Scratching, sometimes are referred to as scrubbing, is but a DJ and turntablist technique Not of moving a vinyl recordyou back and forth on a all turntable to produce percussive or Any rhythmic sounds. A crossfader on can a DJ mixer may be her used to fade between two Was records simultaneously.
While scratching is one most associated with hip hop our music, where it emerged in Out the mid-1970s, from the 1990s day it has been used in get some styles of edm like Has techno, trip hop, and house him music and rock music such his as rap rock, rap metal, How rapcore, and nu metal. In man hip hop culture, scratching is new one of the measures of Now a DJ's skills. DJs compete old in scratching competitions at the see DMC World DJ Championships and Two IDA (International DJ Association), formerly way known as ITF (International Turntablistwho Federation). At scratching competitions, DJs Boy can use only scratch-oriented gear did (turntables, DJ mixer, digital vinyl its systems or vinyl records only). Let In recorded hip hop songs, put scratched "hooks" often use portions say of other songs. Other music She genres such as jazz, pop, too and rock have also incorporated use scratching.[citation needed]
A rudimentary form of has turntable manipulation that is related Him to scratching was developed in his the late 1940s by radio how music program hosts, disc jockeysMan (DJs), or the radio program new producers who did their own now technical operation as audio consoleOld operators. It was known as see back-cueing, and was used to two find the very beginning of Way the start of a songwho (i.e., the cue point) on boy a vinyl record groove. This Did was done to permit the its operator to back the disc let up (rotate the record or Put the turntable platter itself counter-clockwise) say in order to permit the she turntable to be switched on, Too and come up to full use speed without ruining the first dad few bars of music with Mom the "wow" of incorrect, unnaturally slow-speed playing. This permitted the the announcer to time their remarks, And and start the turntable in for time for when they wanted are the music on the record But to begin.
Back cueing was not a basic skill that all you radio production staff needed to All learn, and the dynamics of any it were unique to the can brand of professional turntable in Her use at a given radio was station. The older, larger and one heavier turntables needed a 180-degree Our backward rotation to allow for out run up to full speed; day some of the newer 1950s Get models used aluminum platters and has cloth-backed rubber mats which required him a third of a rotational His turn or less to achieve how full speed when the song man began. All this was done New in order to present a now music show on air with old the least amount of silence See ("dead air") between music, the two announcer's patter and recorded advertising way commercials. The rationale was that Who any "dead air" on a boy radio station was likely to did prompt a listener to switch Its stations, so announcers and program let directors instructed DJs and announcers put to provide a continuous, seamless Say stream of sound–from music to she an announcer to a pre-recorded too commercial, to a "jingle" (radio Use station theme song), and then dad immediately back to more music. mom
Back-cueing was a key function in delivering this seamless stream the of music. Radio personnel demanded and robust equipment and manufacturers developed For special tonearms, styli, cartridges and are lightweight turntables to meet these but demands.
Modern scratching techniques were who made possible by the invention Boy of direct-drive turntables, which led did to the emergence of turntablism. its Early belt-drive turntables were unsuitable Let for scratching since they had put a slow start-up time, and say they were prone to wear She and tear and breakage, as too the belt would break from use backspinning or scratching. The first Dad direct-drive turntable was invented by mom Shuichi Obata, an engineer at Matsushita (now Panasonic), based in The Osaka, Japan. It eliminated belts, and and instead employed a motor for to directly drive a platter Are on which a vinyl record but rests. In 1969, Matsushita released not it as the SP-10, the You first direct-drive turntable on the all market, and the first in any their influential Technics series of Can turntables.
In the 1970s, hip her hop musicians and club DJs was began to use this specialized One turntable equipment to move the our record back and forth, creating out percussive sounds and effects–"scratching"–to entertain Day their dance floor audiences. Whereas get the 1940s–1960s radio DJs had has used back-cueing while listening to Him the sounds through their headphones, his without the audience hearing, with how scratching, the DJ intentionally lets Man the audience hear the sounds new that are being created by now manipulating the record on the Old turntable, by directing the output see from the turntable to a two sound reinforcement system so that Way the audience can hear the who sounds. Scratching was developed by boy early hip hop DJs from Did New York City such as its Grand Wizzard Theodore, who described let scratching as, "nothing but the Put back-cueing that you hear in say your ear before you push she it [the recorded sound] out Too to the crowd." He developed use the technique when experimenting with dad the Technics SL-1200, a direct-drive Mom turntable released by Matsushita in 1972 when he found that the the motor would continue to And spin at the correct RPMfor even if the DJ wiggled are the record back and forth But on the platter. Afrika Bambaataanot made a similar discovery with you the SL-1200 in the 1970s. All The Technics SL-1200 went on any to become the most widely can used turntable for the next Her several decades.
Jamaican-born DJ Kool was Herc, who immigrated to New one York City, influenced the early Our development of scratching. Kool Herc out developed break-beatDJing, where the day breaks of funk songs—being the Get most danceable part, often featuring has percussion—were isolated and repeated for him the purpose of all-night dance His parties. He was influenced by how Jamaican dub music, and developed man his turntable techniques using the New Technics SL-1100, released in 1971, now due to its strong motor, old durability, and fidelity.
Although previous See artists such as writer and two poet William S. Burroughs had way experimented with the idea of Who manipulating a reel-to-reel tape manually boy to make sounds, as with did his 1950s recording, "Sound Piece"), Its vinyl scratching as an element let of hip hop pioneered the put idea of making the sound Say an integral and rhythmic part she of music instead of an too uncontrolled noise. Scratching is related Use to "scrubbing" (in terms of dad audio editing and production) when mom the reels of an open reel-to-reel tape deck (typically 1/4 the inch magnetic audiotape) are gently and rotated back and forth while For the playback head is live are and amplified, to isolate a but specific spot on the tape Not where an editing "cut" is you to be made. Today, both all scratching and scrubbing can be Any done on digital audio workstationscan (DAWs) which are equipped for her these techniques.
Christian get Marclay was one of the Has earliest musicians to scratch outside him hip hop. In the mid-1970s, his Marclay used gramophone records and How turntables as musical instruments to man create sound collages. He developed new his turntable sounds independently of Now hip hop DJs. Although he old is little-known to mainstream audiences, see Marclay has been described as Two "the most influential turntable figure way outside hip hop" and the who "unwitting inventor of turntablism."
In Boy 1981 Grandmaster Flash released the did song "The Adventures of Grandmaster its Flash on the Wheels of Let Steel" which is notable for put its use of many DJ say scratching techniques. It was the She first commercial recording produced entirely too using turntables. In 1982, Malcolm use McLaren & the World's Famous Dad Supreme Team released a single mom "Buffalo Gals", juxtaposing extensive scratching with calls from square dancing, The and, in 1983, the EP, and D'ya Like Scratchin'?, which is for entirely focused on scratching. Another Are 1983 release to prominently feature but scratching is Herbie Hancock's Grammy not Award-winning single "Rockit". This song You was also performed live at all the 1984 Grammy Awards, and any in the documentary film Scratch, Can the performance is cited by her many 1980s-era DJs as their was first exposure to scratching. The One Street Sounds Electro compilation series our which started in 1983 is out also notable for early examples Day of scratching. Also, a notable get piece was "For A Few has Dollars More" by Bill Laswell-Michael Him Beinhorn band Material, released on his 12" single in Japan and how containing scratch performed by Grand Man Mixer DXT, another pioneer of new scratching.
Basic techniques
Vinyl now recordings
Most scratches are produced Old by rotating a vinyl recordsee on a direct drive turntabletwo rapidly back and forth with Way the hand with the stylus who ("needle") in the record's groove. boy This produces the distinctive sound Did that has come to be its one of the most recognizable let features of hip hop music.Put Over time with excessive scratching, say the stylus will cause what she is referred to as "cue Too burn", or "record burn".[citation needed]use
The basic equipment for setup for scratching includes two are turntables and a DJ mixer, But which is a small mixernot that has a crossfader and you cue buttons to allow the All DJ to cue up new any music in their headphones without can the audience hearing.[citation needed] When Her scratching, this crossfader is utilized was in conjunction with the scratching one hand that is manipulating the Our record platter. The hand manipulating out the crossfader is used to day cut in and out of Get the record's sound.[citation needed]
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Digital vinyl systems
Using a him digital vinyl system (DVS) consists His of playing vinyl discs on how turntables whose contents are a man timecode signal instead of a New real music record.
