I do have an Instagram page. I’m admitted pretty terrible at keeping it updated, not least because I find it a rather depressing platform. It’s not just the fact I’m not very good at...
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Sleep well, Captain Tom
If you’re influenced by vacuous people who go out to Dubai because they don’t fancy living through lockdown, you’re an idiot. Seriously. Reassess your life, because you’re doing it wrong. Take your influence from...
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Some of the things Sterling Void WON’T be telling you about
Last Monday, I told you about how Sterling Void, whose first wave lasted for 32 depressing years, and how he’s decided he’s the next Ernest Hemingway. “The Void Inside Of Me” is coming out...
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Derrick May – who else isn’t talking?
On Sunday, I wrote about one person who isn’t talking about Derrick May and the trouble he finds himself in. The fact the two are personal friends appears to have much to do with...
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Dancing with death – still a thing
If you’re on this website and you like going to plague raves, I shall be polite for the moment. I strongly disagree with your opinion that it’s acceptable to go to a rave in...
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Gearslutz is not a good name for a company. Gearslutz agrees!
Here’s one I somehow managed to miss during last week. Well, there’s only so many hours in the day, isn’t there? The dubiously named Gearslutz are changing their name. What to? We don’t know...
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Cassette tapes weren’t THAT bad, you know…
I’m a bit behind on my reading at the moment – hence why the article linked is dated January 19th – but I couldn’t resist sharing this one. It’s all about the home taping...
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Rabbit in headlights, the short version
I thought I’d post this one up quickly here, as I don’t have time to go into detail right now. Someone asked me yesterday what it felt like the first time I sat down...
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Derrick May and who you won’t see talking about him
Dave Clarke has had something of a good pandemic. His views about plague raves and the importance of not spreading this awful virus have resonated with a lot of people. I happen to agree...
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2 Stepper At Play, anyone?
I could do with your thoughts on this one, reader. Because I’m not quite sure what to do. Recently, I’ve been making some new music under a slightly different genre to normal. This isn’t...
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Now dabbling in ghost production? Meh
Ghost production is one of those areas in dance music that leaves me feeling surprisingly indifferent. I get adverts offering to sign me up to these kinds of services all the time. To me,...
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Winning remix contests? Here’s how you might…
This series appeared earlier this month. If you want to know how to win a remix contest – you probably won’t find the magic bullet here. But you might learn something anyway. And it...
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The Six On Saturday (That Aren’t From Me!) – January 30th 2021
On the week that a library in Canada saw a book returned 82 years late, I go through the tracks that will leave your collection as well stacked as a box of books! Martin...
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The Saturday Recap – January 30th
Time for a new feature now. Life is busy, especially at the moment, so I thought I’d start doing a quick recap of the past week here on the Amateur At Play website. Let’s...
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Yabba dabba doo – Distrokid will make you famous!
Many years ago, as a child, I recall watching an old episode of a great cartoon called The Flintstones. In this particular episode, Wilma and Betty went to a bar for a drink and...
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May-be it’s time you handed yourself in, Derrick?
Fresh from recent laughable claims that Derrick May is a “private person” – his lawyer, Kyle J Dupuy’s real calling is clearly in comedy, not law – comes this. It appears that more women...
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