seeing four tet rise to superstardom at 45 is so inspiring. the music industry tends to be obsessed w youth & it’s easy to feel like if ur not at a certain point by a certain age that ur failing or running out of time. The truth is the older u get, the better u become at ur craft
@proetrie
I’m in a monogamous committed relationship and I see absolutely nothing wrong with this? She’s just being efficient. Seems she didn’t like any of the guys so now she doesn’t have to waste their time more or hers. What’s the issue?? This hurts no one.
Every opener DJ should play ambient elevator music, get on the mic to apologize for being there, then bow down and kiss the feet of the headliner. If they go over 120bpm we put them in a pit of other openers where they fight to the death, winner gets 2 drink tickets.
If you avoid all politics as an electronic artist you’re a poser bc electronic music is inherently anti-establishment and to remain silent is to be complicit in oppression. If you’re afraid of losing fans for a stance on roe, I’m disgusted you’d want to keep fans who hate women.
bassnectar is trying to weasel himself back in to the scene and we need to all give a huge FUCK NO to that. if everyone associated with him loses money for doing so, he wont be able to come back. the industry will do what’s profitable, make it impossible for predators to profit.
“Bookings should be based on talent/merit not a gender ratio” says the local opener dj man with no original music in response to a flyer with 3 decorated female producers on it
i lost my dj headphones when i was blackout drunk with
@kendollmusik
in spokane a while back and don’t wanna spend money on new ones so should i dj in portland with this y/n ??
seattle has a crazy dj curse where once you start playing consistently larger and larger shows out of state you don’t get asked to play anything locally anymore and then you’re forced at gun point to move to LA
plagiarism is very bad and worthy of criticism, but kicking someone while they’re down is not cool, some of you really need to step back and consider that your words effect people. A lot of the notlo discourse has turned into a misogynistic dog pile, enough already.
@oogamusic
I also keep a decibel meter on my phone. If it’s 100db even with ear plugs it can cause damage. Over 100db it’s time to move somewhere quieter. I have 2 pairs of plugs one for 18db reduction and one for 30db. Most ppl I know have tinnitus, I don’t 😎
@iko_x172
@nonbinarybooty
I don’t think she’s saying it’s bad to let your kid shave, but the fact that these beauty standards are used to bully kids from such a young age that they are robbed of some of their innocence by having to worry about something as silly as hair.
People releasing music they didn’t make themselves is a mind fuck to me like I make my music and still sit here with imposter syndrome. If I released music I didn’t make I’d literally die like on the spot
holy fucking shit the guy who stalked allison wonderland and threatened ppl at an illenium show is the stepson of the billionaire on the submarine. and he’s just vibing at blink182 while his dad floats away in a watery coffin. we live in a simulation.
what’s a girl gotta do to play a boiler room set I’ve seen three tiktok djs who don’t produce saying they have sets coming up and that’s cool for them but like why
great now you’ll get 0.0002 cents per stream instead of ppl buying the track to play out. and it’ll probably lag and buffer and be poorer sound quality. cool. guarantee this is just a scheme to give a larger percentage of revenue to beatport instead of artists.
Beatport has announced that its streaming catalog is now available on the CDJ-3000s
▪️11+ million tracks in catalog
▪️CDJs connect to it via LAN cable
▪️Need a Beatport Pro or Advanced plan
I saw a post about bottled water, and since most ppl in the US have contaminated tap water I figured I’d share my filter recommendations so you can stop buying bottled. I used to work as an environmental chemical analyst and these are the filter systems I would trust 🧵
I truly don’t understand how ppl buy ghosted tracks and then act like they’ve done something. Like are you not living in constant fear of being exposed as a fraud? I’m a bad liar so couldn’t be me but y’all have fun playing producer dressup i guess.
“Hey this is Jake from sweetwater. Just calling to make sure you’re loving that midi keyboard and also drinking enough water also I love you how’s your grandma?”
hey ppl who weren’t old enough to rave/club pre 2020: dancing and interacting with friends and new ppl is actually way more fun than staring catatonically at the dj, phone up the whole time. idk if you know this but dancing used to be the main activity on dancefloors
I got a full page feature in DJ Mag for their ‘get to know’ piece and it’s in the online AND print formats! IM IN A MAGAZINE like for real for real 😭😭😭
@VeryFineHat
I love weed but this is a poor take. Some ppl do have conditions that make weed incompatible with their body chemistry, and I guess that could be considered “something very wrong” with them but the reality is that people are just different. Some ppl shouldn’t smoke and that’s ok
Notlo getting called out for being a talentless producer was a long time coming. But it’s not just her. This virtuous trend of putting undeserving female artists on a pedestal for the sake of equality or whatever really needs to end.