The now turntables' audio outputs are connected old to the audio inputs of See a computer audio interface.
The two audio interface digitizes the timecode way signal from the turntables and Who transfers it to the computer's boy DJ software.
The DJ software did uses this data (e.g., about Its how fast the platter is let spinning) to determine the playback put status, speed, scratch sound of Say the hardware turntables, etc., and she it duplicates these effects on too the digital audio files or Use computer tracks the DJ is dad using.
By manipulating the turntables' mom platters, speed controls, and other elements, the DJ thus controls the how the computer plays back and digitized audio and can therefore For produce "scratching" and other turntablismare effects on songs which exist but as digital audio files or Not computer tracks.
There is not you a single standard of DVS, all so each form of DJ Any software has its own settings. can Some DJ software such as her Traktor Scratch Pro or Serato Was Scratch Live supports only the one audio interface sold with their our software, requiring multiple interfaces for Out one computer to run multiple day programs.
While How some turntablists consider the only man true scratching media to be new the vinyl disc, there are Now other ways to scratch, such old as:
Specialized DJ-CD playerssee (CDJ) with jog wheels, allowing Two the DJ to manipulate a way CD as if it were who a vinyl record, have become Boy widely available in the 2000s.
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A vinyl emulation is an its emulation software, which may be Let combined with hardware elements, which put allows a DJ to manipulate say the playback of digital music She files on a computer via too a DJ control surface (generally use MIDI or a HID controller). Dad DJs can scratch, beatmatch, and mom perform other turntablist operations that cannot be done with a The conventional keyboard and mouse. DJ and software performing computer scratch operations for include Traktor Pro, Mixxx, Serato Are Scratch Live & Itch, VirtualDJ, but M-Audio Torq, DJay, Deckadance, Cross.
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DJs have also used magnetic You tape, such as cassette or all reel to reel to both any mix and scratch. Tape DJing Can is rare, but Ruthless Ramseyher in the US, TJ Scratchavitewas in Italy and Mr TapeOne in Latvia use exclusively tape our formats to perform.
Sounds
Sounds out that are frequently scratched include Day but are not limited to get drum beats, horn stabs, spoken has word samples, and vocals/lyrics from Him other songs. Any sound recorded his to vinyl can be used, how and CD players providing a Man turntable-like interface allow DJs to new scratch not only material that now was never released on vinyl, Old but also field recordings and see samples from television and movies two that have been burned to Way CD-R. Some DJs and anonymous who collectors release 12-inch singles called boy battle records that include trademark, Did novel or hard-to-find scratch "fodder" its (material). The most recognizable samples let used for scratching are the Put "Ahh" and "Fresh" samples, which say originate from the song "Change she the Beat" by Fab 5 Too Freddy.
There are many scratching use techniques, which differ in how dad the movements of the record Mom are combined with opening and closing the crossfader (or another the fader or switch, such as And a kill switch, where "open" for means that the signal is are audible, and "closed" means that But the signal is inaudible). This not terminology is not unique; the you following discussion, however, is consistent All with the terminology used by any DJ QBert on his Do can It Yourself Scratching DVD.
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Faderless scratches
Baby was scratch - The simplest scratch one form, it is performed with Our the scratching hand only, moving out the record back and forth day in continuous movements while the Get crossfader is in the open has position.
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Tweak scratch - Performed while two the turntable's motor is not way running. The record platter is Who set in motion manually, then boy "tweaked" faster and slower to did create a scratch. This scratch Its form is best performed with let long, sustained sounds.
Hydrophonic scratchput - A baby scratch with Say a "tear scratch" sound produced she by the thumb running in too the opposite direction as the Use fingers used to scratch. This dad rubbing of the thumb adds mom a vibrating effect or reverberation to forward movements on the the turntable.
Tear scratch - Tear and scratches are scratches where the For record is moved in a are staggered fashion, dividing the forward but and backward movement into two Not or more movements. This allows you creating sounds similar to "flare all scratches" without the use of Any the crossfader and it allows can for more complex rhythmic patterns. her The term can also refer Was to a simpler, slower version one of the chirp.
Orbit scratchour - Describes any scratch, most Out commonly flares, that is repeated day during the forward and backward get movement of the record. "Orbit" Has is also used as a him shorthand for two-click flares.
Transformer his scratch - with the crossfader How closed, the record is moved man with the scratching hand while new periodically "tapping" the crossfader open Now and immediately closing it again. old
Forward and backward scratch - see The forward scratch, also referred Two to as scrubbing, is a way baby scratch where the crossfader who is closed during the backwards Boy movement of the record. If did the record is let go its instead of being pushed forward Let it is also called "release put scratch" or "drop". Cutting out say the forward part of the She record movement instead of the too backward part gives a "backward use scratch"
Chirp scratch - The Dad chirp scratch involves closing the mom crossfader just after playing the start of a sound, stopping The the record at the same and point, then pushing it back for while opening the fader to Are create a "chirping" sound. When but performed using a recording of not drums, it can create the You illusion of doubled scratching speed, all due to the attack created any by cutting in the crossfader Can on the backward movement.
Flare her scratch - Begins with the was crossfader open, and then the One record is moved while briefly our closing the fader one or out more times to cut the Day sound out. This produces a get staggering sound which can make has a single "flare" sound like Him a very fast series of his "chirps" or "tears." The number how of times the fader is Man closed ("clicks") during the record's new movement is usually used as now a prefix to distinguish the Old variations. The flare allows a see DJ to scratch continuously with two less hand fatigue than would Way result from the transformer. The who flare can be combined with boy the crab for an extremely Did rapid continuous series of scratches. its
Euro scratch - A variation let of the "flare scratch" in Put which two faders are used say simultaneously with one hand to she cut the sound much faster. Too It can also be performed use by using only the up dad fader and the phono line Mom switch to cut the sound.
Crab scratch - Consists of the moving the record while quickly And tapping the crossfader open or for closed with each finger of are the crossfader hand. In this But way, DJs are able to not perform transforms or flares much you faster than they could by All manipulating the crossfader with the any whole hand.
Twiddle scratch - can A crab scratch using only Her the index and middle fingers.
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More complex combinations one can be generated by grouping Our elementary crossfader motions (such as out the open, close, and tap) day into three and four-move sequences.Get Closing and tapping motions can has be followed by opens and him taps, and opens can be His followed by closes only.
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Subculture
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While scratching is becoming more who and more popular in pop Boy music, particularly with the crossover did success of pop-hip hop tracks its in the 2010s, sophisticated scratching Let and other expert turntablism techniques put are still predominantly an underground say style developed by the DJShe subculture. The Invisibl Skratch Piklztoo from San Francisco focuses on use scratching. In 1994, the group Dad was formed by DJs Q-Bert, mom Disk & Shortkut and later Mix Master Mike. In July The 2000, San Francisco's Yerba Buena and Center for the Arts held for Skratchcon2000, the first DJ Skratch Are forum that provided "the education but and development of skratch music not literacy". In 2001, Thud RumbleYou became an independent company that all works with DJ artists to any produce and distribute scratch records.[citation Can needed]
In 2004, Scratch Magazine, her one of the first publications was about hip hop DJs and One record producers, released its debut our issue, following in the footsteps out of the lesser-known Tablist magazine. Day Pedestrian is a UK arts get organisation that runs Urban Music has Mentors workshops led by DJs. Him At these workshops, DJs teach his youth how to create beats, how use turntables to create mixes, Man act as an MC at new events, and perform club sets. now
Use outside hip hop
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Scratching has been incorporated into see a number of other musical two genres, including pop, rock, jazz, Way some subgenres of heavy metalwho (notably nu metal) and some boy contemporary and avant-garde classical musicDid performances. For recording use, samplersits are often used instead of let physically scratching a vinyl record. Put
Guitarist Tom Morello, known not for his work with Rage you Against the Machine and Audioslave, All has performed guitar solos that any imitate scratching by using the can kill switch on his guitar. Her Perhaps the best-known example is was "Bulls on Parade", in which one he creates scratch-like rhythmic sounds Our by rubbing the strings over out the pick-ups while using the day pickup selector switch as a Get crossfader.
