A Look At Where House Music Began

House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the American city of Chicago in the early 1980s.  

Some other genres within electronic dance music include:

•  Trance, 
• Techno, 
• and Dubstep. 

Some house music producers that are really popular are: 

• Daft Punk, 
• David Guetta, 
• Stardust, 
• Swedish House Mafia, 
• Deadmau5, 
• Afrojack, 
• Steve Aoki, 
• Avicii, 
• Fredde Le Grand, 
• Benny Benassi, 
• Kaskade, 
• Calvin Harris,
•  and ATB, 

which have brought eurodance-infused house tracks back to the US Top 40 charts.

Electronic music was initially popularized circa 1984 in discothèques catering to gay and mixed, primarily African-American and Latino audiences in Chicago.  Beginning in 1985, this music fanned out to other major cities such as Detroit, Toronto, New York City,Boston, Montreal, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Manchester,  Miami, London, and Paris.  

Then it began to influence popular music in Europe, with songs such as "House Nation" by House Master Boyz and the Rude Boy Of House (1987) and "Doctorin' The House" by Coldcut (1988) in the pop charts. Since the early to mid-1990s, house music has been infused in mainstream pop and dance music worldwide.

Early house music was generally dance-based music characterized by repetitive 4/4 beats and rhythms centered around drum machines, off-beat hi-hat cymbals and synthesized basslines. While house displayed several characteristics similar to disco music, it was more electronic and minimalistic.

The structured music's focus around a repetitive rhythm was more important than the song itself. House music today still has several of these core elements like the prominent kick drum on every beat.  However, it varies a lot in style and influence, ranging from the soulful and atmospheric deep house, to the more minimalistic microhouse.

House music has also fused with several other genres creating fusion subgenres, such as Euro house and tech house.  House music, after enjoying significant underground and club-based success in Chicago from the early 1980s onwards, emerged into the UK mainstream pop market in the mid-to-late 80s. Popularity quickly followed in the rest of Europe, and it became a global phenomenon from the early-to-mid 90s onwards.

Introduction Of My Topic

I would like to explore House Music.  I would like to discuss the different sub genres of music within House Music.  I would like to talk about maybe the origins of the music, the wonderful djs who are out there and how I feel about this type of music.  I might also talk about the club scenes and the atmosphere of the dance clubs.