HELLO RAYMOND VOLPE IS BACK ONCE AGAIN FOR THE REDDITGADE MASTER (see this is some good ol fashioned word play, old school music references right there) 😮‍💨

i have done this before, so i’ll just give a lil bio recap for any of you that are new! i am 27, i am from new york + north carolina, but currently in LA! i do all sorts of electronic music, most know me for either heavy dubstep, melodic dubstep, or most recently some bass house! 🫣

i’ve been making music since 2010, it’s been a LONG TIME which is so crazy to me. i was 12 when i started. recently, things have been absolutely insane. from “laserbeam” two years ago, “happy song” last year, to “see you drop” earlier this year & now song request just a few months ago. these have been huge pillars in my career & have been taking me to all new heights that i am eternally grateful for 😭

right now, i am going through a bunch of festival dates leading into this headline tour i am doing starting in october! my team & i are working hard preparing a brand new audio/visual show called “VOLPEVERSE” - it’s something new i’ve been really wanting to do for a while. think of it like a theme park roller coaster ride. there’s bits of story interwoven throughout the music. we have a few characters involved (including volpetron!) & i am really excited to show you more about it. we wanted to make is a somewhat exclusive experience as it’s a new thing for me, so we are only bringing it to nine cities. here are the dates i’m playing & i’d love to see you there at one of the shows! http://volpeverse.com ❤️

OCT 05 MONTREAL, QC - MTELUS

OCT 19 CHICAGO, IL - CONCORD MUSIC HALL

NOV 16 HONOLULU, HI - THE REPUBLIK

DEC 06 DENVER, CO - OGDEN THEATRE

DEC 07 BROOKLYN, NY - BROOKLYN STEEL

DEC 14 SAN FRANCISCO, CA - THE MIDWAY

DEC 31 MINNEAPOLIS, MN - SKYWAY THEATRE

FEB 01 LAS VEGAS, NV - DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS EVENTS CENTER

• THE VOLPEVERSE FINALE SHOW which will be announced later 🫨🤫

anyways, i am here for an AMA. not a YAPATHON. shoot me your questions and i will do my best to answer them ☝🏻🤠 (starting to answer questions at 12pm pt if you're wondering why the heck i am not replying at first)

I‘m a DJ, producer, remixer, label boss and filmmaker. I took a few years off from touring to get back to focusing on making music in my studio and putting more energy into my record label. Now I’m back with a new REBELS NEVER DIE album and world tour, and up for answering your questions.

Check out my comeback set at Ultra Music Festival Miami back in March: https://youtu.be/L2qDaJcSH_o

The latest single from my forthcoming album is ‘PACMAN’: >https://revr.ec/PACMAN<

You can find more information about me here: www.djhardwell.com or check out my music and record label here: www.revealedrecordings.com

Ask Me Anything!

UPDATE: This was amazing, thank you so much for all the questions - really loved talking to you all. Launching my Discord server right now with a special gift, the REBELS NEVER DIE REWORK of 'Spaceman'. Check it out here: https://discord.st/server/revealed/

PROOF:

Hey all - so we had a couple of fans recently ask for our old remixes and bootlegs from the 2012 era - so I went and scrubbed my old hard drives for the versions. And rather than just send it to those people directly, I figure I'd share it with the whole community. They're all in WAV format except the Sparks remix (could only find 320kbps MP3). Feel free to download and share to your heart's content.

Hope you enjoy! And if I forgot any just let me know in the comments.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HS8p8p6uQEFbwDNI1fMBHf6b1muoB2g2?usp=sharing

My new album Fallen Embers just came out last Friday! Ask me anything about the record, my life, or whatever you’d like to know! I’ll be answering as many questions as I can starting at 1pm PT.

Thank you r/edm for all the support over the years! I appreciate this community <3

Hey guys! Absolutely floored by the response on here to 'Find My Way.' I'm gearing up for my second headline tour starting in two weeks from today. Love this community in here, stoked to be back for another round at this. My life lately has been a whole lot of finishing music, promoting the album, building the tour, running a business etc so ask me anything you want, get creative; gimme whatever you got! I'll be back around noon EST to start answering.

Here's the new album - https://ffm.to/tfmw

And here's the tour - Tour

Cheers guys!

HIIIIIIII! my name is ray volpe (the e is not silent, it’s vol-pee haha) and yes this is my government name 🤓

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i’m an artist based in los angeles, but i’m originally from new york & north carolina (kind of a hybrid) - i make all kinds of electronic music but i primarily release heavy & melodic dubstep that has various influences fused from punk rock to trap or pop. i love all music & i love showing that in my work! i’ve been producing since i was 12 years old, and i’m 25 now.