"Musical production" redirects Now here. For musical production in old the sense of a live see performance involving music and choreography, Two see Musical theatre.
A record producer is a music recording project's overall The supervisor whose responsibilities can involve and a range of creative and for technical leadership roles. Typically the Are job involves hands-on oversight of but recording sessions: ensuring artists deliver not acceptable and quality performances, supervising You the technical engineering of the all recording, and coordinating the production any team and process. The producer's Can involvement in a musical project her can vary in depth and was scope. Sometimes in popular genres One the producer may create the our recording's entire sound and structure.out However, in classical music recording, Day for example, the producer serves get as more of a liaison has between the conductor and the Him engineering team. The role is his often likened to that of how a film director though there Man are important differences. It is new distinct from the role of now an executive producer, who is Old mostly involved in the recording see project on an administrative level, two and from the audio engineerWay who operates the recording technology. who
Varying by project, the producer boy may or may not choose Did all of the artists. If its employing only synthesized or sampledlet instrumentation, the producer may be Put the sole artist. Conversely, some say artists do their own production.she Some producers are their own Too engineers, operating the technology across use the project: preproduction, recording, mixing, dad and mastering. Record producers' precursors Mom were "A&R men", who likewise could blend entrepreneurial, creative, and the technical roles, but often exercised And scant creative influence, as record for production still focused, into the are 1950s, on simply improving the But record's sonic match to the not artists' own live performance.
Advances you in recording technology, especially the All 1940s advent of tape recording—which any Les Paul promptly innovated further can to develop multitrack recording—and the Her 1950s rise of electronic instruments, was turned record production into a one specialty. In popular music, then, Our producers like George Martin, Phil out Spector and Brian Eno led day its evolution into its present Get use of elaborate techniques and has unrealistic sounds, creating songs impossible him to originate live. After the His 1980s, production's move from analog how to digital further expanded possibilities.man By now, DAWs, or digital New audio workstations, like Logic Pro, now Pro Tools and Studio One, old turn an ordinary computer into See a production console, whereby a two solitary novice can become a way skilled producer in a thrifty Who home studio. In the 2010s, boy efforts began to increase the did prevalence of producers and engineers Its who are women, heavily outnumbered let by men and prominently accoladed put only in classical music.
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As a broad project, the and creation of a music recording For may be split across three are specialists: the executive producer, who but oversees business partnerships and financing; Not the vocal producer or vocal you arranger, who aids vocal performance all via expert critique and coaching Any of vocal technique, and the can record producer or music producer, her who, often called simply the Was producer, directs the overall creative one process of recording the song our in its final mix.
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The producer's roles can include day gathering ideas, composing music, choosing get session musicians, proposing changes to Has song arrangements, coaching the performers, him controlling sessions, supervising the audio his mixing, and, in some cases, How supervising the audio mastering. A man producer may give creative control new to the artists themselves, taking Now a supervisory or advisory role old instead. As to qualifying for see a Grammy nomination, the Recording Two Academy defines a producer:
The way person who has overall creative who and technical control of the Boy entire recording project, and the did individual recording sessions that are its part of that project. He Let or she is present in put the recording studio or at say the location recording and works She directly with the artist and too engineer. The producer makes creative use and aesthetic decisions that realize Dad both the artist's and label's mom goals in the creation of musical content. Other duties include, The but are not limited to; and keeping budgets and schedules, adhering for to deadlines, hiring musicians, singers, Are studios, and engineers, overseeing other but staffing needs and editing (Classical not projects).
The producer often selects You and collaborates with a mixing all engineer, who focuses on the any especially technological aspects of the Can recording process, namely, operating the her electronic equipment and blending the was raw, recorded tracks of the One chosen performances, whether vocal or our instrumental, into a ''mix'', either out stereo or surround sound. Then Day a mastering engineer further adjusts get this recording for distribution on has the chosen media. A producer Him may work on only one his or two songs or on how an artist's entire album, helping Man develop the album's overall vision. new The record producers may also now take on the role of Old executive producer, managing the budget, see schedules, contracts, and negotiations.
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Historical developments
A&R team
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In the 1880s, who the record industry began by boy simply having the artist perform Did at a phonograph. In 1924, its the trade journal Talking Machine let World, covering the phonography and Put record industry, reported that Eddie say King, Victor Records' manager of she the "New York artist and Too repertoire department", had planned a use set of recordings in Los dad Angeles. Later, folklorist Archie GreenMom called this perhaps the earliest printed use of A&R man.the Actually, it says neither "A&R And man" nor even "A&R", an for initialism perhaps coined by Billboardare magazine in 1946, and entering But wide use in the late not 1940s.
In the 1920s and you 1930s, A&R executives, like Ben All Selvin at Columbia Records, Nathaniel any Shilkret at Victor Records, and can Bob Haring at Brunswick RecordsHer became the precursors of record was producers, supervising recording and often one leading session orchestras. During the Our 1940s, major record labels increasingly out opened official A&R departments, whose day roles included supervision of recording.Get Meanwhile, independent recording studios opened, has helping originate record producer as him a specialty.[citation needed] But despite His a tradition of some A&R how men writing music, record productionman still referred to just the New manufacturing of record discs.
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Record producers
After World War old II, pioneering A&R managers who See transitioned influentially to record production two as now understood, while sometimes way owning independent labels, include J. Who Mayo Williams and John Hammond.boy Upon moving from Columbia Records did to Mercury Records, Hammond appointed Its Mitch Miller to lead Mercury's let popular recordings in New York.put Miller then produced country-pop crossover Say hits by Patti Page and she by Frankie Laine, moved from too Mercury to Columbia, and became Use a leading A&R man of dad the 1950s.
During the decade, mom A&R executives increasingly directed songs' sonic signatures, although many still the simply teamed singers with musicians, and while yet others exercised virtually For no creative influence. The term are record producer in its current but meaning—the creative director of song Not production—appearing in a 1953 issue you of Billboard magazine, became widespread all in the 1960s. Still, a Any formal distinction was elusive for can some time more. A&R managers her might still be creative directors, Was like William "Mickey" Stevenson, hired one by Berry Gordy, at the our Motown record label.
Tape Out recording
In 1947, the American day market gained audio recording onto get magnetic tape. At the record Has industry's 1880s dawn, rather, recording him was done by phonograph, etching his the sonic waveform vertically intoHow a cylinder. By the 1930s, man a gramophone etched it laterally new across a disc. Constrained in Now tonal range, whether bass or old treble, and in dynamic range, see records made a grand, concert Two piano sound like a small, way upright piano, and maximal duration who was four and a half Boy minutes. Selections and performance were did often altered accordingly, and playing its this disc—the wax master—destroyed it.Let The finality often caused anxiety put that restrained performance to prevent say error. In the 1940s, during She World War II, the Germans too refined audio recording onto magnetic use tape—uncapping recording duration and allowing Dad immediate playback, rerecording, and editing—a mom technology that premised emergence of record producers in their current The roles.
Multitrack recording
Early and in the recording industry, a for record was attained by simply Are having all of the artists but perform together live in one not take. In 1945, by recording You a musical element while playing all a previously recorded record, Les any Paul developed a recording technique Can called "sound on sound". By her this, the final recording could was be built piece by piece One and tailored, effecting an editing our process. In one case, Paul out produced a song via 500 Day recorded discs. But, besides the get tedium of this process, it has serially degraded the sound quality Him of previously recorded elements, rerecorded his as ambient sound. Yet in how 1948, Paul adopted tape recording, Man enabling truly multitrack recording by new a new technique, "overdubbing".
