Miami hosts the finest EDM artists around

Every year, the world’s premier electronic dance music festival, the Ultra Music Festival, takes place at Bayfront Park in Downtown Miami and all the finest artists from around the globe make their way down to show off their skills. Taking a break from their leisure time, their Caribbean cruises and their penthouse apartments, the biggest talents from the EDM world are taking over Miami for three days in March, displaying the heaviest, hardest and deepest sounds around.

 The height of electronic talents

Featuring top artists including David Guetta, Tiesto, Kraftwerk, Skrillex, Mike Snow and Armin Van Buuren, the Ultra Music Festival (UMF) has already sold out, in record time. This is the third year in a row that the event has sold out in quick time and will be held in conjunction with the Winter Music Conference. This conference features networking and business contacts as well as music and is a great place for up and coming music technologists, artists and behind the scenes experts to meet. Click here to see video and interviews from previous WMC djs including Bob Sinclar, Paul van Dyk, and Deadmau5.

 The UMF is in its 13^th year and has made great moves from its launch in 1999. Expanding from a small low key one day festival event, to the three day extravaganza that took place last year, its growth is evidence of the growing presence of electronic dance music (EDM) in the mainstream charts.  

Bayfront Park is a huge urban space, ideal for the massive festival to takeover. The Amphitheater has space for 10,000 people and the Tina Hills Pavilion is more intimate, with space for just 1,000. This may well be where some of the up and coming acts get their first taste of festival.  

Deadmau5 hits back

Not everybody is a fan of the huge Ultra Music Festival, although we can’t see why. Electro-trance artist and producer Joel Zimmerman (better known as deadmau5) has slammed the festival in a ranty YouTube video for its ticket prices and contractual agreements involved in performing at the event. It’s obvious his words have fallen on deaf ears as fans have already bought their tickets in the thousands despite of this. The UMF attracts fans and artists from around the world and many historic remixes and tracks have been first performed at this legendary festival. It seems Zimmerman is the lone voice, bemoaning the event and his words have done little to distract fans of EDM.

A closer look at the Winter Music Conference

The Winter Music Conference is one of the largest music industry conventions specialising in the electronic genre. Founding in 1985, the conference has served as a launch pad to spur on DJs and professionals from the electronic dance music genre into greater success and potential stardom. Many of the major agency deals take place at the Winter Music Conference, where young prodigies sign their future to a label that can make it happen and learn all about the industry from the experts. It’s expected over 50,000 delegates will attend the conference in March, with 500 separate events taking place during the week. One of the most anticipated events are the panels and seminars where topics and questions can be posted to experts and newcomers can learn everything they need to know about their future career, from the people who know it.

Artists to look out for in 2012

There are some obvious heavyweights attending the UMF such as Guetta, Tiesto and Fatboy Slim but there are hundreds more acts who are worth taking in. UK drum and bass legends Chase and Status are a definite must see as they combine musical performance with their DJ sets. Canadian Dubstep DJ Datsik is another artist who will make the hairs stand up on the back of your neck. Knife Party, the new electro-house carnation of Australian chart-storming Pendulum are set to be one of the leading EDM acts of 2012, so their set at UMF may be a sign of things to come.

Miami is a perfect host for the finest EDM music worldwide and the Bayfront Park setting is the perfect setting for the event. With years of experience behind them the festival’s founders are set to make this year’s event even more successful than the last and then perhaps next year, tickets will sell out even faster.

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In this episode of goLIVEmiami.com Winter Music Conference series, we talk to Jeremy Dawson from Shiny Toy Guns and hear firsthand the secrets of their success and how to use social networking to build a successful career. Shiny Toy Guns has over 300,000 friends and 16 million profile views on MySpace and a huge career as performing and recording artists. Richard Fendelman, host of goLIVEmiami.com, talks to sexy go-go dancer Tiny Daniela and her boyfriend remix genius DJ Tommie Sunshine, who gives us his insightful views on the future of Dance Music. Richard also captures the wild bikini clad masses at the WMC Pete Tong pool party at the Surfcomber Hotel in Miami Beach.

“You Go Where We Go” –goLIVEmiami

Winter Music Conference and Ultra Music Festival rocked Miami this year and goLIVEmiami.com was there. Meet lots of the DJ’s and stars that made it possible as Richard takes us around to the parties: Kaskade, David Guetta, Deadmau5, James Azbiela, Tommie Sunshine, Jeremy Dawson from Shiny Toy Guns, Jump Smokers, Lilian Garcia from WW, Drop The Lime from Trouble and Bass, Infected Mushroom, Deborah Cox, Freedom Williams from C&C Music Factory, Chris Willis, Emma Hewit from Dash Berlin, Cuban singer Cucu Diamantes and more. We also meet some of our favorite stars at the International Dance Music Awards show. Look for more in depth interviews with many of your favorite DJ’s from around the world at the 2010 WMC and UMF in our next episodes.

“You go where I go”, goLIVEmiami

Winter Music Conference WMC press party at the Raleigh Hotel in Miami Beach. We interviewed the top DJ’s in the world including DJ Paul Van Dyk, Bob Sinclar, Marcie, Deadmaus, Darren Emerson, Miss Joli Dragon as well as radio personalities Allegra from the Rock and Roll Report, Kaeno Deon Butler from Sirius Area radio, Louie La Vella from bpmtv.com, Cecile Jolidragon from ClubbingTV.com and others. We also checked out a little of the madness on the street. Look for DJ interview uncuts.

International French DJ Bob Sinclar is surprised by questions of who he is and what he does….who knew? We know his music but that doesn’t mean we know his face. Granted we were at a press conference. Everyone there from media is supposed to be well-versed on who the Djs are and their current projects. Not everyone that watches our videos knows about house music.Monsieur Sinclar, thank you for introducing yourself to us & saying that you love us. You go where I go and we went to WMC Winter Music Conference 2009 in Miami Beach, Florida.

WMC No Sugar Added party at Sagamore Hotel. Jeile Marie interviews some of the best DJs D.O.N.S., Rachael Starr, Chocolate Puma, Filthy Rich, Nikola and dances with hot bikini babes.

Go Live Miami is at the Winter Music Conference WMC this week interviewing many of the best international DJ’s. Richard is editing like crazy and will have videos out soon and full interviews with the likes of D.O.N.S., Chocolate Puma, Mischa Daniels, Prok and Fitch, Hardwell and many more.

Winter Music Conference 2009 at the Sagamore Hotel for No Sugar Added Party with top international DJs that will be hagning out in South Beach. It’s hot & it’s time to dance poolside with D.O.N.S., Hardwell, Prok & Fitch, Jerry Ropero, Filthy Rich, & Nikola.We’re getting ready are you?