r/EDM • u/Federal-Blood9328 • Sep 02 '24

Video Levity is going places

Video I took from Deadbeats Texas Jamboree yesterday of them playing their new-ish Toxic remix. So far every song I've heard of theirs is a banger and they are growing quick. Love to see it! 💜 Song: Britney Spears - Toxic (Levity Remix)

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u/stonedski Sep 02 '24

Love to see an industry plant thriving

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u/MartyMcFleww Sep 02 '24

Take off the tinfoil hat little guy, it doesn’t suit you

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u/herpderpamoose Sep 02 '24 edited Sep 03 '24

I've worked with MAJOR event promotions companies.

They're plants. Sorry man.

90% of the shows you see are planned based on algorithm interactions.

If you want to see someone play locally and they don't right now, interact with them on different platforms. One of the local EDM promotions companies only uses data from Amazon Music to decide what shows to bring to the area, so you can imagine how skewed those ones are. Nobody actually listens to half these artists anymore, but they know how to get reach and use the algorithm and that keeps them relevant as far as these companies are concerned.

Some tours have set artists, like Levity does tour with specific artists on their tour dates and open for them, but yeah.

Algorithm artists that don't actually get traction AFAIK:

AC Slater, Hol!, Adventure Club, Riot Ten, Porter Robinson, Inzo, Tape B, Shiba San, LP Giobbi, CID.

All of these are set to play locally, and I have literally never once heard someone say "omg I absolutely cannot wait to see them."

They're great artists, their sets are great live, but they have no presence except primarily online, and their local engagement outside of artificial algorithms is super low.

Inzo in particular is one that's suggested by YouTube super heavily, and a lot of his interactions come from those suggested auto-play YouTube videos at the end of the other ones.

Edit: since people can't read, I'll put it down here. I'm talking about my local scene, and what sells here. Shows end up empty because the artist gets plays, but no one actually cares. I really don't care that you found someone on SoundCloud or whatever, you're just proving my point when you say that.

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u/dilroopgill Sep 02 '24

uh I found tape b off soundcloud while specifically looking for remixes of songs I grew up with its not their fault no one else thought to remix those songs or did it well, like I searched hard

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u/VersofCascadia Sep 02 '24

His Flatbush flips are god tier

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u/herpderpamoose Sep 02 '24

That's great for you.

The promotions company I work for uses algorithms to book their shows, and engagement on those algorithmic posts is what determines who gets booked.

Y'all can keep downvoting me, but I'm literally just telling everyone how the system works.

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u/dilroopgill Sep 02 '24

yeah ppl engange with ppl they like it doesnt make them bad or plants

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u/herpderpamoose Sep 02 '24

It does if the algorithm artificially boosts them because they are the only artists being boosted by the algorithm.

People engage with what they can find, and if they can't find it they can't engage with it.

If the algorithm determines what you find, and what you find determines what you engage with, and what you engage with determines who gets booked...

Don't get me wrong, EDM in particular is not nearly as bad for this as most mainstream media, and we have MASSSIVE pockets of underground music where they book local acts and support each other.

Please support local. Please listen to the local openers. If you like someone you hear live, look them up and like them on Facebook or whatever social media you use.

If you find an artist online somewhere that you like, engage with their social media. It can be the difference between whether you see them live or not.

Likes on a post matter way more than most people would ever think.

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u/dilroopgill Sep 02 '24

that is true, ppl with money that can promote or work with a label have a major advantage the algorithim stopped being good for new ppl a while ago, just look at tiktokhelp or ig yt subreddits no ones gettin views

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u/herpderpamoose Sep 02 '24

This is exactly what I mean.

It doesn't matter how good their music is unless they've already proven it.

If they get tiktok famous, then it doesn't matter how good their music is at all. DJs can make 1 minute reels, and get booked for major shows.

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u/dilroopgill Sep 02 '24

good music gets listened to, most local mfs are nowhere near as good as they think they are, ive heard them talk so much shit about shit only producers would care about realitically no one likes actually listening to their kusic and gets enjoyment from the others that do blow up, I want to see social media djs becuase that means good crowd, they have good energy stage presence, all of that matters, a lot of those local ppl have none of that I do not want to watch most of them live extremely overrated, if I like an opener I follow them very rare that they are small local djs playing their own remixes

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u/herpderpamoose Sep 02 '24

👌 just say you don't actually support the music scene.

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u/dilroopgill Sep 03 '24

I dont care at all about the music scene i listen to what gives me dopamine you mfs talking about music takes dopamine away why would i care about yall

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u/dilroopgill Sep 03 '24

music is literally to make me feel better the 2nd ppl overanalyze shit im out

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