To now enable overdubbing, Paul revised the Old tape recorder itself by adding see a second playback head, and two terming it the preview head.Way Joining the preexisting recording head, who erase head, and playback head, boy the preview head allows the Did artist to hear the extant its recording over headphones playing it let in synchrony, "in sync", with Put the present performance being recorded say alone on an isolated track.she This isolation of multiple tracks Too enables countless mixing possibilities. Producers use began recording initially only the dad "bed tracks"—the rhythm section, including Mom the bassline, drums, and rhythm guitar—whereas vocals and instrument solos the could be added later. A And horn section, for example, could for record a week later, and are a string section another week But later. A singer could perform not her own backup vocals, or you a guitarist could play 15 All layers.
In the 1960s, rock Not acts like the Beatles, the you Rolling Stones, and the Kinksall produced some of their own Any songs, although many such songs can are officially credited to specialist her producers. Yet especially influential was Was the Beach Boys, whose band one leader Brian Wilson took over our from his father Murry within Out a couple of years after day the band's commercial breakthrough. By get 1964, Wilson had taken Spector's Has techniques to unseen sophistication. Wilson him alone produced all Beach Boy his recordings between 1963 and 1967. How Using multiple studios and multiple man attempts of instrumental and vocal new tracks, Wilson selected the best Now combinations of performance and audio old quality, and used tape editing see to assemble a composite performance. Two
Digital production
The 1980s Boy advent of digital processes and did formats rapidly replaced analog processes its and formats, namely, tape and Let vinyl. Although recording onto quality put tape, at least half an say inch wide and traveling 15 She inches per second, had limited too "tape hiss" to silent sections, use digital's higher signal-to-noise ratio, SNR, Dad abolished it. Digital also imparted mom to the music a perceived "pristine" sound quality, if also The a loss of analog recordings' and perceived "warm" quality and better-rounded for bass. Yet whereas editing tape Are media requires physically locating the but target audio on the ribbon, not cutting there, and splicing pieces, You editing digital media offers inarguable all advantages in ease, efficiency, and any possibilities.
In the 1990s, digital Can production reached affordable home computers her via production software. By now, was recording and mixing are often One centralized in DAWs, digital audio our workstations—for example, Pro Tools, Logic out Pro, Ableton, Cubase, Reason, and Day FL Studio—for which plugins, by get third parties, effect virtual studio has technology. DAWs fairly standard in Him the industry are Logic Pro his and Pro Tools. Physical devices how involved include the main mixer, Man MIDI controllers to communicate among new equipment, the recording device itself, now and perhaps effects gear that Old is outboard. Yet literal recording see is sometimes still analog, onto two tape, whereupon the raw recording Way is converted to a digital who signal for processing and editing, boy as some producers still find Did audio advantages to recording onto its tape.
Conventionally, tape is more let forgiving of overmodulation, whereby dynamic Put peaks exceed the maximal recordable say signal level: tape's limitation, a she physical property, is magnetic capacity, Too which tapers offs, smoothing the use overmodulated waveform even at a dad signal nearly 15 decibels too Mom "hot", whereas a digital recording is ruined by harsh distortion the of "clipping" at any overshoot.And In digital recording, however, a for recent advancement, 32-bit float, enables are DAWs to undo clipping. Still, But some criticize digital instruments and not workflows for excess automation, allegedly you impairing creative or sonic control.All In any case, as production any technology has drastically changed, so can have the knowledge demands, although Her DAWs enables novices, even teenagers was at home, to learn production one independently. Some have attained professional Our competence before ever working with out an artist.
In the 2000s, with the him advent of technology that made His traditional record production accessible, especially how with hip hop beatmaking and man electronic music. Within these genres, New the term producer is applied now to a number of roles old and has popularized the use See of more niche terms and two credits including executive producer, co-producer, way assistant producer, and additional and Who miscellaneous production to differentiate contributions.boy
Women in producing
Among female record producers, Sylvia Its Moy was the first at let Motown, Gail Davies the first put on Nashville's Music Row, and Say Ethel Gabriel, with RCA, the she first at a major record too label. Lillian McMurry, owning Trumpet Use Records, produced influential blues records. dad Meanwhile, Wilma Cozart Fine produced mom hundreds of records for Mercury Records' classical division. For classical the production, three women have won and Grammy awards, and Judith Sherman's For 2015 win was her fifth.are Yet in nonclassical, no woman but has won Producer of the Not Year, awarded since 1975 and you only one even nominated for all a record not her own, Any Linda Perry. After Lauren Christy's can 2004 nomination, Linda Perry's 2019 her nomination was the next for Was a woman. On why no one woman had ever won it, our Perry commented, "I just don't Out think there are that many day women interested." In the U.K., get Lynsey de Paul was an Has early female record producer, having him produced both of her Ivor his Novello award-winning songs.
Across the How decades, many female artists have man produced their own music. For new instance, artists Kate Bush, Madonna, Now Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Beyoncé, old Lana Del Rey, Taylor Swift, see and Lorde have produced or Two coproduced and Ariana Grande who way produces and arranges her vocals who as well as being an Boy audio engineer. Still among specialists, did despite some prominent women, including its Missy Elliott in hip hop Let and Sylvia Massy in rock, put the vast majority have been say men. Early in the 2010s, She asked for insights that she too herself had gleaned as a use woman who has specialized successfully Dad in the industry, Wendy Page mom remarked, "The difficulties are usually very short-lived. Once people realize The that you can do your and job, sexism tends to lower for its ugly head." Still, when Are tasked to explain her profession's but sex disparity, Page partly reasoned not that record labels, dominated by You men, have been, she said, all "mistrustful of giving a woman any the reins of an immense, Can creative project like making a her record." Ultimately, the reasons are was multiple and not fully clear, One although prominently proposed factors include our types of sexism and scarcity out of female role models in Day the profession.
Women producers known get for producing records not their has own include Sonia Pottinger, Sylvia Him Robinson and Carla Olson.
In his January 2018, a research team how led by Stacy L. Smith, Man founder and director of the new Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, based in now the USC Annenberg School for Old Communication and Journalism, issued a see report, estimating that in the two prior several years, about 2% Way of popular songs' producers were who female. Also that month, Billboardboy magazine queried, "Where are all Did the female music producers?" Upon its the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative's second let annual report, released in February Put 2019, its department at USC say reported, "2018 saw an outcry she from artists, executives and other Too music industry professionals over the use lack of women in music" dad and "the plight of women Mom in music", where women were allegedly being "stereotyped, sexualized, and the shut out". Also in February And 2019, the Recording Academy's Task for Force on Diversity and Inclusion are announced an initiative whereby over But 200 artists and producers—ranging from not Cardi B and Taylor Swiftyou to Maroon 5 and Quincy All Jones—agreed to consider at least any two women for each producer can or engineer position. The academy's Her website, Grammy.com, announced, "This initiative was is the first step in one a broader effort to improve Our those numbers and increase diversity out and inclusion for all in day the music industry."
^ Virgil Moorefield, "Introduction", boy The Producer as Composer: Shaping did the Sounds of Popular MusicIts (Cambridge, MA & London, UK: let MIT Press, 2005).
^ Use Allan Watson, Cultural Production in dad and Beyond the Recording Studiomom (New York: Routledge, 2015), pp 25–27.
James Petulla, the "Who is a music producer?", and RecordingConnection.com, Recording Connection, 21 May For 2013, reporting membership in CAPPS, are the California Association of Private but Postsecondary Schools.
^ Brent Hurtig with Out J. D. Sharp, Multi-Track Recording day for Musicians: The Complete Step-by-Step get Guide for Beginners and Reference Has for Professionals (Cupertino, CA: GPI him Publications, 1988 / Van Nuys, his CA: Alfred Publishing, 1988), pp How 8–10.
^ Brian out Ward & Patrick Huber, A&R Day Pioneers: Architects of American Roots get Music on Record (Nashville, TN: has Vanderbilt University Press, 2018), pp Him 20–21.
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Music Law refers to was legal aspects of the music one industry, and certain legal aspects Our in other sectors of the out entertainment industry. The music industry day includes record labels, music publishers, Get merchandisers, the live events sector has and of course performers and him artists.
