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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New series starts tomorrow!
This series may or may not have anything to do with the fact I recently entered a remix contest and was one of the winners. Would I be so cynical*, really? * Yes....
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Music? It’s mostly about the stuff around it!
You might be forgiven for being under the impression that being a music producer means that all my time, well, being a music producer involves producing music. Perhaps there was a time in the...
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Drugs and contactless delivery?
Drugs are not particularly my thing. I tried a joint once and quickly decided this wasn’t for me. I’ve given drugs a wide berth since, even including the time I was sat on a...
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New series starts on Monday!
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The Six On Saturday (That Aren’t From Me!) – 16th January 2021
On the week that a French woman went to court to try and convince the government that she hasn’t been dead for the past three years, I go through the tunes that would get...
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It’s back tomorrow!
Here’s hoping there’s some decent tunes to review, eh?...
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In which I pledge not to be nice to Spotify
On my Facebook page in the past, I used to write mostly derogatory things about Spotify and its founder, Daniel Ek. I used to frequently point out that Ek, with his bald head, looked...
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Plague ravers – plague spreaders
I applaud this. I could not agree more with every word if I tried. These plague spreaders deserve everything that’s thrown at them and more. I happen to know a few people who have...
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Mixdowns? Dive in and learn!
Articles with titles like “5 Mixing Rules You Should Be Breaking” always amuse me. I’m not saying for one moment here that you shouldn’t pay attention to these articles. Some of them might actually...
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The angry disgruntled monkey and choosing a genre
I’ve seen a few people over the past few days talking about the way that genres are classified on the likes of Traxsource, Beatport and probably elsewhere. Typically, they find it a complete mystery...
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Resident Advisor: 24 Hours To Save Ourselves!
The archive for this blog is fast being updated with much of what I wrote on my Facebook page over the past few years. Why let all that work go to waste, eh? You...
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Boris Johnson, he is. Bright, he is not.
Many people ask me what my political views are. I don’t often elaborate, because I happen to think some things don’t need to be public knowledge. We live in an extremely polarising age, and...
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Donald Trump banned from Spotify. Allegedly.
I saw this particularly curious screenshot doing the rounds over the weekend. Take a look. Fox News claimed that Donald Trump has been banned from Spotify. I can’t see anything online about this –...
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