Ultra Music Fest
To start off my blog about what's currently going on in the music world, I'll begin with Ultra Music Festival (UMF). Held last weekend, March 23-25, 2012, in our hometown of Miami, Florida, it has been the talk of the week. No, scratch that, teens all over Miami have been talking about it since "early bird" tickets went on sale October 1, 2011. The early bird tickets sold out within 20 minutes and all tickets were sold out as of January 8. UMF calls themselves "The World's Premiere Electronic Music Festival". With world renown electronic music artists performing such as Afrojack, Armin van Buuren, Avicii, Benny Benassi, Carl Cox, David Guetta, Kaskade, Skrillex, and Tiesto, UMF has been the winner of the DMA Best Music Event for 6 nonconsecutive years now out of the 14 years it has existed. The 2012 turnout has been the biggest yet with 165,000 people compared to the 45,000 people in 2005. Anyone who has a love for electronic music will have the time of their life at UMF, just as long as they don't mind standing face to face with strangers all around them that reek of sweat. People show up in crazy outfits, some half-naked, to enjoy the full experience of Miami's heat... with standing room only. Ultra Miami 2012 has ended with crazy stories that have gone viral, such as a girl lip-locking and dancing with a tree. Ultra 2013 dates have been released; March 22-24; GET READY MIAMI!
To start off my blog about what's currently going on in the music world, I'll begin with Ultra Music Festival (UMF). Held last weekend, March 23-25, 2012, in our hometown of Miami, Florida, it has been the talk of the week. No, scratch that, teens all over Miami have been talking about it since "early bird" tickets went on sale October 1, 2011. The early bird tickets sold out within 20 minutes and all tickets were sold out as of January 8. UMF calls themselves "The World's Premiere Electronic Music Festival". With world renown electronic music artists performing such as Afrojack, Armin van Buuren, Avicii, Benny Benassi, Carl Cox, David Guetta, Kaskade, Skrillex, and Tiesto, UMF has been the winner of the DMA Best Music Event for 6 nonconsecutive years now out of the 14 years it has existed. The 2012 turnout has been the biggest yet with 165,000 people compared to the 45,000 people in 2005. Anyone who has a love for electronic music will have the time of their life at UMF, just as long as they don't mind standing face to face with strangers all around them that reek of sweat. People show up in crazy outfits, some half-naked, to enjoy the full experience of Miami's heat... with standing room only. Ultra Miami 2012 has ended with crazy stories that have gone viral, such as a girl lip-locking and dancing with a tree. Ultra 2013 dates have been released; March 22-24; GET READY MIAMI!
Great job Sam! Wow i can't believe there were 165,000 people at Ultra this year. I liked how you included the amount of people that attended Ultra this year compared to 2005 and how you expressed your personality in the article.
ReplyDeleteThis is a really well written article and all of it is true, Ultra this year looked amazing. I along with tons of other people were totally obsessing over UMF tv and can't wait to actually be at Ultra 2013!
ReplyDeleteIt did look pretty fun. Good article Sam, its better than mine. I'm going for my birthday next year, yolo.
ReplyDeleteUltra looked crazy this year. Sadly I couldn't go. I liked that you included a lot of the artists that played like Armin Van Burren and Aviccii. Im excited to see what your next blog will be. I enjoy music so this seems like the perfect blog for me.
ReplyDeleteI like the way you wrote this. I've been wanting to go to Ultra for FOREVER. Your blog seems like it will be pretty interesting. Good way to start out. Can't wait to read more
ReplyDeleteI love the way you added excitement and hype to the Ultra Music Festival. I personally, would never go because I do not like the taste in music and the surroundings seem to be unsafe. I suppose people who enjoy electronic music would enjoy the festival a lot. I also liked the pictures you used for this post, it really gives you an imagine to what the festival may be like. Good job Sam!
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