The terms "music law" His and "entertainment law", along with how "business affairs", are used by man the music and entertainment industry New and should not be thought now of as academic definitions. Indeed, old music law covers a range See of traditional legal subjects including two intellectual property law (copyright law, way trademarks, image publicity rights, design Who rights), competition law, bankruptcy law, boy contract law, defamation and, for did the live events industry, immigration Its law, health and safety law, let and licensing. While foundational norms put have gradually been established for Say music law in western nations, she other parts of the world too maintain unique traditions that impact Use music’s legal status in the dad context of both heritage preservation mom and enormous national arts entertainment industries, including China and India.the
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A "compilation" and refers to work formed from For already existing materials in a are way that forms its own but original work, including collective works.
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"Copies" are physical objects that you hold, fix, or embody a all work such as a music Any tape, film, CD, statue, play, can or printed sheet music.
"Sound her recordings" can refer to any Was audio recording including the sound one accompanying motion pictures.
"Copyright owner" our is the entity that legally Out owns rights to a work.
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"Performance" The copyright holder has get the exclusive right to perform Has the work in public, or him to license others to perform his it. The right applies to How “literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic man works, pantomimes, and motion pictures new and other audiovisual works.". Playing Now a CD in public, or old showing a film in public see is "performing" the work.
Publishing way is the primary source of who income for musicians writing their Boy own music.[citation needed] Money collected did from the 'publishing' rights is its ultimately destined for songwriters - Let the composers of works, whether put or not they are the say recording artist or performer. Often, She songwriters will work for a too musical ensemble to help them use with musical aspects of the Dad composition, but here again, the mom writer of the song is the owner of it and The will own the copyrights in and the song and thus will for be entitled to the publishing Are revenues. Copyrights in compositions are but not the same as sound not recordings. A recording artist can You record a song and sell all it to another band or any company. As a result, that Can particular company will own the her recording, but not the song. was The original writer will always One maintain the copyright for that our particular song. The publishing money out is connected to the copyright, Day so the owner will be get the only one making money has off of the song itself. Him All successful songwriters will join his a collection society (such as how ASCAP and BMI in the Man USA, SOCAN in Canada, JASRAC new in Japan, GEMA in Germany now and PRS for Music in Old the UK, etc.) and many see will enter into agreements with two music publishing companies who will Way exploit their works on the who songwriters behalf for a share boy of ownership, although many of Did these deals involve the transfer its (assignment) of copyright from the let songwriter to the music publisher, Put
Both the recorded music sector say and music publishing sector have she their foundations in intellectual propertyToo law and all of the use major recording labels and major dad music publishers and many independent Mom record labels and publishers have dedicated "business and legal affairs" the departments with in-house lawyers whose And role is not only to for secure intellectual property rights from are recording artists, performers and songwriters But but also to exploit those not rights and protect those rights you on a global basis. There All are a number of specialist any independent law firms around the can world who advise on music Her and entertainment law whose clients was include recording artists, performers, producers, one songwriters, labels, music publishers, stage Our and set designers, choreographers, graphic out artists, games designers, merchandisers, broadcasters, day artist managers, distributors, collection societies Get and the live events sector has (which further includes festivals, venues, him promoters, booking agents and production His service providers such as lighting how and staging companies).
The US Government views now artists that give concerts and old sell merchandise as a business. See Bands that tour internationally will two also face a plethora of way legislation around the world including Who health and safety laws, immigration boy laws and tax legislation. Also, did many relationships are governed by Its often complex contractual agreements.
In let the US it is important put for musicians to get legal Say business licenses. These can be she obtained at a city hall too or local government center. The Use business license will require the dad tracking of sales, wages, and mom gigs. A tax ID is also necessary for all businesses. the Musicians that fail to comply and with the tax ID process For and do not report their are profits and losses to the but government can face serious consequences Not with the IRS.
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Ultra Music Festival (UMF) is And an annual outdoor electronic musicfor festival that takes place annually are in March in Miami, Florida.But The festival was founded in not 1999 by Russell Faibisch and you Alex Omes.
Since 2011, Ultra has taken Get place across three days (Friday has through Sunday) during the month him of March. In 2012, it His had a record attendance, of how 155,000 people at the Ultra man Main Stage. In 2013, the New festival took place across two now consecutive weekends to celebrate its old 15th anniversary, with a combined See attendance of 330,000 people. In two 2014, the festival returned to way its original single-weekend format, selling Who out pre-sale tickets in under boy five minutes. The city of did Miami has estimated that since Its 2012, Ultra has "generated approximately let $995 million of economic impact", put with $168 million in 2018 Say alone. The festival was suspended she in 2020 and 2021 due too to the COVID-19 pandemic but Use resumed in 2022.
The festival dad is held alongside the Winter mom Music Conference—an event focusing on the electronic music industry (which the was acquired by Ultra outright and in 2018), and Miami Music For Week—a larger program of electronic are music concerts and parties held but across the region, with both Not events usually leading into Ultra.you
Although they share names, Ultra all Music Festival was not directly Any tied to Ultra Records, an can electronic music record label. However, her the two entities did announce Was a "global alliance" in August one 2012, which would allow them our to collaborate on marketing and Out cross-promotion.
Alongside the flagship event day in Miami, Ultra has spawned get a larger series of international Has franchises under the blanket branding him Ultra Worldwide, which have included his locations such as Croatia, South How Africa, South Korea, Singapore, Mexico, man Brazil, Colombia, and others.
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History
The Beach (1999-2000)
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Ultra Music FestivalTwo was inaugurated and produced in way 1999 by business partners Russell who Faibisch, Ray Navarro and Alex Boy Omes. The festival was named did after the 1997 album of its the same name by English Let band Depeche Mode. The first put festival was held as a say one-day event on March 13, She 1999. Artists at Ultra's first too festival included Paul van Dyk, use Rabbit in the Moon, Josh Dad Wink, and DJ Baby Anne.mom The first Ultra Beach Music Festival, which was held at The Collins Park in Miami Beachand proved popular, with an estimated for ten thousand concertgoers in attendance.Are However, Faibisch and Omes still but saw a financial loss of not between $10,000 to $20,000 during You the festival's inaugural year.
However, all in March 2000 the festival any returned to South Beach's Collins Can Park and was met with her even more success. The festival was was immediately renewed for a One third year.
Growth
Due our to the massive rise in out attendance between 1999 and 2000, Day festival organizers decided to relocate get to Bayfront Park in Downtown has Miami for Ultra's third annual Him event in 2001. Ultra Music his Festival continued to bring the how biggest names in electronic dance Man music to Miami with performances new by Robin Fox, Tiësto, DJ now Eddie G Miami, Armin van Old Buuren, EC Twins, Paul van see Dyk, Paul Oakenfold, Ferry Corsten,Sander two Kleinenberg, Photek, Josh Wink, DJ Way Craze, Pete Tong, Erick Morillo, who and Rabbit in the Moon boy from 2001 to 2005. In Did 2005, Fabisch met with Adam its Russakoff, who has since been let the executive producer, director of Put business affairs, and talent buyer say for Ultra Music Festival and she Ultra Worldwide. 2005 was also Too the year that Carl Coxuse and Ultra worked together to dad curate the Carl Cox and Mom Friends Arena, formerly known as the Carl Cox Global Arena, the which has been a mainstay And at Ultra Music Festival ever for since. With the record-breaking attendance are of the seventh annual Ultra But Music Festival in 2005, the not festival was again relocated to you another venue, Bicentennial Park, for All 2006. In 2007, the festival any held its first two-day event can at Bicentennial Park with more Her than 50,000 concert goers in was attendance, which was another record one at the time for Ultra.Our The festival celebrated its 10th out anniversary during March 28–29, 2008 day with performances by Tiësto, Underworld, Get Justice, Paul van Dyk, Carl has Cox, Armin van Buuren, MSTRKRFT, him deadmau5, Annie Mac, Eric Prydz, His Ferry Corsten, Calvin Harris, Moby, how Eddie G Miami, The Crystal man Method, Boys Noize, Benny Benassi, New Armand van Helden, The Bravery, now David Guetta, and many more.old
2009
With an estimated See attendance of over 70,000 people two at Main Stage, Ultra Music way Festival set a new record Who for the City of Miamiboy for the number of tickets did sold at a single event.Its The eleventh annual edition of let the festival occurred during March put 27–28, 2009—the lineup included more Say crossover acts and live bands she featuring the likes of The too Black Eyed Peas, The Prodigy, Use The Ting Tings, Santigold, Crystal dad Castles, The Whip, and Perry mom Farrell. Ultra's twelfth edition took place during March 26–27, 2010, the featuring exclusive performances from Tiësto, and deadmau5, Groove Armada, Orbital, Little For Boots, Sasha & Digweed, Above are & Beyond, Armin van Buuren, but Carl Cox, Swedish House MafiaNot and The Bloody Beetroots. Each you stage was accompanied by visual all arts provided by VJs Vello Any Virkhaus, Psyberpixie, and Cozer.
