Ghost Producing: What the EDM Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know

In the celebrity branding industry, ghosting is a given. Consumers don’t expect The Jersey Shore’s Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi to have written her novels (although it’s pretty clear her experiences influenced A Shore Thing), nor is it assumed Rihanna, in creating her poorly-reviewed-but-successful River Island collection, sat down to put together [...]

By |2023-11-24T07:37:42-05:00April 10, 2013|

Record Contracts: The Golden Ticket No Longer

Aspiring producers, singers/songwriters bands and rappers alike, dream to have their music discovered by “big league” record companies and have their singles released and heard on the radio- it’s the dream; isn't it?  We've come a long way from the old days where mixed tapes of artists’ demos are somehow [...]

By |2023-11-24T07:51:47-05:00April 5, 2013|

Too Many Hats: There Is More To Being A DJ Than Playing Records

According to ehow.com, the duties of a DJ are limited to “providing entertainment”,  “familiarity with equipment” and being “knowledgable of music”.  I must have clicked the refresh button half a dozen times before I realized the entire post was fully loaded, and the internet is seriously lacking answers for the aspiring [...]

By |2023-11-24T07:53:08-05:00April 1, 2013|

The Digital Revolution & Music's Shifting Landscape

Much has been written about the music industry’s downfall, it’s failure to adapt and the onset of the digital music revolution. The subsequent rise of digital music retailers has, in many ways, democratized access to electronic music that never would have made it onto the shelves of major music retailers [...]

By |2023-11-24T07:37:43-05:00March 29, 2013|

Miami Music Week: Where Did We Go?

The Winter Music Conference is all about finding out the latest trends in the electronic music industry and, for artists, taking a career to the next level with workshops, advice, and networking. The other half of the week is the events. Even with the Ultra Music Festival bookending the festival, [...]

By |2023-11-24T07:37:43-05:00March 26, 2013|

2013 International Dance Music Awards (IDMAs) Coverage

The International Dance Music Awards, or IDMAs, have been around as long as the Winter Music Conference and now span roughly 50 categories ranging from music to artists to events to gear. Upon entering the Colony Theater in Miami Beach for the March 21 ceremony, we noticed Lee Dagger of [...]

By |2023-11-24T07:37:44-05:00March 23, 2013|

Winter Music Conference: Gear Demos & Discussions

Although the state of the industry is the focus of the Winter Music Conference, gear plays a sizeable part, with brands showcasing their products at a two-day exhibit and doing demonstrations. Along with checking out the exhibits, we stopped by the Gibson Pro Audio (Stanton and KRK) and Pioneer demonstrations [...]

By |2023-11-24T07:37:45-05:00March 20, 2013|
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