Posts Tagged ‘house’

Masters at Work Lecture at Red Bull Music Academy

Posted on March 16th, 2012 by in Advice & Tips

More music industry advice and tips from veterans of the biz. The Red Bull Music Academy (RBMA) is a series of music events where young newcomers to the world of the music business (producers, singers, arrangers, DJs and musicians) take part in two week’s worth of studio sessions, live performances, workshops, lectures, mentoring and more [...]

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DJ Sneak Fabric 62 Compilation Release and Tour

Posted on February 1st, 2012 by in Music News, New Music

The latest edition of the global mix series features Chicago House veteran DJ Sneak. This week we heard that the next release in a long line of epic compilations from Fabric, the London-based nightclub and record label, will be mixed by US house music legend DJ Sneak. Edition 62 sees Sneak select and compile a [...]

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Frankie Knuckles Lecture at Red Bull Music Academy

Posted on January 6th, 2012 by in Advice & Tips

Video Lecture from the house music luminary The Red Bull Music Academy takes place once a year, but the amount of content produced and knowledge shared is pretty epic, and they do a good job of documenting and recording as much of the two-week long event as possible, and regularly posting online the produce of [...]

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America’s Best DJs?

Posted on October 28th, 2011 by in Music News

Two DJ magazines have released their ‘Best of 2011′ lists and awards recently. Find out who came out on top in the world of American electronic music. Even though DJ Mag‘s number one DJ is actually Parisian, David Guetta is often seen as a key element in pushing dance music to the American masses. His [...]

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Derrick Carter Mixes Fabric 56

Posted on January 12th, 2011 by in New Music

Chicago DJ and producer (and all-round nice guy) Derrick Carter has been connected to music for some time. Allegedly starting on the decks at the age of nine (playing disco records at his family’s parties) he evolved into a key figure of his city’s house scene throughout the ’90s, playing clubs like Shelter and Foxy’s [...]

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5 Magazine’s Five Year Anniversary Project

Posted on September 20th, 2010 by in Music News

Chicago house music staple 5 Magazine have just celebrated their 5th anniversary, and not only did they hold a fantastic event for Boom Boom Room at Green Dolphin, but they embarked on an epic project of live video and interview footage with 40 of the greatest DJs and Producers in the Chicago electronic music scene. [...]

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Music Jobs Team playlist 004: Dance, dance, dance!

Posted on June 16th, 2010 by in Playlists

Electronic Dance Music has undergone something of a revolution over the last 15 years. Not least because music production and performance equipment has become cheaper to purchase, and the internet has opened up a heap of tutorials, forum advice and video demos. Being able to set up with an entire ‘software studio’ for a fraction [...]

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