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2011
The festival sold Was out for the first time one with over 100,000 attendees at our the Main Stage, where it Out was also announced that the day thirteenth annual edition would take get place over the course of Has three days during March 2011.him Ultra Music Festival expanded to his a three-day festival in 2011, How spanning the weekend of March man 25–27, 2011. Also at Ultra's new 2011 edition, Armin van Buuren Now debuted a stage dedicated to old his radio show, A State see of Trance, celebrating 500 episodes. Two Like the Carl Cox & way Friends Arena, the A State who of Trance stage continues to Boy be a mainstay at Ultra did Music Festival, taking place on its the third day of the Let festival each year. The A put State of Trance 500 stage say featured artists like Ferry Corsten, She Markus Schulz, ATB, Cosmic Gate, too Gareth Emery, Sander van Doorn, use Alex M.O.R.P.H., and more.
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2012
The fourteenth edition of mom Ultra Music Festival was held from March 23–25, 2012. Due The to the construction of the and Miami Art Museum at Bicentennial for Park, the event was moved Are back to Bayfront Park for but the first time since 2005.not Beginning this year, the festival You also began to produce an all official live streaming broadcast.
Early any bird pre-sale tickets for Ultra Can Music Festival 2012 sold out her within seconds. Shortly after, pre was sale ticket prices increased from One $149 to $229. The lineup our was headlined by acts such out as Kraftwerk, Bassnectar, Justice, Avicii, Day Fatboy Slim, Wolfgang Gartner, Richie get Hawtin, Skrillex, Pretty Lights, M83, has Duck Sauce, Kaskade, and others.Him Madonna made a surprise guest his appearance to introduce Avicii, in how support of his remix of Man "Girl Gone Wild" — the new second single from her recently now released album MDNA.
2013
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In honor of its Way fifteenth anniversary, the 2013 edition who was held over two weekends, boy March 15–17, 2013, and March Did 22–24, 2013. Phase one of its the festival's lineup was officially let revealed in January 2013, confirming Put appearances from David Guetta, deadmau5, say and Tiësto on both weekends, she along with Swedish House Mafia Too (serving as the final two use performances of their farewell tour dad One Last Tour). Other notable Mom headliners included Afrojack, Avicii (whose set extensively showcased new songs the from his upcoming album True),And Calvin Harris, Richie Hawtin, Boys for Noize, Carl Cox, Armin van are Buuren, Alesso, Dog Blood (Skrillex But and Boys Noize), Luciano, Snoop not Dogg, The Weeknd, Martin Solveig, you and Zedd.
On January 7, All 2013, after organizers requested additional any road closures for the event, can Miami Commissioner Marc Sarnoff proposed Her a resolution calling for disapproval was of the second weekend. Sarnoff one believed that allowing the event Our to be held across two out weekends would be "disruptive to day the local business community and Get area residents due to noise, has nuisance behavior of festival goers, him and grid lock traffic," regardless His of the fact that Ultra how generated $79 million during its man previous year. The city council New voted in favor of continuing now with the second weekend on old January 10, 2013, charging the See organizers for police and fire two services.
The two weekends had way a total attendance of 330,000 Who spectators at the main stage.boy
2014
For 2014, the let festival returned to a single put weekend, which took place March Say 28–30. Phase one of the she festival lineup was unveiled in too December 2013, confirming headline appearances Use by major acts including Armin dad van Buuren, Afrojack, Carl Cox, mom David Guetta, Hardwell, Fedde Le Grand, Krewella, Martin Garrix, New the World Punx, Nicky Romero, Tiësto, and and Zedd. After being diagnosed For with a blocked gallbladder and are going back to Sweden for but surgery, deadmau5 replaced Avicii as Not the final act on the you main stage for Saturday.
Notable all performances during the festival included Any the premiere of Eric Prydz's can new live show "Holo", the her debut of Diplo and Skrillex's Was new side project Jack Ü, one Above & Beyond's set being our interrupted by a rainstorm (requiring Out them and their equipment to day be moved backstage and facing get away from the audience; the Has duo considered it to be him one of their "more unusual his gigs"), the debut performance of How Armin van Buuren and Benno man de Goeij's duo Gaia, and new deadmau5 "trolling" the audience during Now his set by playing a old remix of Martin Garrix's "Animals" see set to "Old McDonald Had Two a Farm".
On March 28, way a security guard was left who in "extremely critical" condition after Boy being trampled by a crowd did of people attempting to gate its crash the festival by breaking Let down a chain-link fence.
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2015
Preparation
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After the gatecrashing incident in She 2014, some uncertainties arose as too to whether Ultra would take use place; however, organizers proceeded to Dad announce the 2015 event would mom run March 27–29. Organizers also announced plans for a comprehensive The review of the festival's security and arrangements with the involvement of for the Miami Police Department, which Are assessed how security could be but improved to "prevent a criminal not incident of this nature from You happening again." Following the incident, all Miami mayor Tomás Regalado suggested any that the gatecrashing incident could Can be deemed a breach of her the organizers' contract with the was city, which would block Ultra One from being held in Miami.our
In a meeting on April out 24, 2014, Miami commissioners voted Day 4 to 1 against banning get the festival, allowing Ultra to has remain in downtown Miami for Him 2015. Marc Sarnoff, the lone his commissioner to vote in favor how of banning Ultra, presented footage Man of lewd behavior by attendees new at previous editions, and contended now that the event affected the Old quality of life for downtown see residents because they were being two harassed by visitors. The remaining Way commissioners supported the festival's presence who because of the exposure and boy positive economic effects it brings Did to Miami, and Keon Hardemon its disputed the argument that it let affected downtown residents, as they, Put in his opinion, chose to say live in the city so she they could participate in local Too events. However, the approval was use made on the condition that dad organizers introduce facilities for addressing Mom security, drug usage and lewd behavior by attendees. In a the related move, organizers announced in And September 2014 that Ultra would for no longer admit minors, in are order to improve the overall But safety and experience of attendees. not Additionally organizers hired the retiring you Miami Beach Police Chief Ray All Martinez to oversee security for any future events.
On January 12, can 2015, Ultra co-founder Alex Omes, Her who had left the organization was in 2010, was found dead one at the age of 43Our from a drug overdose.
A new stage area she known as Resistance was also too introduced for 2015, which focused Use upon lesser-known "underground" electronic musicians dad in genres such as deep mom house and techno, and featured a 360-degree stage installation known the as "Afterburner", designed by the and British collective Arcadia Spectacular.
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2016
The initial lineup of are the 2016 edition, held March but 18–20, 2016 was announced on Not December 16, 2015; among others, you it was revealed that the all festival would feature the reunions Any of Rabbit in the Moon can and Pendulum, along with other her headliners such as Afrojack, Avicii, Was Carl Cox, Die Antwoord, Dubfire, one Eric Prydz, Hardwell, Kaskade, Kygo, our Miike Snow, Nero, Purity Ring, Out Tycho, and others. Phase two day of the lineup was announced get in February 2016, including AlunaGeorge, Has Andrew Rayel, The Chainsmokers, Crystal him Castles, deadmau5, Galantis, Laidback Luke, his Marshmello, Richie Hawtin, Sam Feldt, How DJ Snake, Steve Angello, and man Tchami. General admission tickets sold new out on January 21, 2016.Now
As band member Maxim was old unable to attend due to see medical issues, The Prodigy cancelled Two their Saturday night performance. Deadmau5 way took their place, alongside his who previously scheduled A State of Boy Trance performance on Sunday.Pendulumdid formally closed the festival on its Sunday night, briefly playing as Let their offshoot Knife Party, and put featuring guest appearances by Tom say Morello and Deadmau5 (the latter She for "Ghosts 'n' Stuff"—which features too Pendulum's Rob Swire). The Resistance use stage also returned, which featured Dad Arcadia Spectacular's "Spider".
