Digital music’s takeover resulted in the record store’s demise – a downside on the hand for DJs, as it takes away the experience for finding a new record, but puts thousands of new tracks at his fingertips. But digital files didn’t just obliterate this once-keystone aspect of listening to music [...]
Arguing over whether top EDM producers are true DJs has become a cliché at this point; at large scale events slanted toward “mainstream” audiences, producers and their labels expect exposure, festival promoters want money-making performers, and audience members respond better to familiarity. Still this overall amalgamation has spread across top-tier [...]
When you’ve liked electronic music for a number of years, there comes a certain shame in listening to a mainstream dance music track. Admitting you think a certain Avicii song isn’t bad (or has a catchy melody) comes with that voice in the back of your head going, “But that’s [...]
Can a “mainstream” DJ/producer still make a killer set that’s longer than an hour? Of course. While Pacha Ibiza’s been canceling contracts of DJs who expect high pay but want to play for just a couple of hours, you’ve got Paul Van Dyk doing a six-hour set at New York’s [...]
Often times, too much attention is focused on the wrong things. Perhaps, it is due to lack of knowledge or perhaps it is due to complete ignorance splashed with a greater than the averaged sized ego. But whatever the reason may be, it’s about time to re-focus on the right [...]
On June 18th, 1971, Nixon addressed congress calling drug abuse “public enemy number one”. Since then, there has been an all out war on drugs. According to Wikipedia.org, marijuana in particular “...constitutes almost half of all drug arrests.” Be that as it may, beginning in the early hours of 2014, [...]
Now’s the time for end-of-the-year trend pieces, and one from Mixmag caught our attention: “EDM Will Eat Itself: Big Room Stars are Getting Bored.” Mainly, taking a general approach, Mixmag explains that EDM’s top performers are looking elsewhere. In a sense, this trend isn’t unique to 2013. Producer prodigies started [...]
Extreme size was the name of the game for many of the standout products at NAMM Show 2014. Whether unwieldy and massive or small enough to fit in your pocket, many of this year’s new offerings buck the trend of mid-size moderation.
Is there a fine line between cheating your musical audience out of an experience and educating them on something new? Has our culture bred entertainment consumers that want to hear what they want, when they want, to the point that everyone is their own DJ and are unappeasable when they [...]
Ever Wonder How You Can Impress A Promoter With Only 200 Facebook Fans? Are you just starting out as a DJ? That’s awesome, welcome to this highly competitive field we call the music industry. Well, actually that’s not the awesome part. Especially when you are looking to get paid for [...]