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Trending: iHeartRadio's Brian Fink
"One of the biggest problems is that EDM encompasses everything," says Brian. "But somewhere along the line, the meaning of EDM has been distorted to refer only to festival, progressive house stuff, which it's not; EDM is electronic dance music: House, deep house, breakbeat, trance - everything fits beneath the EDM umbrella." And what of the never-ending rumors of EDM's imminent demise? "Dance isn't going anywhere. I do think that many dance genres are cycling through, just like music does. You look at ten years ago and it was hard trance, the type of stuff that's being produced now, just at a slower BPM. Future House is almost the same thing as UK Garage, with one more beat added on to it. Dance is cycling through right now. But dance is certainly not going anywhere. "In fact, EDM's crossover to the mainstream is nothing short of phenomenal. Not so long ago it would have been impossible to get Calvin Harris on top 40 stations; now Calvin releases a record and he's all but guaranteed to appear on mainstream radio. Afrojack's "Summerthing" is all over mainstream radio. I listen to a track like that and I'm, like, 'wow, that's a pretty hard track.' And on top 40." We're at a crossroad: It's up to us to let people know that the world of electronic dance music is more than just the DJs on the Ultra main stage. Want to explore a little more of what EDM has to offer? Check out this guide to EDM's most popular sub-genres (includes audio samples).Interested in a free no-strings-attached trial of our all-EDM Electronic Bundle? Email us here. For more on Brian Fink, including Brian's syndicated playlist, visit www.933flz.com
Spotlight: 2015 Promo Only Summer Sessions
Unique in its combination of work and play, this year's 9th annual Summer Sessions brought together over 400 top radio programmers and major label executives for a series of panels and parties designed to informally exchange ideas and information vital to our industry. Events and panels included the Internet Radio Panel; the National Programming Panel (moderated by Cary Vance, Promo Only Promotions); the Producer/Remixer Panel, Mix Show Panel and Radio Programming Panel; our invitation-only Opening Night Party, featuring a special appearance by legendary producer Timbaland; and our all-access Summer Sessions Mix Show DJ Party, brought to you live from the Mixx Nighclub, and our Awards Show featuring new music from JoJo and Icona Pop in The Music Box at the Borgata Hotel and Casino. Thanks to everyone who joined us! And if you couldn't make it, we've got a few highlights to encourage you not to make the same mistake twice... See more photos from this year's event on Facebook courtesy of our awesome photographers Matt Jylha and Joe Licul.
7 Things I Learned DJing Without A Laptop This Weekend This weekend, I played my first show since 2005 without a laptop (or an iPad). Specifically, I was using the Pioneer XDJ-RX, the all-in-one Rekordbox unit that - in a first for a controller - I suspected would come close to delivering all the benefits of a laptop, without the laptop. Here's what I learned... 1. Rekordbox software is good Preparing my music on the software that's integral to this approach, Rekordbox, was a pleasant experience. Especially in these days of iTunes woes, I found the software intuitive and with enough DJ-led features (built-in key analysis, cue points, waveforms etc) and organisation features (smart playlists being the main one) that I didn't miss iTunes at all. When you're done, you insert a USB drive into your laptop, hit "export", and all your tunes are transferred to it, ready to use on the XDJ-RX at your gig. End result: No laptop! Pro-Tip: Re-format your USB device first (mine didn't work properly until I did), and use a decent, modern USB device: Transfer took ages an older drive I had... 2. Nobody thinks you're DJing on a toy The XDJ-RX simply looks like the real deal. Maybe it's the relatively large size (although I carried it easily enough to my gig in a UDG bag), maybe the Pioneer DJ logos, maybe the fact that it looks similar to a couple of CDJs and a DJM mixer pushed together, but people commented that I had "the real gear" several times. Like it or not, perception matters, especially at highly paid events Maybe not having a laptop there helped with that perception too. 3. The big, bright screen makes a huge difference Y'see, personally I've tried before to work with Rekordbox, with both the XDJ-Aero and the XDJ-R1 controllers, but it wasn't for me, and the reason is simple: No decent screens. Once you're used to seeing all your track info, artwork, waveforms, and library on a laptop screen, it's a huge step backwards to DJ without it. The screen here is good enough to stop you (by and large) from missing a laptop screen at all. I DJ'd at sunset with the sun behind me and the screen was plenty bright enough, and you can dim it later on for night-time use (the gig finished at 2am). [continue reading] About Digital DJ Tips: Featuring news, reviews, show reports, and tutorials, Digital DJ Tips is one of the most-read DJ tech websites in the world, with over 60,000 students on its paid and free DJ courses.
Review: Swinsian Speed This is definitely the main thing for us, and Swinsian really delivers. It is specifically designed for handling large libraries, and succeeds where iTunes often fails miserably. It launches fast, has a very responsive user interface, lets you browse a large library quickly and smoothly, allows you import tracks and edit tags efficiently, and even has a Find/Replace feature that supports regular expressions (wildcards on steroids), which is a crucial time-saver when you need to edit large numbers of tags in specific ways. Tags With Swinsian, you can finally say goodbye to iTunes' infamous dialog box and easily edit tags on multiple tracks at once. Regex compatible find and replace helps you keep your music correctly tagged, and the powerful Duplicate Finder helps you find and remove pesky duplicate tracks. Other worthy features include...
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Success Coach Stacy Zemon:
Tip #1: Schedule out your Facebook posts. Facebook allows you to schedule your posts days, weeks, even months and years in advance. All you do is select the day and time. It's a good habit to spend 20 minutes every week, on a designated day, and schedule out a few posts for the week. You can leave enough space between them to allow yourself to share something off the cuff every now and then. Here's Facebook's instructions on post scheduling. Tip #2: Don't spread yourself too thin. Pick one platform and focus there. Especially when you're doing it alone, you just can't have a presence on every single platform. Pick one or two that you really enjoy and focus there. It's better to do a few platforms and do them well than have several that are poorly managed. [continue reading]
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