Boiler Room acquired by European events giant Superstruct Entertainment (Mixmag)

By |2025-01-21T17:33:03-06:00January 21st, 2025|Announcements, Clubs - Nightlife, DJ, Entertaiment, International, MixMAg, Music, Music News, news|

  Former owners DICE will continue as Boiler Room's official ticketing partner, after selling the streaming platform for an undisclosed sum   Ticketing giant DICE has sold Boiler Room to European events company Superstruct Entertainment for an "undisclosed sum". DICE had acquired the electronic-focused streaming platform in 2021, and will reportedly continue as its official ticketing partner, according to Music Business Worldwide. [...]

TONIGHT – Brooklyn’s Housepitality turns energy into action for LA fire relief (Electronic Groove)

By |2025-01-17T17:55:07-06:00January 17th, 2025|Announcements, Brooklyn, Clubs - Nightlife, Disco, electronic music, Entertaiment, House Music, serato|

  On January 17th. Housepitality’s decade-long affair between New York and California is more poignant than ever as the party relaunches on Friday, January, 17th, 2025 with a diverse roster of DJs and live acts donating their fees to the cause. The lineup includes: 2Melo, LiL’ T, Mike Cashen, Nemoto, Noam, Saqib + NHII, and Shane One. “The date was set, the flyer [...]

How emerging DJs are using TikTok to reach millions (Mixmag)

By |2025-01-12T12:46:39-06:00January 12th, 2025|Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, DJ, DJ Equipment Tools Software, electronic music, Entertaiment, Internet, MixMAg, Music, Music Tech, news, Promotional, Report|

  TikTok's large user base and highly-trainable algorithm is a perfect storm for viral hits — but is social media hype translating into real world success? Niamh Ingram investigates ** This article originally appeared in Mixmag on October 8, 2021, and is being reprinted here in light of the case pending before the United States [...]

Music industry workers to lose a quarter of income to AI by 2028, study finds (Mixmag)

By |2024-12-30T22:27:39-06:00December 30th, 2024|AI, Clubs - Nightlife, DJ, DJ Equipment Tools Software, electronic music, Entertaiment, International, Internet, MixMAg, Music, Music News, producer, Report|

  The “first ever” global study on the impact of AI on music found that revenues of AI services will spike in the next four years Music industry workers are projected to lose close to a quarter of their income to AI by 2028, per the “first ever” global study on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the [...]

Mind, Body & Soul: New York club night Soul Connection is honouring the overlooked Black women of house music (Mixmag)

By |2024-12-23T20:12:29-06:00December 23rd, 2024|African American, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, DJ, Entertaiment, House, House Music, House Music History, New York, Women|

  Jamaal Johnson sits down with Soul Connection founders Lovie and Honey Bun to chat about creating a safe space on the dancefloor, and the importance of acknowledging dance music’s Black roots House music, at its core, is for everyone. Though the much-recounted story of house's history traces back decades to venues like Chicago's Warehouse, music [...]

Spotify populating playlists with “ghost artists” to minimise royalty costs, report alleges (DJ Mag)

By |2024-12-21T12:32:37-06:00December 21st, 2024|Dance Music, DJ, Entertaiment, Music News, press release, producer, Report, spotify|

  It reportedly helps boost the streaming company's profit margins A new report published by Harper's Magazine has alleged that Spotify is filling some of its biggest music playlists with work by "ghost artists", a group of musicians who create large amounts of music to be distributed specifically across the streaming platform. According to journalist Liz Pelly [...]

Watch a new documentary exploring the history of house label King Street Sounds (Mixmag)

By |2024-11-20T18:50:11-06:00November 20th, 2024|Amsterdam ADE2024, Classics, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, Deep House, Documentary, Entertaiment, House, House Music, House Music History, MixMAg, New York|

  Out now, the 35-minute film comes as the imprint relaunches under the leadership of Armada Music A new documentary exploring the history and influence of New York’s King Street Sounds is out now. House Music Royalty: The Story of King Street Sounds tracks the influential house label’s journey from New York’s underground dance music scene to its [...]

10 lessons everyone in music can learn from Quincy Jones (Music Tech)

By |2024-11-13T20:22:42-06:00November 13th, 2024|advice, African American, Biography, Editorial, Entertaiment, Music, Music News, Music Tech|

  Quincy Jones lived a life almost too impossible to believe. His successes, struggles, and profound creativity, can teach us a lot about the true power of music   Quincy Jones, one of the great musical geniuses of the 20th century has passed away at the age of 91. A polymath, hitmaker, entrepreneur, industry mogul, [...]

Apple Music Launches ‘Set List’ Feature — Dedicated Playlists to Promote Concerts, Tours, and Residencies (Digital Music News)

By |2024-10-20T13:14:00-05:00October 20th, 2024|Digital Dj Tips, DJ, DJ Equipment Tools Software, electronic music, Entertaiment, Internet, Music, Music News, Music Tech, news, press release, Promotional, Report|

  Apple Music has rolled out a “Set List” feature with which artists can make dedicated playlists to promote their shows. The Spotify rival just recently unveiled Set List, noting at the outset that acts must have an artist image (which will double as the playlists’ cover art) uploaded to Apple Music in order to [...]

Are Phone-Free Dance Floors Going Mainstream? (Beatportal)

By |2024-10-16T23:03:18-05:00October 16th, 2024|Beatport, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, Editorial, electronic music, Entertaiment, Music News|

  Beatport surveys the groundswell of opinion against camera phone use on the dance floor. As no-phone policies spread to Ibiza, is dance music ready for a retro reset? Back in June, a meme was doing the rounds that captured the arms-outstretched joy of raving at Ibiza’s iconic DC-10 in 2010 vs the reality of 2024: a [...]

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