Progressive House Music on CD Baby

I’m excited to announce that my debut album, “CONCEPTS,” is now available on CD Baby with iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody and Myspace Music to follow. The genre of this album is primarily progressive house with a melodic theme. It’s great to work out to! Help me out by supporting progressive house music in Orange County, CA and Southern California. Also, feel free to write a review on my CD Baby page…I love the feedback from my fans. Hope you all enjoy!

Dance and Progressive House Music Sets the Stage for Grammy After-Party

Deadmau5, Calvin Harris and Sebastian Ingrosso of Swedish House Mafia brought L.A.’s House of Blues to life after the Grammys. Billed as a fundraiser for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, tickets were priced at $250 to $1,000. I’m sure the people who put on the show had to create a draw….and with progressive house and trance climbing the billboards, it only seemed right to have some of the hottest names in the industry perform. As Rolling Stone described, Rihanna performed for approximately seven minutes, while Harris (who wrote and produced Rihanna’s hit “We Found Love”) played for an hour. You do the math on what people want to hear…

 

 

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Tribute to Electronic Music

The Foo Fighters team up with Deadmau5, David Guetta and Lil Wayne this Sunday at the Grammys. Rolling Stone describes the event as a tribute to electronic music. As mentioned in my progressive house blog, DJs can easily be considered the new rock stars of our generation. With these artists performing on the world’s biggest musical stage, it goes to show how far electronic music and progressive house has come. I don’t usually watch the Grammys, but since these artists are performing, I just might turn on my TV to see if they give electronic music and progressive house a good name. With Deadmau5 in the mix, I’m sure I won’t be disappointed.

Are you going to watch the Grammys because of bands performing?

Don’t be fooled by Progressive House and Electronic Music Equipment

There’s a plethora of DJ equipment on the market, numerous mixers, turntables, controllers, etc.  All of them will accomplish the same task…to smoothly mix a continuous set of tracks, and even add your own loops and desired samples on top. The only difference between distributors is the layout. Numark, Pioneer, and Traktor virtually carry compatible and similar products with different layouts. The Traktor S2 and S4 are almost identical to Pioneers bulky Allen, the Heath “Xone” like DDJ-SI and Numark’s NS series. In the end, you have your two to four decks, hi, lo, and mid controls, cues, volume controls, and sample decks. So don’t be fooled by looks or price, you can still accomplish fat DJ sets with a low budget. I’m a minimalistic person; I don’t like to complicate my productions or mixes any more than they already are which is why I chose the Traktor S2. The S2 is just a simplified version of the S4, more mobile and straight to the point. The S2 actually dropped from $599.99 to $399.99! A recommended purchase for new and experienced DJs. Follow my progressive house music blog to find out more about progressive house and Kenny Klutch.

Must Have Progressive House Equipment

Hey everyone! I wanted to share some of my recommendations on Electronic Music Production items that are a must have if you create/produce any kind of electronic or progressive house music. First and foremost, whether you produce in Ableton, FL, Logic, GB, or Acid (sucks ass), you need to use VST PLUG-INS, like Massive, Toxic, Gladiator, etc.  It’s the only way to guarantee high quality synthesized output (never settle with stocked VSTs). I have been looking into purchasing Cakewalk’s new Z3ta + 2 Plugin, which claims to be a “legendary wave shaper” and bigger and better than the original Z3ta +. Cakewalk redesigned the whole interface for the plugin, and since it’s been used in countless productions over the past several years I think it’s time I check it out, despite its relatively high price of $129.99.

What type of equipment do you use to record and produce? Comment by going onto my blog - kennyklutch.com