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DJs, Producers, and Electronic Dance Music have seen a meteoric rise in popularity over recent years. What do DJs and teachers have in common, and what can educators learn from the success that DJs have in "bringing the crowd" with their fans, especially young people?
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Dance and Techno Music have seen a meteoric rise in popularity among youth culture in recent years, and DJs seem to have a recipe for success with young people down to a science. What have DJs figured out about how to reach and engage kids, and what lessons could educators learn takeaway for their schools? Let’s hit the play button and find out.

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THE TALKING T-REX

BY: RON ROY
DJs, Producers, and Electronic Dance Music have seen a meteoric rise in popularity over recent years. What do DJs and teachers have in common, and what can educators learn from the success that DJs have in "bringing the crowd" with their fans, especially young people?
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My book is about a T-Rex named Tyrone. Jud, Dean & Scoop, collected money to create a dinosaur museum, with Tyrone's help.

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But the money got stolen! So how are they going to build the museum now?

I'm born and raised here in Metro Detroit. I went to school here, and I now reside and work in the area. We're all here for the MACUL conference, so it seems fitting to give this presentation in Detroit. You've hopefully had a chance to see the city a little while here.
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So they got help from a Police chief. The chief took them to his office

"It was only a few years ago when the DJ was a person lingering in the background, pumping music for people at a given party. Today, the DJ is the event. We all hail the person behind the decks, that rockstar whose own productions are what fans come to hear." ~VIBE
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They think Scoop stole the money cause, he has the key to the lock and knows where the hiding place is for the money.

Perhaps you even got to see the city while you were here...
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Josh found muddy footprints that let to a duffel bag with $ in it.

But this presentation isn't important because I was born and live here. It's important because Detroit is the birthplace of techno. Artists like Kevin Saunderson and Carl Craig pioneered this electronic music in Detroit back in the 1980s. The underground warehouse rave parties where this music was first introduced to the public happened initially here in Detroit.
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They also found a band -aid near the bag. The chief took the band-aid to his office and found whose fingerprints they were.

Our airport even has a long stretch of psychedelic lighting, which looks like a rave!
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It was Scoops fingerprints! So officer Fallon (the police chief) took him guilty, but not just guilty but to jail.

Today techno music has caught on, and Detroit hosts an epic annual music festival that was launched here at the turn of the century.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  • Ron Roy is the author of more then 35 books for children.
  • Ron doesn't just spend time writing in books & stuff, he travels the world.
  • He also wrote the books, Thousand pails of water, where's buddy
There are many names used to refer to dance music, or more specifically the dance music produced using electronic instruments. Some call it "techno" and others "EDM." Regardless of the connotation, this is all about the music.
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CHARECTERS

Is the Modern Evolution of Disco
The culture that has become associated with EDM has a lot in its history to attribute to disco. Both the inspiration and the musical style of EDM has its roots in disco music.
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Josh, Dink, Ruth Rose, Officer Fallon, Scoop, Dean & Jud.

EDM culture has grown into its own thing, distinct from disco, and including many positive, yet a few negative, aspects of the fan base.
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SUSPECTS: SCOOP, DEAN & JUD.

There's no denying it: EDM is a cultural phenomenon that is a signpost of modern culture. From dubstep to house music, from raves to festivals, techno music has evolved from a mainly underground endeavor to a widely-known era of music and world culture itself.
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JOKE

  • Q: Why did the t-Rex cross the road?
  • A: to get to the museum.
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