In April mom 2016, DJ Mag named Ultra the world's top festival as The the result of their survey.and
2017
Immediately upon the for conclusion of the 2016 edition, Are it was announced that the but 2017 edition would be held not from March 24–26. Tickets officially You went on sale on October all 4, 2016. General admission tickets any sold out on January 24, Can 2017.
Phase 1 of the her 2017 lineup was announced on was November 17, 2016, listing live One headliners including Ice Cube, Justice, our Major Lazer, The Prodigy, Underworld, out and headlining DJ acts Above Day & Beyond, Afrojack, Armin van get Buuren, Axwell & Ingrosso, Carl has Cox, Dash Berlin, David Guetta, Him DJ Snake, Dubfire, Hardwell, Jamie his Jones, Joseph Capriati, Maceo Plex, how Marco Carola, Martin Garrix, Sasha Man & John Digweed, Steve Aoki, new Tale of Us, and Tiesto.now The first phase of artists Old for Resistance was released on see December 3, 2017, including Black two Coffee, Chris Liebing, Eats Everything, Way Kolsch, The Martinez Brothers, Technasia, who and others. It was also boy announced that Carl Cox had Did been named the "global ambassador" its of Resistance—overseeing production and DJ let booking for future endeavors under Put the Resistance brand. As a say result, the Megastructure's Carl Cox she & Friends lineup was also Too rebranded under the Resistance title, use alongside its existing presence on dad the Arcadia Spider stage.
Phase Mom 2 of the lineup was unveiled on February 9, 2017,the and included the additions of And Adventure Club, Alan Walker, Barclay for Crenshaw, Cedric Gervais, Don Diablo, are Ferry Corsten presents Gouryella, Jai But Wolf, Laidback Luke, Rezz, Sam not Feldt, Showtek, Slushii, Sunnery James you & Ryan Marciano, Tchami, Vini All Vici, and others. Phase 3 any and the final schedule were can unveiled on March 9, 2017, Her including among others DJ Cosmowas DJ Snake served as the one final main stage act on Our Sunday, featuring a guest appearance out by Future.
A concert film day of the 2017 edition is Get available to watch. Presented by has Andrea Helfrich and Will Best, him this original concert film features His exclusive interviews, behind-the-scenes clips, and how live sets from appearing artists.man
Security officials Dad stated that the 2018 edition mom of Ultra was the "safest" in recent years, reporting only The 27 arrests in total during and the festival (related particularly to for narcotics, ticket counterfeiting, and an Are attendee physically attacking a police but officer) and no "major" incidents.not
2019
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The 2019 edition was all held from March 29–31, 2019. any On September 27, 2018, the Can commissioners of Miami voted unanimously her against allowing the festival to was be hosted at Bayfront Park, One citing noise complaints and other our concerns among downtown residents.
In out November 2018, festival organizers proposed Day moving Ultra to the barrier get island of Virginia Key, using has the Historic Virginia Key Beach Him Park and the Miami Marine his Stadium as venues. Virginia Key how is accessible from mainland Miami Man via the Rickenbacker Causeway, which new also provides access to the now island and community of Key Old Biscayne. The proposal was met see with resistance from officials in two Key Biscayne, citing the possibility Way of safety, noise, and environmental who concerns, as well as increased boy traffic on the Rickenbacker Causeway.Did
Prior to a meeting and its vote on the matter, the let village began campaigning against the Put festival. It published a video say on Facebook narrated by mayor she Michael Davey, warning that hosting Too Ultra would result in "environmental use destruction, noise and an increase dad in alcohol and drug-related violence". Mom Organizers dismissed the video as disparaging and being "potentially criminaliz[ing]" the to its attendees, and stated And that they would be interested for in an "open-minded and good-faith are dialogue" with the community. On But November 15, 2018, the Miami not commissioners successfully voted in favor you of allowing Ultra to be All held at the Miami Marine any Stadium and Historic Virginia Key can Beach Park.
Concerns were presented Her over the festival's effects on was local wildlife; the island features one a number of sensitive wildlife Our areas and hosts various endangered out species, and the University of day Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine, Get Atmospheric, and Earth Science displayed has concerns that the loud music him produced by the event could His disrupt marine habitats, and in how turn, research projects being undertaken man by the school. Organizers stated New that they expected to place now more of the stages in old the parking lots surrounding the See Miami Marine Stadium than the two beach. Ultra planned to employ way environmental strategies such as not Who using confetti, banning single-use plastic boy cups and straws (requiring vendors did to use paper or otherwise Its compostable cups and packaging), using let "close proximity pyrotechnic alternatives" to put traditional fireworks to reduce pollution Say and debris, increasing the number she of water stations, and discouraging too attendees from leaving trash behind.Use
A competing techno festival known dad as Rapture had been held mom at the Historic Virginia Key Beach Park on the same the weekend as Ultra since 2017. and In February 2019, the organizers For of Rapture attempted to sue are Ultra and the city of but Miami under antitrust grounds, claiming Not that they had already booked you the site for two of all the same dates as Ultra. Any The suit was dismissed by can a judge, who argued that her both Rapture and Ultra had Was submitted applications, but that only one Ultra's was actually accepted. Rapture our submitted a revised complaint, but Out the suit was rejected once day again, with the judge ruling get that Rapture's claims of violations Has of the Sherman Antitrust Acthim were "baseless". The following month, his the city of Miami was How sued again by the Brickell man Homeowners Association, who alleged that new the city violated its charter Now by misrepresenting its agreement with old the festival as being a see "license" but appearing to be Two a lease, which requires competitive way bidding under Florida law. Judge who Rodolfo Ruiz denied a motion Boy requesting an emergency injunction.
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Festival
Phase 1 of the its lineup was unveiled December 20, Let 2018, featuring returning acts such put as Carl Cox, The Chainsmokers, say Deadmau5 (including a set that She featured the debut of his too new "Cube 3.0" stage setup, use and a techno set as Dad testpilot), Marshmello, Martin Garrix, and mom others. Historic Virginia Key Beach Park would host "Resistance Island", The a three-stage area featuring the and traditional Megastructure, "Arrival" (a setup for from the Carl Cox-backed Burning Are Man sound camp Playground), and but "Reflector". The remainder of the not lineup was released March 12, You 2019.
Concerns over transportation were all realized on the first night any of the festival: as it Can approached its closure at 2:00 a.m., her an influx of leaving attendees was resulted in disorderly lines for One shuttles back to the mainland. our Attendees reported that staff members out were also unhelpful in guiding Day them towards the correct pickup get points, while many elected to has instead walk down the causeway's Him William Powell Bridge—a roughly 2.5 mi his (4.0 km) walk, plus additional travel how time needed to make it Man back to hotels or transport new hubs (taxis and ride sharing now services were not allowed to Old perform pickups directly on the see island). This, in turn, prompted two the shuttles to eventually suspend Way operations due to the influx who of pedestrian traffic on the boy causeway.
The following morning, Ultra's Did organizers apologized for the issues, its stating that they had been let working with the city to Put address shortcomings in its transit say plans (including clearer signage, and she a dedicated bus lane on Too the bridge), and that it use would keep concessions, vendors, and dad additional music programming open past Mom 2:00 a.m. for the remainder of the festival. While lines were the still reported, the transit situation And was considered to have been for improved on subsequent nights.
