Music blogs today are like the front page of the Internet. If you can make it there, you might as well be on TV. Or so says Chris Garafola ?09, who launched the music blog Stop Breathe Bump with fellow UVM alum Kyrie Weiss ?10. It?s mantra? ?Life?s too short for bad music.?After three years of hard work, networking and coast-to-coast travel, the blog is about to enter its most exciting phase yet as the pair dramatically expand their web and social media presence, and even began an artist management company under the same name. Back in 2009, however, Garafola and Weiss were just two college students who really liked music and frequently posted new mixes on blogs and social media sites. In the Youtube age, this put them at the right place in the right time to try to make a career out of it, Weiss said. ?Starting this with Chris was a no-brainer,? Weiss said during a telephone interview. ?We just wanted to share it with our friends, meet DJ?s and go to shows.? Both have music in their blood? Garafola was a member of UVM?s A Cappella group Hit Paws, while Weiss? musical upbringing included playing the viola and the violin as part of the Vermont Youth Orchestra. But while an interest in music as a post-graduate career path may have been inevitable, Garafola and Weiss said they?re shocked that such a nascent music genre three years ago has now blown up into a $20 billion industry. Music blogs have followed suit, he said. ?When we started this, there was only a couple. We could have easily put together a Top 10 EDM website list. Now, there?s probably thousands,? he said. Employing about 10 to 15 writers, most of them college students and/or their friends, Garafola and Weiss are committed to making Stop Breathe Bump the one-stop destination for all things EDM. Viewers can find the latest mixes from artists both underground and in the mainstream, reviews of songs and shows and free ticket giveaways.?When we get new writers they?re not just posting content for us but we?re telling them how to post effectively,? Garafola said. ?Their incentive for writing for us starts with their passion.?Despite EDM?s explosion worldwide, the music circuit itself is relatively small and extremely social, Weiss said. Artists are familiar with each other, reputations can be made by word of mouth, and those in the know tend to hit up the same shows and festivals. In other words, personal relationships are huge. ?There?s definitely room for a career in this field, but quality [of the music] is first and foremost and networking is a close second,? he said. The Vermont connection was how the pair found their way to meeting and interviewing two-time Grammy nominee DJ Morgan Page, a Williston native, who is currently headlining an immersive, 3D-LED tour that will be stopping at Higher Ground this Thursday. They just wrapped up an exclusive interview with Page and will be posting it on the blog soon, they said, where he talked about everything from his days spinning at WRUV to why his tour is likely to change the way EDM music is played live. With all of this talent coming from the Green Mountain state, Weiss and Garafola said their next step is to try to give unsigned DJ?s the chance to get noticed in the EDM world. Stop Breathe Bump?s artist management arm has already signed two artists, and Weiss said UVM students who are confident in their mixes should submit them. ?If there?s a lot up upcoming talent at UVM then they should think about taking it to the next step and contact us,? he said. ?With our connections in the U.S. and Europe, our plan is to take over the music management game.?Life?s too short for bad music, indeed.