ces of Derek's work include that of many famous members of the hip-hop community, such as The Notorious B.I.G., and even to the extent of sampling work from Etta James and John Coltrane.
In high school, Smith focused on producing hip-hop beats, but was introduced to the rave scene by artists like Aphrodite. After high school, Derek attended The University of Colorado at Boulder, but decided to drop out during his freshman year and focus instead on his music. In the summer of 2009, under the moniker Pretty Lights, Derek Vincent Smith and Cory Eberhard played at many major American music festivals such as Bonnaroo, Rothbury, the Electric Daisy Carnival, Camp Bisco, and performed to a positive response at the 10KLF, which introduced the Pretty Lights brand to a wider audience and set the stage for a very commercially successful multi-city tour of America in the fall of that same year.
Pretty Lights' sound is generated by synthesizing samples and organic beats using the monome and the Akai MPD32. Smith programs these digital controllers with the music production software Ableton Live 8.
Pretty Lights played at the 2010 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
Pretty Lights played at the 2010 Ultra Music Festival in Miami Florida.
Pretty Lights played at the 2010 Marchone Music Productions Illumination Show in Nashville, Tennessee.
Pretty Lights played at Movement 2010 (the Detroit Electronic Music Festival).
Pretty Lights has released three full-length albums, each available for free download on the official Pretty Lights website. Recently, his no-charge approach is not uncommon and
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