@ELCBK 

I am *somewhat* in to EDM, but I have to admit, I am not very well versed or a huge connoisseur.   Mainly, my interest is a divergence from my youth in my teens, I was heavily in to pop and MTV in the early to mid 80s, but I gravitated to heavy (and hair metal) in that time, and thus began my journey in to guitar.

In the mid 90s, a friend of mine who worked at a record store introduced me to Vanessa Mae's "The Violin Player" album which sparked my interest in the violin, and ended up sparking an interest in Classical music (though more Baroque period rather than later Romantic).   After a left hand injury, I quit playing both guitar and violin (dislocating my middle and index fingers more than 90 degrees sideways) and a prognosis that I would never play again.

I did a lot of rehab, and over the past couple of years I have started picking up both again.  It is different now for me on the violin.   There were not many resources on electric violin back then, but tech has changed, and I am picking it up with much more focus on techno and rock than I did decades ago.  It's not so much a hinderance, but right now for me, it is giving me the room to explore things musically in a way I was never able to explore before.

I've posted a couple of EDM and a couple of rock videos, but none are yet where I am wanting to go.  I think with time I will find it, if not, I am enjoying the journey.

For the most part though, I rarely pick up my acoustic violin these days, and only grab the electric.  I have a couple things in the works, hopefully I can get a grip on what I am going for, and start putting them out.

There are some really good and supportive players on the Electric String Players and Creative String Players Facebook groups, both great groups to join and follow if looking int to EDM and other modern styles of playing.

Oh for sure.   I am not the biggest fan of Facebook groups myself, although for me it's more a the technical limitations of groups vs actual forums. 

As far as what to cover and how to cover it, I do have that Discovering Rock Violin book, it seems very good, though I have not gotten too far with it.  There is also How to Play Contemporary strings, Electrify you Strings and Rockin' Strings, though that last couple are more geared to a fretted violin.

And then Hal Leonard has a huge play along series with a lot of modern songs and backing tracks available.   I have picked a few from that series, a couple of Celtic ones (they have a Celtic Rock one - the backing tracks are a little watered down for my tastes on it, but I can create my own as well).

And finally, I have done a couple of Rock and EDM backing tracks for Suzuki songs, I have kind of been considering a full series on that, at least for the public domain pieces.   There have been a couple of people who have expressed interest in that, and I enjoy it for my own practice.

ELCBK said

...slowly inching my way closer to my new Spark amp! (lol) 

- Emily

  

Hmm.... Spark's are okay, but not overly sure that would be my first (or even second or third choice or fourth choice) for Violin.   It's not a *bad* amp, but there are better choices in that price range.   Disclaimer:  I am not a fan of the spark.   I also don't know your level of familiarity with electric instruments/amps, but I am also not a huge proponent / advisor of modeling amps with huge array of effects for the beginner either. So take any of my opinions there with a grain of salt.