The DJ world is a weird place filled with some even weirder people. And before everyone gets upset with us, we mean some people – even this industry has a couple of vaguely normal...
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Have we had too much to drink this Christmas? Defected are selling earplugs on their site – but one of our colleagues thinks there’s something they’ve missed…
One of the most crucial aspects of the modern business world is presentation. No matter what the product being supplied is, if it’s being showcased to the world in the wrong way, you’re going...
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Have you finished your Christmas turkeys yet? Peggy Gou, Honey Dijon, and Kaytranada are welcoming in the New Year together – courtesy of Apple Music…
Now that we’re in that slightly surreal period of the year between Christmas and New Year’s Day, two things are for certain – those people who are off work probably can’t remember what day...
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Is Bandcamp heading into a spot of bother next year? The United Union claims so – saying effects of 50% of workforce being laid off by Songtradr will soon be felt far and wide…
Back on Christmas Eve, you might recall that Ears To The House published an article about the future of Bandcamp Friday. In short, it’s staying around for a little while longer, with the next...
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And some STILL think it was a hoax! Steve Laviniere spent his fourth Christmas away from home after catching Covid-19 in March 2020 – but a fundraiser this weekend hopes to help…
One of those issues that Ears To The House used to talk about in some detail in our early days was the pandemic. Yes, it was undoubtedly very frustrating to see DJs unable to...
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But we don’t want to pay out more money! Spotify throw a temper tantrum by pulling out of two French festivals – and all because France has put a streaming levy on the site…
The very pretty, Instagram friendly graphics from 2023’s edition of Spotify Wrapped might have given the impression that all is well at the streaming site – but anyone taking a quick look under the...
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The AI genie isn’t going back in its bottle! A thousand musicians were asked what tools they used the most in music-making – and the winner is… ChatGPT!
Technology has been instrumental in changing music, literally. Such a statement shouldn’t be remotely controversial, yet even uttering these words brings out all the Luddites engaged in a battle against reality. What else explains...
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What’s with the high paying jobs all of a sudden? Resident Advisor’s hiring spree hasn’t stopped over Christmas – and Whitney Wei’s replacement is to be announced soon…
It might be the day after Christmas – known to some as Boxing Day, known to some others as St Stephen’s Day and known otherwise simply as Tuesday – but the dance music world...
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Britain’s government announced a crackdown on drink spiking days before Christmas – then the Home Secretary joked about giving his own wife a date-rape drug…
Christmas is normally a time when not a great deal goes on. Infact, when our editor turned to us a few days ago and told us Ears To The House would be providing a...
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Pay $200 less to be ignored than before, part two! Pete Tong’s DJ Academy, with its “visibility opportunities”, is offering places for $279 a time – but only until Christmas Day…
Just what on earth do you get the budding DJ in your life for Christmas nowadays? Sure, you could stick to more standard offerings at this time of year – things like boxes of...
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They’re not rushing to make their final decision! Songtradr had to choose what to do with Bandcamp Friday – and they’ve confirmed it’s staying around (at least for now)…
If the founders of Bandcamp were hoping that 2023 was going to be their year of stability, their hopes were finally dashed altogether a few months ago – the company had new owners sizing...
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What was that you said about leaving the digital world behind again? DJ Sneak (quietly) embraces digital as six-track The Son Of Chicago EP from the man himself goes on sale in January…
As we begin another Christmas Eve here at Ears To The House, there might be slightly more sweets and alcohol involved than on a normal working day – but what ultimately underpins this site...
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Not even Santa can manage THAT Christmas miracle! Detroit’s Belleville Three are fed-up with questions over techno’s origins story – but things aren’t getting better anytime soon…
If there’s one thing that Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson, and Derrick May would love to see under their Christmas trees this year, it would be a well-wrapped box with a pretty bow on it...
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So how DO you create a hit song these days? Oslo University scientists reckon you should play things in yourself, stop quantising everything, and actually put in some work…
Since the beginning of time, music producers have asked one particular question over all others – what does it take to create a song that’s going to be a hit? Let’s face facts –...
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Let’s not show this to our editor! Simon Dunmore looks back fondly at The Police remixes that he commissioned in 1995 – dismissed by a music magazine as a “steaming pile of s***e”…
So what has Simon Dunmore been doing with himself over the past year and a half? Since handing over the reigns of Defected to Wez Saunders during the summer of 2022, and leaving entirely...
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Is this goodbye from Danny Tenaglia to the music business? As DJ Tennis goes to collect an Oberheim DMX after recent auction, rumours grow about what he plans for the future…
For better or for worse, this has been a life transforming year for Danny Tenaglia. The Brooklyn based DJ, producer, and musician faced a cancer scare, then subsequently made the decision to auction off...
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