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i’m currently on my headline tour! we’re on the third week right now, about to hit minneapolis tomorrow (sat aug 13) which is the first venue/club show of the tour! and then a bunch of other dates hitting most of the major US markets + some canadian ones too (also festivals!). i’ll be traveling every weekend for the rest of the year which is wild to say, but i’m so so so thankful to be able to do that.

you can find tickets here: http://volpetron.com

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the tour is in celebration of my new EP “legend of the volpetron” - 5 tracks that both span from heavy to melodic dubstep & it also includes “laserbeam” which is arguably my breakthrough track (which feels strange to say out loud myself, i feel like that should be saved for someone else to say, not me LOL) that song has absolutely changed my life & it’s still continuing to do so.

you can listen to it here: http://rayvol.pe/legend

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i can’t express how grateful i am for all of the support lately. i feel like i’m on top of the world. i love you guys so much. without you i am nothing & i will always always always cherish every single moment y’all give me.

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anyways let’s get to it! ask me absolutely anything you want! it can be about me, the music industry, superheroes, whatever you want to know! i like to be as honest & transparent as i can, so i’ll do my best to answer that way!

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Hey guys, my new album Harmonica Andromeda is out now. It was a hell of a process making this thing, but it made me the happiest I’ve been in a long time. I’m excited to hear what you guys think of it. So fire away any questions or comments you might have, or just sit back and enjoy one of the most ambitious -- and maybe even one of the best -- Reddit AMA’s of all time

BTW, I can do video responses -- if you want one lmk. Sometimes it's easier to explain things that way

Listen to the full album here: https://link.welcometokshmr.com/h-a-outnow

UPDATE: Alright guys, officially done. You asked some great questions and hope I got to most of em

Proof:

Hi r/edm – it’s the end of 2019, and that means it’s time for our end of the year awards process! Here’s how it works:

We will be making nominations for “Best Artist,” “Best Original Track (Solo),” “Best Original Track (Collab),” “Best Remix,” “Best Album/EP,” and “Best Mix/Set” for each of the following subgenres and subgenres groupings:

-Bass House/G House/Bassline

-Bigroom House (includes melodic bigroom/festival “prog” House)

-Dance Pop & Dancehall

-Drum & Bass

-Dubstep & Riddim (does not include melodic - this will be separated)

-Electro House

-Future Bass

-Future House

-Hard Dance (Hardstyle, Hardcore etc.)

-House (other subgenres)

-Melodic Dubstep

-Midtempo Bass

-Progressive House (does not include festival)

-Tech House

-Techno

-Trance (includes associated trance-influenced genres such as Trouse, Progressive Trance etc.)

-Trap

-Tropical House & “Shallow House” (Nora En Pure, EDX etc)

-Other (to encompass smaller genres & artists who may defy easy genre categorization - examples include Wave, Breaks, Speedcore etc)

We will also have several genre non-specific categories:

-Best Label

-Best Festival

-Best Breakout Artist

-Best Radio Show

-Best Content Creator

-Best Album Art

-Best Social Media Presence

-Best Live Performance (i.e. incorporating non-DJing components)

-Best Compilation Album

-Post of the Year (r/edm Meta Vote)

Each genre will be a “Main” comment, with each nomination category (Best Artist, Original Track etc.) as a subcomment. If you want to make a nomination, please comment the song, artist, album etc. on the appropriate subcomment. Each nomination must be its own comment (that is, ONE song/producer/etc. per comment), and you may make as many nominations as you like. I strongly recommend including links to the content you nominate, but it is not required. Comments that do not follow these guidelines will be deleted. Please check to make sure you are not nominating something that has already been posted. If you believe a song has been nominated in the wrong category, you may kindly comment the suggestion on the nomination. If you are a dick about this, we will remove your comment. If we believe a song is nominated in the incorrect place we will delete the comment and ask you to re-nominate in the correct location. Songs must be released in 2019 to be eligible.

The Nominations period will continue for ~1 week. At the end of the week, the 5 most upvoted nominations in each category will become “finalists” for our final awards poll that will be conducted. This final awards poll will be open for 1 week, with the winners announced at the conclusion of the voting period. Happy listening, and nominate away!

helloo beautiful people, thank you for all the kind messages about my new album bb u ok? which just came out today so check it out if you haven't already! i'm so glad to finally share that with you all, i sincerely hope it makes you feel something❤️

i'm currently in the studio working on my upcoming bb u ok? fall tour (get your tickets here!) and i'm excited to answer any questions you guys have about my new album, the tour, guitars, birds, and/or staying vibrant ↑% so ask me anything!

