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SUPPORT ME ON PATREON\n\nWATCH MUSIC is not a GENRE VIDEOS and MORE\n\nFour on the floor. Boom boom boom. Nothing sounds quite like an 8-0-8. All about that bass. The vast majority of modern music is built on electronic drums. And that vast majority of THAT music is structured around a steady 4/4 beat \u2013 y\u2019know something you can dance to. Sure, dance music has existed probably since music was first invented. Rhythm is way to important for it not to have been a key element in separating random noise from deliberate creation. And music doesn\u2019t even have to be labeled as \u201cdance music\u201d for you to be able to dance to it. But there are certain kinds of music designed and labeled specifically for dancing (gavotte, anyone?). Which brings us to house.\n\nHouse started out as basically electronic disco with a deeper kick. It was a way for people without a band to make music they could spin at clubs. In fact, most historians say the term \u201chouse\u201d came from the late great Chicago club, The Warehouse, which closed in 1983, right at the cusp of house music\u2019s invention. People wanted music like the music they spun at \u201cthe \u2018House\u201d. And from there was spawned just about every kind of electronic dance music (EDM) since then.\n\nIs all EDM house? No. And though house wasn\u2019t the first ever EDM, it became so influential that just about every kind of electronic music today owes something to house. Now, house isn\u2019t my favorite type of music by any means. Repetition is essential on so many levels, but for me there needs to be more texture, more layers, to keep my attention. That said, I have huge respect for house \u2013 as I do for its parent, disco \u2013 because it was created to be a safe & inclusive place for the disenfranchised to come together and celebrate being alive. People of color, the LGBTQ community, anyone who felt \u201cother than\u201d among their friends & family. And just as important for me, house emphasizes my belief that DANCING is an essential part of living a good life.\n\nChip E. was a house pioneer. Some even call him the \u201cgodfather of house\u201d. I own Chip E.\u2019s \u201cLike This\u201d because I was a DJ in the mid-late 1980s. I knew even then that I couldn\u2019t live without dancing, and moreover wanted to provide the music other people could dance to. I\u2019ve been doing electronic music since the very beginning of my career, and dance music of all kinds. Since my band REC\u2019s album, Distance to Empty, almost all of my music has been electronic in some way. It\u2019s why I classify what I do as \u201cprogressive electro power pop\u201d. \xa0As for any of my music being a direct descendent of house, there\u2019s less of that. But it\u2019s there. And in fact, this REC single is very clearly house-inspired:\n\nREC - \u201cAll Kinds of Right (The Highway 28 Song)\u201d (feat. Cathryn Lynne - from the album Synergy for the Weird)\n\nDo you know house music? Are you into it, or any kind of EDM? Or are you into any of the many artists influenced by house \u2013 like Madonna, Rihanna, Daft Punk, Calvin Harris? Discuss dammit!\n\n\n--- \n\nThis episode is sponsored by \n\xb7 Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app\n\nSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/musicisnotagenre/support\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices