So that’s another week over and done with. Welcome to the weekend! Your Six On Saturday column is coming up later, but let’s quickly recap some of what’s been on Amateur’s House during the...
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I told you these people can’t take criticism! Now Jeff Mills switches comments off on his Facebook page after swipes at his laughable defence of doing MDL Beast Soundstorm festival rumbles on…
This blog is beginning to suspect that one person is looking forward to Christmas even more than normal this year. And that person is Jeffery Eugene Mills, 58, from Detroit in Michigan, USA. He...
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Who seriously cares? My own question for Music Business Worldwide as they ask whether Universal or Spotify will be worth more at 2021’s end…
Back on Monday, Music Business Worldwide asked what they thought was an important question concerning Universal Music Group and Spotify. “Which of music’s two giants will be worth more at the end of 2021?”,...
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What a right mug he is! Maceo Plex drinks from a glass whilst DJing in Brazil and decides to fling it into the audience – injuring a woman in the process…
This blog works on the basis that the majority of big name DJs are idiots. Many of them go around the world collecting huge amounts of money playing what is, at best, average music....
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Just as the shameless DJs playing the MDL Beast Soundstorm festival thought they could take their heads out of the sand, the French arrest a suspect in the Jamal Khashoggi case…
The DJs who are playing at MDL Beast Soundstorm’s festival are a curious bunch. Lured there mostly by the gargantuan fees the Saudis offer in exchange for being used as regime propaganda fodder, they...
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No time for sleep until Monday! Beleaguered #ForTheMusic and 23×23 campaigner Rebekah Teasdale is fighting back after a difficult few weeks – so can a touring DJ really juggle all these commitments?
Has this blog been too hard on Rebekah Teasdale, founder of the #ForTheMusic movement and co-founder of 23×23? This is the question I’ve asked myself more than once lately after reading a few pieces...
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A bit more trouble coming your way, Mr Johnson! Sacha Lord isn’t happy about England’s new Covid rules and intends to “ruffle some feathers” – so what has he got in mind?
Sacha Lord is not a happy bunny, and he doesn’t seem to mind who knows it. This blog has criticised Lord on more than one occasion – whether it be his club issuing a...
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The old ones are the best – for repackaging and making money from all over again! Pete Tong and his orchestra go back out on the road to rinse classic tunes out yet again…
One thing which streaming did to revolutionise the music world – and not necessarily for the better – was to allow people to easily listen to old records. Time was if you wanted to...
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Could the phony Cr2 Records boss be recognised by his incredibly foul mouth? Scammers who targeted Nervous Records just weeks ago take their con trick to British shores…
The latest scam in the dance music world appears to involve pretending you’re from one of the big labels and offering a “marketing / distribution deal” in exchange for a “small fee”. In reality,...
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What’s eating you, Derrick? Mayday does his gig in Portugal’s Baixa Bar – but video from the event shows a man long past his prime…
So Derrick May ended up doing the gig in Portugal’s Baixa Bar on Tuesday night. I’m still not quite sure how they made enough to pay his supposed $10,000 fee, given that admission at...
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Boris Johnson switches on England’s Plan B, bringing in vaccine passports and more face mask use – but as the Downing Street Christmas party controversy goes on, will anyone listen?
Last Wednesday, the British Labour leader Keir Starmer asked an interesting question to Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Did a party take place in Downing Street on December 18th last year contrary to rules banning...
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What the hell kept you? Resident Advisor FINALLY mention the MDL Beast Soundstorm controversy in an opinion piece – 17 days after a one-man blog started covering it…
The following post is likely to sound terribly self congratulatory. And to be fair, that’s because it partially is. Just over two weeks ago – 17 days ago, to be precise – this blog...
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Wednesday Whisper #30 – the minted DJ who spent a mint on mints, when he doesn’t even like mints…
Which DJ has recently to filling his office with mint sweets of any variety? This has come as something of a mystery to his friends – his rider has a specific request in it...
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Over two MILLION streams and just over £93 in the bank: the truth of what’s behind those glossy Spotify Wrapped graphics as NZCA Lines blows the whole thing open…
Why would anyone bother making music in this day and age? Whilst I’m not saying that money should be the sole driver for producers, singers and the rest, getting paid for your work is...
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Is that the line you’re taking? Plague rave agency which tried to gag this blog sends out email to its staff telling them to stop leaving “cookies” in the office – and they don’t mean the chewy biscuit!
The plague rave agency which periodically gets mentioned on this blog – although never by name – haven’t had a good year. Firstly, one of their DJs admitted to me that he’d been doing...
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As France becomes the latest EU country to shut nightclubs (again!) amidst rising Covid cases, a question – where IS the evidence that shows they’re so dangerous?
Around the world, politicians have kept saying throughout the pandemic that they’re following what the scientists tell them closely – whilst also pointing out with a disproportionate amount of glee that they make the...
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