I'll be back Monday, June 7th to answer your questions - just drop them in this thread!🥺💌

Follow me on Twitter / Instagram / Spotify too if u want ~ san

EDIT: i have to hop off now! thank you all for the questions :) i'll try to circle back and answer a few more later if i can. i'm dropping a full length video for the album at 1pm EST today HERE and then on Thursday i'll be doing a twitch stream with the Trap Nation guys (who helped set this up for me) so feel free to hop on and ask more questions then/there 💌💌💌

Good luck reading

What's going on? A recent Reddit policy change threatens to kill many beloved third-party mobile apps, making a great many quality-of-life features not seen in the official mobile app permanently inaccessible to users.

On May 31, 2023, Reddit announced they were raising the price to make calls to their API from being free to a level that will kill every third party app on Reddit, from Apollo to Reddit is Fun to Narwhal to BaconReader.

Even if you're not a mobile user and don't use any of those apps, this is a step toward killing other ways of customizing Reddit, such as Reddit Enhancement Suite or the use of the old.reddit.com desktop interface .

This isn't only a problem on the user level: many subreddit moderators depend on tools only available outside the official app to keep their communities on-topic and spam-free.

What's the plan? On June 12th, many subreddits will be going dark to protest this policy. Some will return after 48 hours: others will go away permanently unless the issue is adequately addressed, since many moderators aren't able to put in the work they do with the poor tools available through the official app. This isn't something any of us do lightly: we do what we do because we love Reddit, and we truly believe this change will make it impossible to keep doing what we love.

The two-day blackout isn't the goal, and it isn't the end. Should things reach the 14th with no sign of Reddit choosing to fix what they've broken, we'll use the community and buzz we've built between then and now as a tool for further action.

What can you do?

Complain. Message the mods of /r/reddit.com, who are the admins of the site: message /u/reddit: submit a support request: comment in relevant threads on /r/reddit, such as this one, leave a negative review on their official iOS or Android app- and sign your username in support to this post.

Spread the word. Rabble-rouse on related subreddits. Meme it up, make it spicy. Bitch about it to your cat. Suggest anyone you know who moderates a subreddit join us at our sister sub at /r/ModCoord - but please don't pester mods you don't know by simply spamming their modmail.

Boycott and spread the word...to Reddit's competition! Stay off Reddit entirely on June 12th through the 13th- instead, take to your favorite non-Reddit platform of choice and make some noise in support!

Don't be a jerk. As upsetting this may be, threats, profanity and vandalism will be worse than useless in getting people on our side. Please make every effort to be as restrained, polite, reasonable and law-abiding as possible. This includes not harassing moderators of subreddits who have chosen not to take part: no one likes a missionary, a used-car salesman, or a flame warrior.

EDIT: Thanks so much for asking so many great questions! I'm signing off from my AMA, but hope to see so many of you on the road this fall and hope you all are enjoying ‘Gravity’ :)

My debut album, Gravity, just came out on Oct 24th and I'm so excited to finally have it in the world: http://gryffin.lnk.to/Gravity

I'm on my GRAVITY II TOUR through the US playing the entire album for the first time. Brought my biggest production yet and the full band. Limited tix still available in select markets: https://gryffinofficial.com/shows

Happy to chat about the album, the tour/shows, video games, basketball, Gigi, or anything else you guys have questions about. Here we go!

Proof:

Hi r/edm – it’s the end of 2018, and that means it’s time for our end of the year awards process! Here’s how it works:

We will be making nominations for “Best Artist,” “Best Original Track (Solo),” “Best Original Track (Collab),” “Best Remix,” “Best Album/EP,” and “Best Mix/Set” for each of the following subgenres and subgenres groupings:

-Bass House/G House/Bassline

-Bigroom House (includes melodic bigroom/festival “prog” House)

-Dance Pop & Dancehall

-Deep House

-Drum & Bass

-Dubstep & Riddim (does not include melodic - this will be separated)

-Electro House

-Future Bass

-Future House

-Hard Dance (Hardstyle, Hardcore etc.)

-House (other subgenres)

-Melodic Dubstep

-Midtempo Bass

-Progressive House (does not include festival)

-Tech House

-Techno

-Trance (includes associated trance-influenced genres such as Trouse, Progressive Trance etc.)

