House Music Is Black Music: Church On Sunday Highlights Black Pioneers of House Music (The Washington Informer Bridge)

By |2025-02-15T16:22:22-06:00February 15th, 2025|Announcements, black History Month, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, DJ, electronic music, House, House Music, producer, Promotional, Washington DC|

  Church On Sunday is set to celebrate Black History Month with a series of events highlighting the Black origins of House Music. Throughout February, the Washington, D.C.-based collective will host DJ performances, discussions, and community activations focused on recognizing the genre’s pioneers and its continued influence. House Music, which has grown into a global phenomenon, [...]

The Rise of 40+ DJs: Why More Adults Are Hitting the Decks (Skilz DJ Academy)

By |2025-02-05T20:11:45-06:00February 5th, 2025|DJ, DJ Equipment Tools Software, Editorial, electronic music, International, Music, Promotional, Report|

  In recent years, DJ schools around the world have noticed a surprising trend—many of their students are over 40. While DJing was once associated primarily with young people, club culture, and underground scenes, it has now become a passion for a much wider audience. But why are people in their 40s, 50s, and even [...]

Kraftwerk announce ‘Autobahn’ 50th anniversary vinyl edition (DJ Mag)

By |2025-01-29T19:21:27-06:00January 29th, 2025|Announcements, DJ Mag, Music News, Promotional|

  The iconic German electronic group have also added more West Coast dates to their US tour Kraftwerk are releasing three new editions of their classic ‘Autobahn’ LP to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Out on 7th March, the new versions include a 12" vinyl picture disc pressing of the album's 2009 remaster –  the first [...]

New mobile wireless controller, DJ Control Mix Ultra, launched by Hercules (DJ Mag)

By |2025-01-29T19:02:57-06:00January 29th, 2025|Announcements, DJ, DJ Equipment Tools Software, DJ Mag, Internet, Music News, Music Tech, Promotional, Report|

  The new controller has been developed in collaboration with Algoriddim   Hercules has announced a new controller, the DJ Control Mix Ultra. Developed in collaboration with Algoriddim — developers of the djay app — the controller is “created for mobile-first DJs who came up learning to embrace music mixing using apps and streaming services”. It integrates directly [...]

Illustrated book, I Can DJ Anywhere, teaches children about “the universal power of music” (DJMag)

By |2025-01-26T15:28:17-06:00January 26th, 2025|DJ, DJ Mag, Music News, news, press release, Promotional|

  It follows a previous book by author Edwin Rios (aka Bear Who?) called Dreams Of Being A DJ   A new illustrated children's book with the aim of teaching children about "the universal power of music" is to be published this spring.   The book, titled I Can DJ Anywhere, is the work of author [...]

TikTok confirms that it will shut down in the US by January 19 if ban is upheld (Mixmag)

By |2025-01-12T12:58:08-06:00January 12th, 2025|Classics, Dance Music, DJ, DJ Equipment Tools Software, electronic music, House, House Music, Internet, Music, Music News, Music Tech, Promotional, Report|

  The Supreme Court will hear arguments regarding the ByteDance-owned app's appeal against the ban later today* **This article was originally printed on January 10, 2025, on the date of oral argument before the United States Supreme Court. No position is taken on the substance of the article.  TikTok has confirmed that it will cease operations [...]

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 [...]

Site of New York’s iconic Pyramid Club to become new venue, Night Club 101 (DJ Mag)

By |2024-12-21T12:59:29-06:00December 21st, 2024|Clubs - Nightlife, DJ, DJ Mag, House, House Music, Music News, New York, news, Promotional, Report|

  The new venue is being masterminded by the team behind Baby’s All Right Plans are in place to open a new venue, Night Club 101, on the former site of New York’s historic Pyramid Club. As Pitchfork reports, Billy Jones and Tom Moore, the core duo behind Brooklyn's Baby’s All Right venue, are working in partnership with [...]

New tech that helps producers get paid for DJ plays gains support (DJ Mag)

By |2024-12-19T22:08:58-06:00December 19th, 2024|AlphaTheta, DJ, DJ Mag, electronic music, Music News, Music Tech, producer, Promotional|

  Fairer royalty dividends for artists based on what you hear in a club, at no extra cost to venues   New software which helps producers get paid when a DJ plays their music in a club is gaining support from across the industry. AlphaTheta's KUVO powered by DJ Monitor was launched to "champion fair royalties [...]

Djay for Meta Quest Review – The future of DJing? (We Are Crossfader)

By |2024-11-12T20:11:07-06:00November 12th, 2024|AI, DJ, DJ Equipment Tools Software, electronic music, Internet, meta, Music, Music News, Music Tech, New DJ Gear, Promotional, Review|

  Quite a few products come with lofty claims of being ‘the future of DJing’ and so on. But the new djay app for Meta Quest feels like it might be a taste of where things are headed in the world of DJing.    https://youtu.be/uo7oINnmtxc   There have been a handful of attempts at [...]

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