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You Need To Stop Saying EDM Music, Here’s Why

Yes, we've said it before, but we're going to say it again. EDM does not need to be called EDM Music.

Have you ever called the American national baseball league ‘MLB Baseball?' No? Well you may be thinking, why do I need to call it Major League Baseball Baseball? Well that's exactly the point. Electronic Dance Music Music doesn't work correctly together.

While there is some confusion about what exactly EDM entails, Electronic Dance Music (also known as dance music and electronic music) is a set of electronic music genres that was created originally for dance-type settings.

In 2010, the American music industry adopted the term EDM as a way to describe the electronic dance music scene. While it's received criticism in the past, the term EDM is here to stay… for now.

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