[[posterous-content:dduddACejbCGwDJhAGvh]]Every time you walk into a popular club, there is a good chance that music will be blasting through the sound system. When people go to the clubs, they want to dance and have a good time - house music provides the perfect atmosphere for this. But, where did it get its start, and how did it become so popular?
It made its arrival on the club scene sometime during the early 1980's in Chicago. The DJs at these clubs got tired of playing the same songs over and over again, and wanted to try and put their personal spin on some of these songs. They started mixing them together and adding in other instrumental tracks to make the songs their own. The people in the club loved it! Before anyone knew what was going on, DJs were releasing completely original music that they composed themselves through the combination of other artist's beats.
As time went on and house music spread to different parts of the country and the world, different DJs from different cultures put their own spin on this musical genre, introducing distinctive sounds and instruments from their local area. House music spread from Chicago to Detroit, and then made the jump over the pond to the UK. This all happened before the 1990's. House music had become an international phenomena.
One thing that has been true of it all throughout it's history is the fact that it mirrors the current music style that is popular with the general population. As rap and hip-hop started to become more popular in the early 1990's in the United States, DJs started incorporating more hip-hop style beats into their house mixes. The same thing happened when pop was the predominate musical genre in the late 1990's.
As the 21st century came around, the popularity of it was at an all time high. DJs began touring like rock stars or traditional musical artists, performing in different clubs all around the world and getting paid quite a bit of money for it. Now, they are commonly accepted as traditional musicians - but instead of playing the drums, the guitar or the bass, they play with turntables and electronic mixers.
In a relatively short period of time, it has gone from an underground genre of music to one of the most popular forms of music around the world, both inside and outside of dance clubs. No one knows what the future holds, but one thing is certain - house music will be one of the most popular musical genres for generations to come.
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