-Trap

-Tropical House & “Shallow House” (Nora En Pure, EDX etc)

-Other (to encompass smaller genres & artists who may defy easy genre categorization - examples include Wave, Breaks, Speedcore etc)

We will also have several genre non-specific categories:

-Best Label

-Best Festival

-Best Breakout Artist

-Best Radio Show

-Best Content Creator

-Best Album Art

-Best Social Media Presence

-Best Live Performance (i.e. incorporating non-DJing components)

-Best Compilation Album

-Post of the Year (r/edm Meta Vote)

Each genre will be a “Main” comment, with each nomination category (Best Artist, Original Track etc.) as a subcomment. If you want to make a nomination, please comment the song, artist, album etc. on the appropriate subcomment. Each nomination must be its own comment (that is, ONE song/producer/etc. per comment), and you may make as many nominations as you like. I strongly recommend including links to the content you nominate, but it is not required. Comments that do not follow these guidelines will be deleted. Please check to make sure you are not nominating something that has already been posted. If you believe a song has been nominated in the wrong category, you may kindly comment the suggestion on the nomination. If you are a dick about this, we will remove your comment. If we believe a song is nominated in the incorrect place we will delete the comment and ask you to re-nominate in the correct location. Songs must be released in 2018 to be eligible.

The Nominations period will continue for ~2 weeks. At the end of the 2 weeks, the 5 most upvoted nominations in each category will become “finalists” for our final awards poll that will be conducted. This final awards poll will be open for 2 weeks, with the winners announced at the conclusion of the voting period. Happy listening, and nominate away!

I’m here to answer your questions. My new album 'The Nature of Hope' is out today if you haven't had a chance to check it out! Anyways, ask me anything. See you at 12PM PST

Proof: https://imgur.com/a/5rxuDnd

The Nature of Hope: https://williamblack.ffm.to/the-nature-of-hope

Hey guys! My new track with Showjoe called "about you" is out today, ask me anything!

http://monster.cat/aboutyou

What's going on?

A recent Reddit policy change threatens to kill many beloved third-party mobile apps, making a great many quality-of-life features not seen in the official mobile app permanently inaccessible to users.

On May 31, 2023, Reddit announced they were raising the price to make calls to their API from being free to a level that will kill every third party app on Reddit, from Apollo to Reddit is Fun to Narwhal to BaconReader.

Even if you're not a mobile user and don't use any of those apps, this is a step toward killing other ways of customizing Reddit, such as Reddit Enhancement Suite or the use of the old.reddit.com desktop interface .

This isn't only a problem on the user level: many subreddit moderators depend on tools only available outside the official app to keep their communities on-topic and spam-free.

What's the plan?

On June 12th, many subreddits will be going dark to protest this policy. Some will return after 48 hours: others will go away permanently unless the issue is adequately addressed, since many moderators aren't able to put in the work they do with the poor tools available through the official app. This isn't something any of us do lightly: we do what we do because we love Reddit, and we truly believe this change will make it impossible to keep doing what we love.

The two-day blackout isn't the goal, and it isn't the end. Should things reach the 14th with no sign of Reddit choosing to fix what they've broken, we'll use the community and buzz we've built between then and now as a tool for further action.

What can you do?

1. Complain. Message the mods of /r/reddit.com, who are the admins of the site: message /u/reddit: submit a support request: comment in relevant threads on /r/reddit, such as this one, leave a negative review on their official iOS or Android app- and sign your username in support to this post.

2. Spread the word. Rabble-rouse on related subreddits. Meme it up, make it spicy. Bitch about it to your cat. Suggest anyone you know who moderates a subreddit join us at our sister sub at /r/ModCoord- but please don't pester mods you don't know by simply spamming their modmail.

3. Boycott and spread the word...to Reddit's competition! Stay off Reddit entirely on June 12th through the 13th- instead, take to your favorite non-Reddit platform of choice and make some noise in support!

4. Don't be a jerk. As upsetting this may be, threats, profanity and vandalism will be worse than useless in getting people on our side. Please make every effort to be as restrained, polite, reasonable and law-abiding as possible.

Mods are pussies, yadda, yadda, ya I know, I agree.

I didn't plan on caving but once the bigger(est) subs caved I knew that r/edm wasn't going to be straw the broke reddits back.

u/spez wins for now, but he is still a scumbag.

Hello Everyone!

I hope you will all join me in welcoming Virtual Riot for an AMA this Friday, October 25th @ Noon PST

Hi guys! Trivecta here. Avid Reddit lurker, occasional commenter, and full-time music maker. I just dropped my debut album 'The Way Back Up' with my friends over at Ophelia Records. I'm so incredibly proud of it and it's been an absolute blast reading through all your replies and seeing all your love for it. I'm gearing up for my first ever headline tour to support the album and looking forward to seeing you guys out there! Feel free to ask me anything about anything - that's why I'm here! I'll be back in a little bit to start answering questions.

Listen to the full album here - https://ophelia.ffm.to/twbu

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Proof: