As the end of another year approaches, many DJs are inevitably turning their attention to what can be one of their better earners of the year – New Year’s Eve. For some bizarre reason,...
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This really doesn’t look good, you know? Rebekah and Sacha Wall’s chat about #ForTheMusic has been pushed back for a FOURTH time – and leave me asking difficult questions…
Let’s get one thing out of the way at the start here. This blog desperately wants to be supportive of the #ForTheMusic movement. I happen to think it’s necessary, and I happen to think...
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Are the naysayers certain they’re not trying to destroy them? Dublin’s loss is Belfast’s gain as nightclubs in the Republic of Ireland are ordered to close over Christmas and New Year due to rocketing Covid numbers
Last Sunday, this blog published an article questioning whether the Irish government was trying to destroy nightclubs in the country. Punitive restrictions such as a midnight curfew force nightclubs into either closing during their...
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Yet another reason (as if any were needed at this point!) that streaming doesn’t work – the price of a streaming subscription has only gone up 4 cents since Rhapsody came along in 2001…
More than once in the past on this blog, I’ve expressed the view that major record labels made a monumental mistake when the internet came along, and it’s one that everyone – except themselves...
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The Six On Saturday (That Aren’t From Me!) – 4th December 2021
On the week that an Australian man broke the world record for the world’s largest burp, I show you the latest records that you need to, ahem, get wind of… Marc Cotterell Feat. Dave...
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The Saturday Recap – 4th December 2021
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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Does anyone have a time machine I could borrow? Mixmag post article inviting readers to workshops on building your own club – that happened three weeks ago…
People sometimes ask me how they often find dance music stories on this blog before the mainstream press pick up on them. The answer is quite simple. Because the dance music press are hopelessly...
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Berlin bans dancing in nightclubs in fight against Covid – but only from December 8th… so am I the only one wondering where the logic is here?
Germany is a country known worldwide for being logical, efficient and sensible. They’re a pragmatic people who we could learn much from – but unfortunately, the German state is currently an entirely different story....
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Danny Tenaglia is doing Hard & Soul night in New York – but with it being on Christmas Day, what’s wrong with just staying home and complaining about the rubbish on TV?
I personally like to see a bit of tradition on Christmas Day. That includes seeing presents under the tree, eating a well-stuffed turkey for my lunch, chomping down on far more chocolate than is...
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The latest contradiction at the heart of MDL Beast? They’re hosting a conference on helping out the region’s music industry – whilst their Soundstorm festival is stuffed full of foreign DJs!
The more I look at MDL Beast, the more baffled I become. This blog has been writing extensively over the past two weeks about their Soundstorm festival, due to take place between December 16th...
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Rebekah and Sydney Blu’s 23×23 campaign will include remix contests – so here’s why this blog thinks this is a terrible idea (by someone who’s done too many to count!)
One of the reasons campaigns in the dance music world get nowhere is lack of scrutiny. The dance music press mention it once at launch and then inevitably don’t follow it up. They never...
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So what was the point of all this “research” again? British government release Events Research Programme findings… over four MONTHS after removing most of England’s Covid restrictions…
There was plenty in the news yesterday across Britain. For instance, had the conclusion of the horrific trial which found a 6 year old boy called Arthur Labinjo-Hughes had been tortured and killed by...
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See you next Tuesday? The question facing Portugal’s Baixa Bar as Derrick May is booked to play next week – amidst falling attendance and a gargantuan DJ fee which needs paying…
Things are not going very well in Europe for the club scene at the moment. Rising Covid-19 numbers across much of the continent – including in Germany which was previously seen as a good...
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Want an example of why longer sets make sense? Judge Jules has to travel for 3 hours and 39 minutes this weekend – to play a set lasting just one hour!
One particular bugbear of mine – and admittedly, it’s a very long list – about dance music today is the length of the average DJ set. When the first clubs playing house music in...
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Does someone in Spain not like Amateur’s House? Mystery as high number of people from the country struggle to access your favourite dance music blog…
Ever since Amateur’s House started properly back in April of this year, I’ve discovered all kinds of things. Many have been reported in the blog, and a few haven’t – I don’t have bottomless...
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Rebekah teams up with Sydney Blu for 23×23 campaign to get 23% women signed to labels by end of 2023 – but things are already flagging under criticism (a bit like Rebekah’s other campaign!)
During the pandemic, Rebekah Teasdale seems to have developed something of a taste for campaigning for things to change. Unfortunately, she’s forgotten about the getting things to actually change bit – hence why the...
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