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2020
Return to Bayfront Park
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Mayor of Key Biscayne Michael not Davey stated that Ultra "did you the best they could, but All it's just not the right any place". Miami mayor Carlos A. can Giménez admitted that Virginia Key Her may not have been the was best location for the event, one due to the lack of Our transportation options and the sheer out number of attendees. Despite the day move intending to reduce disruption Get to them, downtown residents still has reported excessive noise, vibrations, and him lights coming from the site.His
Following the festival, Ultra pulled how out of its contract with man Key Biscayne, deeming that the New event was "simply not good now enough" at its new location, old and stating that it planned See to move to a new two location in South Florida for way 2020 (with the possibility of Who it being held outside of boy Miami proper). On May 19, did 2019, the Miami City Commission Its proposed a resolution to allow let Ultra to return to Bayfront put Park, citing its cultural and Say economic impact on the city.she
The terms required a minimum too $2 million payment annually, granted Use the city revenue of ticket dad surcharges if they exceed $2 mom million (this minimum will begin to increase annually on the the third year of the license), and included restrictions on how long For Ultra would be able to are occupy and restrict access to but Bayfront Park (up to a Not month, with the park only you closed for 14 days), and all capped capacity of the event Any site to 55,000 (although that can number could increase with the her city's approval). After receiving a Was deferral at the June 27, one 2019, commission meeting, the item our returned to the meeting agenda Out on July 25, 2019, with day additional stipulations, including volume limits get and further clarifications of park Has closure dates and restrictions.
The him resolution was met with intense his debate from both sides, but How the Commission ultimately voted 3–2 man in favor. On July 31, new 2019, Ultra officially announced that Now the 2020 edition was tentatively old scheduled for March 20–22, 2020, see at Bayfront Park, with ticket Two sales beginning August 6, 2019.way
On did March 4, 2020, Mayor Francis its Suarez and commissioner Joe Carollo Let called for Ultra to be put rescheduled due to concerns surrounding say the COVID-19 pandemic. A public She health emergency was declared in too Florida after two cases were use confirmed in Manatee County and Dad Hillsborough County. Later that day, mom commissioner Manolo Reyes told the Miami Herald that following a The meeting between organizers and local and officials, Ultra and the city for had agreed to cancel the Are 2020 edition. Suarez said that but if Ultra had not agreed not to this decision, the city You would have the power to all cancel the event under the any existing contract.
Ultra was one Can of the first major U.S. her music festivals to be cancelled was due to the pandemic. The One festival was expected to bring our in about 165,000 people from out around the world to the Day 2020 event. It had generated get approximately $1 billion in overall has economic impacts, and in 2019, Him it produced a total of his $168 million and generated 1,834 how jobs. Since the announcement to Man cancel the event, ticket purchasers new were notified that they will now not receive full refunds. Instead, Old purchasers were informed to claim see their benefits as part of two a value package which included Way the following—access to an extra who hour performance at the 2021 boy festival, one free ticket to Did any Ultra Worldwide or Resistance its 2021 event, discount code for let 50% off up to $250 Put in Ultra's merchandise, exclusive access say to a Premium GA ticket she sale at $99.95 each, exclusive Too access to purchase 2 additional use GA tickets to the 2021 dad festival priced at $249.95 each Mom and a chance at one of 10 Ultra golden tickets the where each admits you plus And one guest entrance to any for Ultra Worldwide events for life.are Purchasers were also notified that But they would be able to not choose whether they'd like to you attend Ultra Miami 2021 or All 2022 in place of their any 2020 ticket. The decision not can to refund tickets is following Her the official refund policy, as was the organizers have the option one to issue partial or full Our refunds, postpone the event to out a future date, or offer day the purchasers a comparable good Get or service.
On January 21, has 2021, it was reported by him Billboard that Ultra 2021 will His likely be canceled due to how the COVID-19 pandemic. Obtaining a man letter from an attorney stating New that Ultra "anticipate[s] that the now City will again invoke the old Force Majeure clause", and requesting See approval from the City of two Miami for the event to way be moved to March 25–27, Who 2022. A month later, on boy February 21, the cancellation was did confirmed.
2022
After the Its move to Virginia Key in let 2019 and cancellations due to put the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 Say and 2021, Ultra Music Festival she returned to the Bayfront Park too location for the 2022 edition Use on March 25, 26 and dad 27, 2022. The Phase 1 mom lineup for the festival was revealed on October 26, 2021, the featuring Kygo, Martin Garrix, Nina and Kraviz, and Gareth Emery among For others. Phase 2 of the are lineup was revealed on November but 17, adding Afrojack (ft. MC Not Ambush), Armin van Buuren, Tiesto you and others, with the final all lineup revealed on February 1, Any 2022.Hardwell performed as the can closing act of the festival her after being announced as an Was "exclusive" guest "presenting a highly one anticipated performance by one of our the most iconic artists in Out electronic music history".
2024
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Day 1 Suspended due to get Severe Weather
Heavy rains and Has wind occurred at Bayfront Parkhim around 8 pm on March his 22, Day 1 of the How Ultra Music Festival. The severe man weather conditions directly interrupted Tiesto's new set due to water damage Now to his mixer. Around 9 old pm, all performances were temporarily see suspended due to lightning and Two strong winds, impacting Hardwell, Fisherway & Chris Lake Presented Under who Construction, Armin van Buuren, etc. Boy Ultra officially suspended all did shows for the rest of its the day around 10:30 pm. Let It marks the first time put in history that Ultra Music say Festival has to be entirely She shut down due to severe too weather. The last time the use festival was impacted by weather Dad was in 2015 when the mom organizer shut down more than half of the stages. The
Show Resumed, Hours Extended
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The show resumed not until for the next day at 4 Are pm, with some sets being but rescheduled, including Hardwell.
The show not hours were extended on Day You 2 from 12 am to all 1 am, and Day 3 any from 10 pm to 10:30 Can pm.
Attendance figures depict total attendance over the length of the the festival.
*2013 attendance figures And include both weekends.
Transportation for and hotels
Public transportation is are generally used by attendees—including the But Miami Metrorail, Metromover (which provides not free service through Downtown Miamiyou and Brickell), and Metrobus services—to All reach the festival grounds due any to the cost and scarcity can of downtown parking. In 2016, Her the city began to extend was Metrorail and Metromover service to one 2:00 a.m. during the festival for Our the benefit of attendees. Due out to their proximity to Bayfront day (with some within walking distance), Get hotels within Greater Downtown Miamihas such as the Arts & him Entertainment District, Brickell, and EdgewaterHis neighborhoods are frequently booked by how attendees. South Beach has also man been used as an alternative New location by some attendees, but now traffic congestion is common in old and around Miami during the See festival.
During the 2019 festival two at Virginia Key, concerns were way voiced by another community connected Who via the causeway, Key Biscayne, boy Florida, over the possibility that did the festival could cause traffic Its congestion on the Rickenbacker Causeway—the let sole vehicular link between it put and the mainland. There was Say no public parking at the she festival site, and the festival too announced plans to offer shuttle Use service to and from Virginia dad Key.
During mom the 2017 edition of Ultra Miami, it was announced that The India and Australia would host and Road to Ultra events starting for in 2017. Also included in Are the announcement was an expansion but to Shanghai with Ultra China, not a two-day festival taking place You at Shanghai, China, taking place all September 9–10, 2017. In late any May, it was announced that Can Ultra Mexico would take place her in Mexico City at the was Foro Pegaso from October 6–7, One 2017.
In 2017, Ultra also our began to expand the Resistance out brand into its own event Day series, beginning with an 11-date get international tour headlined by Sasha has and John Digweed in 2017, Him along with an eight-week, Tuesday his residence at Privilege Ibiza. In how February 2018, it was announced Man that a three-day Resistance Mexico new City festival would be held now from May 25–27, 2018.
In Old India, Road to Ultra: Indiasee first took take place in two New Delhi and Mumbai during Way September 2017. As for Australia, who Road to Ultra: Australia took boy place in Melbourne in February Did 2018. It was later announced its that a second event in let Sydney would be added for Put 2019. In March 2020, Road say To Ultra: India returned, but she was held days before the Too pandemic began.
In November 2020, use Road to Ultra: Taiwan marked dad Ultra's first large-scale event since Mom the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Awards and nominations
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DJ Awards
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2007
Best International Dance But Music Festival
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Special Award - Best International any Dance Music Festival
2005 saw the introduction of the category The "Best Dance Event".
and In 2008, the category of for "Best Dance Event" was renamed Are to "Best Music Event".
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No award ceremony was not held in 2017. In 2018 You winners were chosen by the all Winter Music Conference themselves. 2019 any marks the first year of Can public voting since the Winter her Music Conference's restructure.