Could you make this up? “Police in Essex made a mistake recently when they turned up to what they thought was an illegal rave, but was actually pensioners queueing up to get their Covid-19 vaccine.” No....
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Ways to keep the money Ferrying on in…
We’re in a strange era for music, and that’s before you even take Covid-19 into account. It seems that the stuff that makes money these days is not the music itself, but everything around...
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Sterling Void: “my book will be release”.
I would never claim that the quality of writing on this website is up there with literary geniuses like William Shakespeare or Leo Tolstoy. Others may do that if it’s their choice. It certainly...
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Don’t sign with Sony if you want to make money, says their CEO!
You don’t need to sign with a major label if you want to get ahead in music. Don’t take my word for it. Speaking to a UK parliamentary committee who are investigating streaming and...
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Cars? With £37, you’d be so lucky, Gary!
The news this week that Gary Numan recently received a royalty statement for £37 for over 1 million streams raised a few eyebrows. How did he receive so little money, everyone asks. I don’t...
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How to advertise things (if it were still 1975)
Let’s do a little experiment. Take a look at this picture. What do you think the advert is for? Go on, have a little think. Still have no idea? Apparently, it’s an advert for...
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The Six On Saturday (That Aren’t From Me!) – 23rd January 2021
On the week that a 2-year old police investigation determined that bags of cocaine laced bananas probably weren’t supposed to be delivered to the supermarket, I go through the tunes that deliver the goods...
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Here’s something you might have missed
I get it. Life is busy these days. I spend my days helping homeschool a 4 year old, playing with a 2 year old, winding a 7 week old baby, endlessly going into the...
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Just for fun…
I tried out this ToonMe app. Here’s the result. Weird....
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Fuzzy keymixing, undeniable clickbait
Very occasionally, someone somewhere takes an already suspect original concept and decides to turn it into something even more suspect. Phil Morse at Digital DJ Tips writes here about the idea of fuzzy keymixing....
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The DAW – just the latest penis extension substitute?
Bless. There are some things that was always elicit a response from many producers and DJs out there. Does vinyl really sound better than digital? Was music better in the 1990s than it is...
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Clubs closed? Blame Boris
I keep seeing footage going around of nights out in New Zealand recently. One particular clip highlighted by Mixmag comes to mind specifically. It shows a drum and bass night – it’s a really...
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Sterling Void and an almighty God complex
A curious post from Sterling Void’s social media arrived in my inbox yesterday. Take a look. Does God normally give his blessing to a lifelong crook and cheat to whom deception and lies are...
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How to win a remix contest (by someone who won one and doesn’t know how!) – Part 2
I’m currently running a two-part series on this site telling you about my experiences with remix contests. I’ll tell you about what went wrong with all the ones I didn’t win, and what possibly...
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613 reasons why DJ Sneak is missing his target
A few weeks ago, DJ Sneak announced that he was having his music pulled from the digital stores. This was all done in a wave of publicity in the way only Sneak can do....
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How to win a remix contest (by someone who won one and doesn’t know how!) – Part 1
Today and tomorrow, I’m running a two-part series on this site telling you about my experiences with remix contests. I’ll tell you about what went wrong with all the ones I didn’t win, and...
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