Last week, the one-day IMS Engage 2014 event took place in L.A, and the organizers have just uploaded the first conversation between underground artist Guy Gerber and Diddy on Youtube. I consider this conversation to be a must-watch video for all of those that are curious observers of the scene:
You almost never get to read or hear an interview with Skrillex because he simply doesn't do them very often anymore. So getting to hear Skrillex talk for close to 45 minutes is a must-listen for any self-respecting Sonny fans. So check out this clip from the IMS Engage conference in L.A that occurred last month:
Yesterday in Los Angeles, some of the brightest thinkers behind the EDM boom came together to share their thoughts in a one day conference called IMS Engage. Using the hashtag #IMSengage, people from all over the world could read key quotes from the speakers at the conference. Speakers at at this conference included Pete Tong, Ben Turner, Skrillex, Shelly Finkel (SFX Entertainment), Matthew Adell (Beatport), Russell Simons, Amy Thomson (Manager of Swedish House Mafia), Diplo, and more.
Luckily for you dear reader I was able to closely follow the tweets from #IMSengage yesterday and here are my favourite quotes from the conference:
"We don't use the term EDM anymore. We use EMC - electronic music culture." - Shelly Finkel, SFX #IMSEngage @imsibiza @imsengage @djz
— Liz Heinlein (@lizheinlein) April 17, 2013
"Only one Tomorrowland per continent." -Shelly Finkel, espousing quality over quantity. #IMSengage
— Zel McCarthy (@ZelMcCarthy) April 17, 2013
"Vegas used to be about Frank Sinatra, then boxers, then the Celine Dions... and now it's about the DJs." - @petetong #IMSengage
— IMS Engage (@IMSEngage) April 17, 2013
"I don't really see the point of buying fans. Fake fans don't buy your records" Regarding buying FB friends @diplo #IMSEngage
— Magnetic Magazine (@magnetic_mag) April 17, 2013
.@beatport gets 22,000 new tracks per week. #IMSengage
— IMS Engage (@IMSEngage) April 17, 2013
.@seetroytweet assures Amy there's a balance to success: "money's fine, you just can't sacrifice the culture for it." #IMSengage
— Zel McCarthy (@ZelMcCarthy) April 17, 2013
"Do you think the way America has grabbed electronic music will kill it? Because I do." -@theamythompson to @seetroytweet#IMSengage
— IMS Engage (@IMSEngage) April 17, 2013
(Amy Thomson later clarified that it was American bankers that she was referring to)
.@ministryofsound gave @theamythomson $500 to go to New York to "find another one of these fuckers" referring to a superstar DJ#IMSEngage
— Front Stage Pass™ (@FrontStagePass) April 17, 2013
"The bigger the overground becomes, the bigger the underground becomes" @theamythomson #IMSEngage
— Magnetic Magazine (@magnetic_mag) April 17, 2013
"Give it away until they can't live without it." -@unclerush #IMSengage
— IMS Engage (@IMSEngage) April 17, 2013
"If you love the culture you should be happy doing it. Don't let the results cloud the rest." - @unclerush #IMSengage
— Zel McCarthy (@ZelMcCarthy) April 17, 2013
@skrillex just bought an 11,000 sq ft building in Chinatown (in LA) so that young laptop produces can make music. #IMSEngage
— Front Stage Pass™ (@FrontStagePass) April 18, 2013
Space matters. "The 1st step of throwing a rave is location; you want it to feel good. Then you put the music there." -@skrillex #IMSEngage
— Kerri Mason (@HotWaterInc) April 18, 2013
"Three years ago I was $30k in debt." -@skrillex #IMSengage
— IMS Engage (@IMSEngage) April 18, 2013
"Coachella's average age is 8 years younger than last year." -@reffjosenthal #IMSengage
— IMS Engage (@IMSEngage) April 18, 2013
To read all of the tweets from #IMSengage, click here.
