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You can’t do a balanced take here, this is the internet! Marshall Jefferson comments on DJs posting their Spotify Wrapped stats – and reckons the numbers DO help get you bookings…

Ears To The House Team 11 December 2023

It’s now practically an annual tradition in the music world. Towards the end of November or early December, Spotify release their yearly data dumps to their artists, known simply as Spotify Wrapped. In addition...

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Business DJ Problems News

It’s not just Marshall Jefferson who’s stuck in Hotel California! Danny Tenaglia “resigned” from DJing in 2012 – so why did he end up getting back in the saddle?

Ears To The House Team 17 July 2023

On Saturday, Ears To The House ran an article commenting on how Marshall Jefferson had announced he was quitting DJing – but subsequently returned. It turned out Jefferson had a caveat he hadn’t mentioned...

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Business DJ Problems News

You can check out, but you can never leave! Marshall Jefferson told Mixmag in 2020 that he was quitting DJing – so did the Hotel California effect bring him back?

Ears To The House Team 15 July 2023

Back in the 1980s, when acid house became a thing, no one thought about the question of what would happen when DJs became old. The jocks spinning on the turntables were often the same...

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Business History of House News

Couldn’t they stump up for a coffee in the lounge? Marshall Jefferson reveals how 1986 track “Move Your Body” became a dance music classic – whilst he sits on a hotel bed…

Ears To The House Team 30 June 2023

For an industry which is forever boasting about being worth more and more money each and every year, the dance music world can be hopelessly unprofessional at times. Even basic details are sometimes forgotten...

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Pandemic Moments They’d Rather Forget – Part 1

Ears To The House Team 2 August 2022

For the next few days, Ears To The House is running a little series, simply because we can. It’s going to be all about things which happened during the pandemic – which we accept...

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Trax gloat at Kanye West legal action – pot kettle black?

Ears To The House Team 29 July 2022

We do thoroughly enjoy it at Ears To The House when someone or something displays a remarkable lack of self-awareness. This is something which is in plentiful supply in dance music, and keeps us...

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Sterling Void shares old photo – but not this story…

Ears To The House Team 14 July 2022

Around three years ago, the editor-in-chief here at Ears To The House started writing on his Facebook page about Sterling Void. All of those posts were copied over to this site’s original incarnation when...

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Kanye West, The House Music Anthem and a $150k lawsuit

Ears To The House Team 1 July 2022

The legal troubles of Kanye West keep mounting up. Fresh from Bishop David Paul Moten suing West over allegedly unauthorised use of a speech on the song “Come To Life”, Ultra International Music Publishing...

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Looks like Booker T and Ten City WILL have to wait a little longer after all! The Grammy Awards announce the January 31st ceremony has been postponed – and there isn’t even a new date in the diary this time…

Ears To The House Team 6 January 2022

Praise must surely go to Billboard after they ran a story a few days ago correctly predicting that the Grammy Awards would end up being postponed again this year. Given the Omicron variant of...

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Will Booker T and Ten City have to wait to find out if they’ve won? It’s “looking likely” the Grammy Awards will be delayed – and it’s no mystery what’s to blame…

Ears To The House Team 4 January 2022

Back in November last year, the Grammy Awards confirmed the nominees for each and every one of their roughly 42,000 categories. They also mentioned the show would take place on January 31st – whilst...

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Is this REALLY the best dance music can do? David Guetta and Marshmello nominated for Grammy Awards… but at least there’s some hope with Ten City and Booker T also listed

Ears To The House Team 25 November 2021

So the Grammy Awards have released the full list of nominations for their show, currently due to take place on January 31st next year. Their official website claims to have 86 different categories –...

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Marshall Jefferson and knowing your own value

Ears To The House Team 30 October 2020

The following might come across as quite disrespectful to Marshall Jefferson. This is certainly not my intention, as I have a great deal of admiration for Mr Jefferson, a man with more talent in...