[ > Nope. It did not start in clubs - even though that's where it is now. [ [ House music *did* start in the clubs, although the artists who [ kicked off the movement (Jamie Principle, Frankie Knuckles, Todd [ Terry, Marshall Jefferson, Larry Heard) obviously made music in the [ studios initially. However, without the clubs in Chicago, New York [ and Detroit there wouldn't have been 'House music'. [ [ > The "House" in House Music refers to the house parties. [ [ The name 'House' comes from the Warehouse 'disco' (as they were [ called then) in Chicago, I think...Frankie Knuckles was the DJ [ (owner?) at the time. [ [ For a brief intro have a look at the essay on All Music Guide at [ http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=MISS70310220335&sql=J310 [ [ Andy Jackson That article mentions the Music Box and the Warehouse, and then says "the latter reportedly coined the term house music." So that's just one report, and it doesn't sound very definitive to me. I read an article from another reporter back in 1988 which said the term more literally referred to impromptu music created at house parties. Kind of like raves started as impromptu parties in large empty buildings (before moving outdoors and then being commercialized), house music came from improvised music that house djs were making. From the article I read, it wasn't so obvious that the music was made in the studio initially, but rather that the dj brought along a drum machine, plugged it into the dj mixer, and programmed beats on the spot to keep the mix running. The rest of the music came from the records. The strange thing about that article is that the author, John Bush, seems to like the theory that terms like "house" and "garage" came from specific club names (the Warehouse, Paradise Garage) rather than accepting that they may have grown from the general meanings of the terms. I've always heard that garage music refers to music literally made in someone's garage. In fact, just the other day I was walking in Seattle and heard a band playing in their garage. Imagine that! Maybe I can find one of the books cited by that article. I doubt I can find the original article I read back in 1988, because the Seattle paper it appeared in is out of business now. It was called "The Rocket" and Sub Pop Records actually grew out of a column in that paper called Sub Pop. Brian