EDM Assassin is my latest site and my pet project as of now. It is a website dedicated to share the latest music and news in the electronic dance music world. Originally, this was the brainchild of a former fraternity brother. He started writing on blogspot and I helped him create an actual website. His interest in the site dropped off and after I attended Ultra Music Festival, I focused on it primarily.
In a little more than one year’s time, I took it from a hobby blog to an authority on the genre. I went from managing and writing it myself to having a number of writers, photographers, and other individuals helping out. I started two podcasts that are hosted through the site. One is a discussion related podcast where I am one of the three hosts and the other is a weekly mix where artists submit their mix to be shared.
Today, myself and the other writers attend festivals around the world reporting in on the events and covering them. We are fortunate to have the chance to work with such festivals, interview artists, and work with labels to bring our viewers the best material possible.
I built this site up three times. The site is optimized to run very quickly despite the amount of photos on the page. We rank well for the keywords and have doubled in size (as of April) since the beginning of 2015.
Tools used:
- WordPress
- HTML
- PHP
- CSS
- iTunes
- Audacity
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Github
- Search Engine Optimization
- Javascript
- Google Analytics
- Social Media
- Soundcloud
- Mixcloud
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