Overview

Status: Available | Released: Oct 21st, 2015

What is House Music and how does it differ from Deep House?
What determines whether a track is EDM Standard or Hard Style?
What type of techniques are used to create Techno and Trance?

All these questions and more, are answered in this Dance Music Styles Demystified course by dance music producer and educator, Olav Basoski. You learn how different genres have different kinds of beat constructions, melodic shapes, bass lines, musical parts and breakdowns. He explains the "little" but very important subtle things that give each dance music style its very own, unique sound.

So if you've been wondering what dance music styles are all about, sit back a learn some of the answers from one of the best dance music educators on the planet. Then, take what you've learned to break away from the EDM past, and surge into the future by creating your very own dance music genre!

Outline

Section 1: Section 1: Intro

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Intro

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Section 2: Section 2: House Music

Section 3: Section 3: Techno

Section 4: Section 4: Deep House

Section 5: Section 5: Trance Music

Section 6: Section 6: Standard EDM

Section 7: Section 7: Hardstyle EDM

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Reviews

Aaron T wrote on January 19, 2024

All of Olav's courses on MacProVideo are valuable and there are insights through each & every one (I have watched them all). But, this is probably his best course as it lays out key & subtle differences between the most popular styles of electronic dance music. A must watch for anyone looking to understand and produce EDM music.
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Rucaneando wrote on June 27, 2018

Great course! It is an excellent way to understand the evolution of electronic music and its genres. Wonderful examples designed by Olav!
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LXOR wrote on September 16, 2016

This is a nice little overview of some electronic music styles. Its not too long, and not too in depth.
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CvG wrote on June 21, 2016

Great course, in fact: all Olav's courses are great!
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David Senn wrote on February 3, 2016

Really good information and relaxed style I loved it. Wish he did one on R&b as well
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Chaeya wrote on December 8, 2015

I found this course to be an accurate description of the different styles of dance music. It was nice to see them broken down and all of the details explained with a little history thrown in.
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Trond D wrote on December 3, 2015

Olav flies through dance music styled and mark out their differences and similarities. All with nice musical examples.
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derfrosch wrote on November 15, 2015

This really is a nice and interesting overview about some of the most popular dance music styles. I learned a lot about the typical elements and structures of these styles and as well also some interesting things about their history. Personally I missed one specific style: Drum & Bass. Anyway: thanks a lot for this very interesting course.
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n4Sphere wrote on November 13, 2015

I really like his tutorials. This time he gives also a small historical overview of the different music genres. Actually the trance and edm tracks are really sounding cool. He really tries to concentrate on the main differences and necessary elements in a track. Thumbs up want more :)
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Pecchan wrote on October 27, 2015

This is a fun little course, perfect to watch between long 4-hour marathons. It's more like a short documentary quickly illustrating various styles of dance music. Basoski deeply understands the aesthetics of various genres and gets his points across in an informative, yet entertaining way - being the veteran MPV trainer that he is.
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