What Is House Music? House music is a form of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago in the early 1980s and quickly expanded to American cities like New York City and Detroit as well as international music hubs like London and Paris. House music and its many subgenres are characterized by a steady pulse […]

DJS MUST DECLARE EARNINGS FROM STREAMING WEBSITE TWITCH, CEO CONFIRMS Artists streaming on the platform must now share their revenues with record labels WORDS: GEMMA ROSS | PHOTO: ALENA DARMEL 11 APRIL 2024 DJs who stream on the video platform Twitch must now share their earnings with record labels, Twitch CEO Dan Clancy has confirmed. […]

How To Make More Money as a DJ! There have never been more ways to make money as a DJ. ​​ Here’s a curated playlist of money-making moves that can boost your bank account on and off the decks: Event Promotion: Start hosting and promoting your own events. It’s not just about the music; it’s […]

Written by Alex Rayner and Stephen Worthy   It was a few weeks back, late at night, I’m in bed, and my phone started pinging,” explains Robin S, the powerhouse vocalist behind Show Me Love, one of the most successful house records ever made. “I stayed half asleep. Then very early in the morning, my son […]

How much of UK dance music history is real? Every era of British dance music has its myths and over-simplified narratives — hell, even little known local scenes have urban legends. Below, Matt Anniss explores how a tendency towards selective documentation of dance music culture in the UK has led to a widespread acceptance of […]