see TomorrowWorld come back to Chattahoochee each year, and give everybody a chance to release their inner child.

Kaskade: The Father of EDM

My first blog post is dedicated to my favorite EDM DJ, Kaskade. Kaskade, also known as Ryan Raddon, has been in the DJ industry for well over 10 years now, and his successes show that. He is mostly known to be a "house" or "electronic" DJ, however his new album 'Atmosphere' took a complete opposite route. With its jazz influenced and mellow tunes, it is an album that allowed Kaskade to be creative with and have a little fun with. It is nothing like the albums you'll hear from other upcoming DJ's, however its musical intelligence and playful melodies will get you hooked.

In this interview, Kaskade starts to explain how Twitter has changed the game for him and how it's so easy to reach out to his fans. He is known to hold contests on  Twitter and tweet back at his fans, taking full advantage of today's technologies and showing how much he cares for his fans. And for that reason alone, I have full respect for him and everything he does. He still gives us all faith that musicians are out there for the right reasons.