Beat Kitty

Stop ghosting your gut. 🩵
9 times out of 10 it has better taste than your feed.
We've been taught to ignore that little voice. We second-guess it, talk ourselves out of it, drown it in opinions. But that voice is your true north. Your soul. The divine spark that knows before your brain catches up and decides it knows better. 🐱

No trend, no algo-rhythm, no one’s opinion should ever eclipse that. We’re all stardust hurtling through space… and we are all given an inner voice and intuition for a reason… and second guessing your soul isn’t doing anyone any good. 🩵

We need more authenticity, more creativity, and more raw expression than ever. I hope this inspires you to tap in a little more every day and give yourself a little more compassion to be the messy, beautiful human you are. 🔥

I see a lot of folks complaining about electronic music becoming "cheesy" with folks playing remixes and not appreciating "real" art. I personally feel there is a time and place for everything. As someone who has been producing for 10 years now, I will always be a DJ first. I care more about getting people moving than playing a new song I just wrote if it doesn't make sense for the moment. Sure, I love being able to share my music, but it's not about me. The dancefloor is about the people, not putting one human on a pedestal.

And like it or not, you know what gets a dancefloor going? A fire remix. Vocals for folks to latch on to. Something with a message. When you're actively playing for the dancefloor and not yourself, it is a way to gain trust so you can then try the weirder stuff. Sound design boops and wubs are great and all, but tweaking your wave tables isn't exactly accessible to everyone.

It also surprises me that anyone thinks their art is more refined than others because they don't use "gimmicks." A majority of electronic music is kind of devoid of any real message, and that's okay, because originally it was the community and the gathering that mattered. Now that we are putting EDM artists on pedestals, we just have a slew of folks with "cheesy" tunes and songs all about partying. Seems par for the course imo.

I believe EDM artists remixing music that catches the ear is probably because those songs evoke emotion or the music has a message… and maybe EDM on its own isn't delivering this… at least in the way that the artists on pedestals want. 🤷🏼‍♀️