Earlier this year Dan Schwabel made a series of interviews with the top DJ's in the world for the Forbes Magazine. Having gotten popular in the mid 80s and 90s in Europe, house music has become extremely widespread in America during the past decade. Younger audiences appreciate chorus and the beat of the song, rather than the words and this is exactly what house thrives on - the sensuous and firsthand experience of listeners. Technology has had a profound role in getting more people involved in terms of social media and cheaper ways to produce music.
Nowadays the DJ's have become superstars like no other: many have their own record labels, clothing lines, charity funds, clubs, TV shows and whatever else their inspiration and fans allow them to embark on. Schwabel also brings out some impressive numbers to back up the already evident superstardom of DJs - in the year 2011 the Swedish House Mafia sold out 20,000 seats to the Madison Square Garden in 9 minutes; 2012 Miami Ultra Festival sold out 200,000 tickets 73 days before the starting date. So Dan Schwabel put together questions which every DJ could answer as they pleased. These were mainly about the aforementioned themes: widespread phenomenon of house music and the role of social media, but also of personal interests, influences and present undertakings etc. We're going to bring you the stories one by one, as well as latest developments and sounds from the 13 world's greatest DJ's.
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