Andy Ebon, a guiding light in the DJ industry and a man of unimpeachable integrity, died today. He was 69.…
Robert McKee has been teaching storytelling since the early 1980s (among his 100,000 former students are a boatload of Academy-…
Matt Radicelli, owner of Rock The House Entertainment in Cleveland, recently sold a majority stake of what started as a…
After Artem Lomaz was announced as the Entertainer of the Year at the 2018 DJ Expo at Haven nightclub in…
It’s Scott Cohen’s job as chief innovation officer at Warner Music to look for “what is next.” “When I look…
Mike Wieder, owner of Ultimate Sounds Entertainment in New Jersey, has DJed at thousands of events over the years, with…
In 2018 Darryl Jake Jacobsen pulled up stakes and moved his family and his mobile company, A2R DJ’s and Entertainment,…
Eumir Gutierrez has been DJing full time for 11 years in Atlanta clubs, and like most DJs he’s had his…
Of the five victims killed at a party at an Airbnb home on Halloween night last week in the San…
In techno, eight years is really like 56 years.
Check out Marco Carola, whose new CD, Play It Loud!, his first since 2003, oozes groove and minimal subtleties, like a man wisely trying to preserve his auditory function, and ours, from the punishing techno tendencies of his past. But why, oh why, oh why, you ask? We can only cup our ear and say, “Wha?”
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Like so many DJs, Paul “Rock” Spitale, owner of Blackrock Sound Solutions in Rochester, NY, endured the trial-and-error phase of…
DJ QBert was officially awarded the 2010 America’s Best DJ title this past Saturday, Oct. 2, at Ghostbar in The…
DJ D-Nice has been in the game since the days of Boogie Down Productions, and in our ongoing series, “Beyond…
“America’s Best DJ” nominee Morgan Page got his start on the college radio airwaves. We asked him who inspires him…
Looking for ways to mine your midweek days for gold and fill your calendar—and your wallet? Come to the International…
What has Robbie Rivera done to join the running for DJ of the Year? Rivera, a house music legend, founded…
America’s Best DJ nominee Moby, aka Richard Hall, represents in many ways every DJ’s ultimate dream: to be able to…
Last time we checked in on ABDJ Nominee Cedric Gervais, he was slamming the Euro Lounge in West Palm Beach,…
Tommie Sunshine re-appears this year on our list of nominees for America’s Best DJ, and with good reason. His Summer…
Novation’s Dicer is a palm-sized control surface that packs quite a punch. It’s a pair of MIDI controllers designed to…
On its latest album Drink The Sea [Glass Air], the Glitch Mob set out to move away from its signature…
America’s Best DJ nominee Sticky Boots has likely inherited a DJ gene—his father was a mobile DJ. “My mobile DJ…
Lava fields and a midnight sun are just two aspects that make Iceland an unusual spot on the map, and…
DJ Jason Jani says he has found a way to reach out to web-savvy audiences (let’s call them Millennials) through…
The main difference between the American mafia and Swedish House Mafia? As far as we can tell, the Swedish House…
You’ve heard the joke about the baker, the photographer, and the bagpiper? Neither have we, but DJ Mark Brenneisen of…
As the race for “America’s Best DJ” begins, some DJs have chimed in with their opinions of at least one…
Detroit—Things got wild and a little wet, but once again, Movement rocked it in the Motor City. Held this past…
And to think it all started at a bar mitzvah, or a wedding–that’s where Steve Porter started DJing. Now, he’s…
Mike Pickering (pic), a storied dance-music jack-of-all-trades who DJed at Hacienda, helped launch Happy Mondays, and who recently restarted Deconstruction…
There’s no doubt that American dance music follows the European lead—sorta’ like when the Dutch and the English ruled the…
“This next year dance music is really gonna rule the world,” said David Guetta today at the International Music Summit…
Jacking house is back, according to Erick Morillo, who spoke at the International Music Summit in Ibiza earlier on Wednesday.…
Inner City’s Kevin Saunderson We’ve been to the The Detroit Electronic Music Festival (Movement), and we’re returning to the Detroit…
Dana White (left) and UFC DJ AL3 Albert Lineses III a.k.a. AL3, is the official DJ for Ultimate Fighting Championship.…
A thief squeezed through a broken window at the Paris Museum of Modern Art on Thursday and stole five paintings,…
Ah, the elusive science to cultivating leads from seed to flower, the key to the Golden Egg. Try a few…
Of the four billion voicemails left every month in the U.S., only eight-percent get returned. The next time you’re sent…
Twenty-five years after his best-seller In Search of Excellence, management guru Tom Peters continues to issue forth pithy business bromides…
It’s true: Millennials distrust “marketing,” are turned off by obvious attempts to “trick” them into buying, and they also think…
With all the bloviating going on about illegal immigrants taking jobs from Americans, little attention has been focused on primates—NAFTA-loving…
How would you EQ Willy’s vocals? We’re not too broken up about big Michael Lynche getting booted from American Idol.…
In the past few weeks, Ford, Honda, and Volkswagen have forecast significant growth for 2010. Several others, including Toyota, Nissan,…
The U.S. Government’s not offering incentives to fill out the federal census. But we’re offering swag for readers to fill…
Pioneer’s CDJ-2000 Again, Pioneer DJ has made our lives easier–somewhat. Sure, they’ve responded to the music industry’s shift toward digital…
Although no statistics are available, we can claim with anecdotal certainty that mothers have purchased more turntables and mixers than…
The economy is showing signs of rebounding, but if the miniscule increase in retail shopping for the month of April…
We can’t think of a more impactful way to heighten brand awareness than the tactic adopted by British oil giant…
We just can’t get enough of “Granite State of Mind,” a spot-on New Hampshire-style parody of Jay-Z’s “Empire State of…
When Roland Coutu first bought his DJ business three years ago, he was charging $450 for a wedding, for a…