EDM does not refer to a specific genre, but serves as an umbrella term for several commercially-popular genres, including techno, house, electro house, progressive house,deep house, tech house, trance, hardstyle, drum and bass, dubstep, trap, etc etc.
Initially, It happened with me as well to differentiate Genres of EDM but now i am able to differentiate it perfectly.
Key points to take into notice when differentiating genres are like,
1. BPM (Beats Per Minute) of track. Different Genres have Different BPM. For Eg – Deep House is 120-125 BPM, Electro House is 125-130 BPM. Trance is 132+
2. Instruments used in Track.
The most important tool to help you out in this aspect will be,
Listening to lots of tracks from every genre. Make it a schedule like, 3 days Deep House, 3 days Tech House, 3 days Electro House and on and on. Do this for 1-2 months & see how quickly you will be able to pick the right genre.
This is my self technique which i did in past. It worked!!