@DEADPOLICE_
It’s so creepy to think back on the college parties I went to as a teen and how no one ever said anything like this when it was revealed that we were 15/16.
so glad I spent years honing my skills so that I can still suffer from imposter syndrome while others just buy ghost produced tracks and strut around confidently 😑
@madsdanae
@SpacedOutRy
@heypingu_
i dont think systemic racism is solved by bullying, if u bully racists they only get more racist imo. we're allowed to agree to disagree here tho 🤝
had a dude ask me for advice for getting into music and i told him to just start no matter ur experience bc it takes years to get good and confident. he seemed frustrated by that? honestly so sick of ppl thinking this shit is easy.
I didn’t grow up next to brian eno and I don’t have millionaire parents but I did write, arrange, sing, record, produce, and mix my almost done forthcoming album all on my own and it’s the best music I’ve made yet.
thinking about the time i got kicked off the decks at a party i was booked to play so a BigFamousDJ™️ could hop on and he proceeded to trainwreck and clear the dance floor
decided to move to LA super nervous about how it would all work said fuck it we ball and instantly the universe was like YES
i regained access to a ton of money i had in ¢rypto after a years long class action lawsuit lol
my brother found me a free car
already got work lined up
hey men, here’s a tip: if you want to tell someone you liked their set, tell them that. but do it without then sending 3 paragraphs of unsolicited advice and a youtube video. bc you’ve now taken your compliment, turned it into a condescending insult, and I hate you.
what’s the deal with so many house DJs fast mixing like they’re chopping riddim in a hurry let the track fucking breath let that vibe ride out like what are these 8 bar builds please chill ???
at the mall and a swarm of teen boys sent the bravest/most shameless of them over to ask for my ig so of course i was like hell yeah bro i just dropped an album today and he turned to his friends and said “SHE DROPPED AN ALBUM!”
one of the saddest things every time a new artist is exposed as an abuser is that it is never surprising to women. Seeing dudes say things like “can’t believe he’d do this” like why can’t you believe it? Start believing it. We’re sick of saying I told you so.
better security is a good idea, but what actually will make us safer is GUN REFORM. get political and contact your congresspeople. If you wanna point fingers point them at our government that has allowed and encouraged these shootings to continue.
so the internet just found out that seattle does a nude bike ride parade for the summer solstice every year for decades and bc it’s the same weekend as pride they’re mad about it now? lmao
edc is one of those fests ive always wanted to experience but never was in a position to afford to go. this year through the insomniac discovery project I get to perform there and it doesn’t even feel real yet 🥲
who am I gonna see under the electric sky?! 🌼🌈✨
just sold my ddj-400 to a baby dj and he was like “i looked u up to make sure ur legit and saw you played edc and ur music is sick!” and i gave him some of my best dj advice (be a degenerate and have the audacity)
thinking about how electronic music is spiritually similar to classical in the way it’s structured. like u got these variations on a theme that evolve + different movements and then u resolve it all back to a central theme in the final refrain. chopin would have loved ableton bro
four tet has been an underground superstar for decades, I’m talking about his recent jump into mainstream recognition. Like ur mom prob knows four tet now. He’s a household name. He wasn’t in years past. Stop talking to me like I’m 3 years old for fucks sake.
I did an interview with EDM Identity and got a chance to talk about all kinds of things from my album to my goals for next year! Check it out as well as the mini mix I made full of unreleased goodies 💫
Our final Artist Spotlight of the year is one we reserve for artists we feel will be making huge strides the following year - and this year, it's
@zofdj
.
She sat down with us for a chat to discuss her debut album and so much more.
Dive in➡️
y’all need to stop glorifying in n out. no one actually likes it, it’s a nostalgia restaurant and that’s it. everyone I’ve ever known to try in n out who isn’t from california agrees it sucks balls.
Call me crazy but I think even the most beginner opener DJ should be paid $100 min for club gigs. Even if it’s their first gig it’s only fair to compensate them for their time and effort, the promoters job is to showcase the talent and draw a crowd.
so spotify for artists allows you to compare your stats to other artists and it’s honestly made me feel good about myself bc you can see the exact date that some ppl obviously bought followers and streams vs ppl who had a natural growth curve.
It feels so cute when an acquaintance you haven’t seen in years still follows and supports your music stuff. Often it feels like strangers are the biggest supporters, so when someone who knew you before you were cool is rooting you on it just feels so good 🥲
my heart is hurting about the gorge. I am numb. This country makes me sick and the only sliver of hope I have is that this radicalizes those of us that are politically apathetic or claim to be apolitical. We need gun control now and we need to be loud about it
it actually technically weighs less when you add stuff. it uses binary code to encode data and a binary 0 is made by charging the float gate and a binary 1 is made by removing that charge. so once you add data it has a lot more 1’s and therefore fewer charges/electrons.
So if I add too many songs to my USB, does it technically weigh more? 🧐 for .wav files weight more than .mp3 files? Are YouTube rip MP3’s lighter than store bought mp3s?
I need answers
I’m begging the edm community to make festivals and shows feel as unwelcoming and hostile to pro life christofascists as humanly possible. Let them know they’re not welcome or wanted.