The definition of a music producer is not the same for everybody. This rings particularly true in contemporary Black music from the mid-20th century onward. Aspiring musicians or artists may take ...

The world of electronic dance music (EDM) is exploding. The market for this music—and the experiences associated with it—is on a serious growth trajectory. And it’s not limited to any single ...

It has never been easier to become a DJ or musician, and it only keeps getting easier as mobile technology increases in capability each year. Whereas a singer would once have needed to find ...

Spotify has been experimenting with AI in some form since 2023, when it first debuted its personalized DJ. In the early days, I felt the DJ was pretty rough. Sure, it would sometimes provide me with ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

The Spice Girls' song Wannabe made just about every catchy song list out there. They wanna really, really, really wanna zigazig ah! How come some songs make us want to sing along and dance, while ...

With advances in technology, many newcomers have been emboldened to enter the professional DJ space. This doesn’t mean, however, that old-school DJs are now obsolete. As it turns out, there is room ...

Those of us old enough to be alive in 1994 when Illmatic dropped have been waiting for Nas and DJ Premier to drop a full-length project for 30-plus years, especially after the numerous classics ...

How come some songs make us want to sing along and dance, while others just don't grab our attention? Catchy songs have been around as long as there's been music, but what makes a song stick in our ...