We’re in a strange era for music, and that’s before you even take Covid-19 into account. It seems that the stuff that makes money these days is not the music itself, but everything around...
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How to advertise things (if it were still 1975)
Let’s do a little experiment. Take a look at this picture. What do you think the advert is for? Go on, have a little think. Still have no idea? Apparently, it’s an advert for...
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Fuzzy keymixing, undeniable clickbait
Very occasionally, someone somewhere takes an already suspect original concept and decides to turn it into something even more suspect. Phil Morse at Digital DJ Tips writes here about the idea of fuzzy keymixing....
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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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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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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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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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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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Sterling Void – bringing on hypoxia since he joined the internet
Good grief, Duane. It’s not the scale of delusion in the above Facebook page that bothers me. This is something that I’ve come to expect and as such, doesn’t surprise me in the least....
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Can Venessa Jackson sing? Is the Pope a Catholic?
If you don’t know the face above, get familiar with this lady. Her name is Venessa Jackson and she is insanely talented. If her vocals appear anywhere, you should immediately have a listen –...
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Sterling Covid, Nervous Records and a slap in the face
The second – and in some cases, third – wave of the coronavirus is now well underway in many countries now. The whole of the UK is under various states of lockdown, and so...
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Got money? You can buy your way in!
Did you know that you can buy your way into the dance music charts? This is not something specific to dance music, but for the sake of simplicity, I’ll concentrate solely on that here....
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Me, anxious? Well, possibly…
The weirdest thing happened today. A friend got in touch with me to say they were struggling to sleep last night and that it was because he was detecting a great deal of anxiety...
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Two years on – Eddie Eaze Coleman
It simply wouldn’t be right to let today go without some acknowledgement of an old friend. Today is the second anniversary since the death of Eddie Eaze Coleman. He was one of my earliest...
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