Hollywood on the Hill: Hollywood News and Notes

"Turn off that techno." "Play a song with words." Any house music fan has heard these egregious liners from a buddy or parent who still does not simply understand the beauty that is house music. However, within five years everyone will understand. House music is the next big thing.

How do I know? It is already big in Europe and we are always half a decade behind Europe in music taste. They started Rock n' Roll and everyone said, "Yeah right." Though I hated the music at first, now I can't shower in the morning without listening to the latest house song.

Similarly, when house music first came out it was nothing in the US. Now it is the background of every rapper's songs. The music is computer-generated and beautiful. Why would Akon not want to sing with music that he knows is perfect? A house beat has the ability to be anything its DJ wants, as he has no human constraints.

The art of Internet blogging has also increased the popularity of house music. Music fans are now turning to music blogs to find their beats, and these blogs have begun to include house music. People download the songs for free, lis­ten to them and realize how great the beats are. Furthermore, the two most popular acts today in the pop world are mixing pop and house mu­sic: Lady Gaga and the Black Eyed Peas. Both use electro background music for their beats and the Black Eyed Peas even had "dirty bit" parts of songs, which is straight house. Kanye has already announced his next album will revolve around house music beats, and David Guetta and Snoop Dog just came out with a progressive house song. If Snoop is doing it, why aren't you?

Forget the fact that house music is my per­sonal favorite genre for jamming, it is also the most party viable and the most fun. House music festivals are now the new big draw for study abroad students and rich white kids. Ul­tra in Miami occurred a few weeks ago, and its line up included Tiesto, Avicii, MSTRKRFT, Deadmau5 and Kaskade.

Another festival, Sensation White, in both the Fall and Spring semesters is what many Colgate students say is their highlight of studying abroad. Also, study abroad kids now make their decisions on where to travel based on which DJ is playing where. Kids are putting up as their facebook sta­tuses "Avicii in Barcelona" or "Axwell in Europe," and everyday it makes me jealous.

How does this relate to Hollywood? Studios are now asking these DJs to do the soundtrack of their films. Daft Punk was the first house music team to do a soundtrack (Tron: Legacy), and they had the number one CD on iTunes for a week. Now the Chemical Brothers are doing the music for Hanna. Wait until Avicii does the soundtrack for the next Superman film or Deadmau5 does the soundtrack for the next Bond. It will be a trend that will grow exponentially