Dance artists names.

Dance as a genre.

Dance music is composed to promote dancing, obviously. My initial understanding of sub genres of dance included house, electro and pop. However, when researching and looking more in depth on the web I discovered that dance has many more sub genres I was once unaware of - such as rock combined with dance.


So, what makes a successful dance track? personally, I think if the listener/audience can 'feel the beat' making them dance along to it then you have created a good track. Hence why most night clubs play music within the dance genre. Dance tracks have arguably simple bass lines and beats that build up pace from the start until they reach the peak of the song and 'drop'. They often include a minimal amount of lyrics and sometimes just once line that will get stuck in your head. For example Calvin Harris's Burnin'  (see link below)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss6CAIGpoko



Some Examples of dance music sub genres - 
Electronic Dance Music:
Electronic dance music is made using electronics and is usually heard in dance nightclubs, on popular radio stations, and on television shows and movies. Electronic dance music became popular after the boom of personal computers during the 1980's.
Electronic dance music is composed using computers and synthesizers instead of physical instruments. Synthesizers, sound cards, samplers, and drum machines interact with each other to achieve perfectly-synchronized sounds.
Folk Dance Music:
Folk dances are traditional social dances of ethnic groups from all over the world that are generally performed at weddings, parties, and other social gatherings. The tempo (pace) of folk dance music can be anywhere from slow and meditative to vigorously aerobic. Many people feel that live music at folk dances helps the dancers to experience feelings of community more so than recorded music. An example of traditional folk dance music played in the United States is music heard during square dances.
Acid House:
Acid house is a sub genre of house music and often uses samples and spoken words rather than lyrics that are sung.
Techno:
This is also another sub genre of dance music, having similar styles of drum patterns to house. Althugh it often has little or no chord movement, using more synthetic sounds. This is style of music often has very few or no vocals at all. Techno is highly associated with clubs and raves.