By Brian Kelm Before I took Bill Hermann’s Entertainment Experience Workshop in 2011, performing a wedding was a far different…
I’ve been researching the music distribution space lately and watching with interest as more pop up and margins get squeezed.…
Here’s how to travel for free on a cruise vacation — and get paid. I get asked by DJs all…
There’s an old saying when it comes to competitor analysis: Average people learn from their mistakes, but smart people learn from…
OK, wedding jocks… looking to see how to DJ a wedding that your guests won’t forget? It’s all in the…
While there only a few days that remain in the wild year that was 2019, when the clock strikes midnight…
Not all weddings are the same, and not all wedding DJs are the same. The fact is, there are several…
Robert McKee has been teaching storytelling since the early 1980s (among his 100,000 former students are a boatload of Academy-…
So you’ve seen other DJs on Instagram and Facebook with numerous followers, cool pictures, getting gigs in all kind of…
Looking to make a lasting first impression on the eve of Anjunabeats’ 20th anniversary, 3LAU has made his debut on…
It’s Scott Cohen’s job as chief innovation officer at Warner Music to look for “what is next.” “When I look…
Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Held this past Oct. 16-20, the 24th edition of Amsterdam Dance Event delivered plenty of daily…
Merritt, B.C. – Nestled in the mountains alongside the Coldwater River in rural British Columbia, Bass Coast is the Narnia…
If the modern version of deep house music gets you going, if melody matched with ultra-groovy sounds is your thing,…
By Jordan St Jacques George Costanza from TV’s “Seinfeld” said it best: “Why must there always be a problem?” He…
From Jaguar’s 2018 release “Boyography, Pt.1”, her song “After All” gets the 1990’s Remix Treatment by UK’s legendary Dan Thomas.
The New York artist has had an accomplished career in music outside of the pop realm, but no matter how far she journeyed beyond the firmament of the pop world, some infectiously hooky songs she wrote two decades ago continued to beckon. Now, she has resurrected this exquisite collection of orchestral pop electronica for a new audience.
It’s that time of the year already, A-Trak has announced his third annual Goldie Awards will be returning to Brooklyn…
Chicago – Spring Awakening, Chi-Town’s largest EDM festival, drew an estimated 80,000 fans to its new home at Poplar Creek…
This weekend Spring Awakening Music Festival (SAMF) will be invading its new home at the Northwest Chicago suburb of Hoffman…
It’s that time of the year already folks; it’s officially Splash House season! Taking over its iconic Palm Springs venues…
By Brittney Knight Atlanta, GA — Another year goes by, and another amazing Shaky Beats festival goes down in Atlanta’s…
When people find out I work for DJ Times magazine, they often ask me: “Who’s your favorite DJ?” My response…
By Arielle Feinstein With EDC Las Vegas officially being a week away, Insomniac Records has added some serious fuel to…
Hello, folks! This is Jim Tremayne, editor of DJ Times magazine, and I’d like to announce the second entry of…
After a big 2018 that saw a string of impressive releases like “LUV” on Big Beat and “Blood” on Deadbeats,…
Photo Credit: @prolophoto Brooklyn, N.Y. – After months of frothing anticipation and absurd hype, the Aphex Twin show finally landed…
Dutch duo Showtek have made a name for themselves with their explosive main stage anthems, and while they’ve releases cater…
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Just days after revealing the headliners for the 2019 edition of Spring Awakening (SAMF), the festival has just announced over…
By Jaime Sloane San Diego – While the rain was a near-constant force at CRSSD Festival this past weekend (March…
Continuing to push the boundaries of traditional music discovery, music discovery platform WAV Media has announced a new partnership with…
In some artistic circles, topping oneself isn’t really a challenge anymore. Case in point: Montreal’s DJ A-Trak. Why? By the…
Amsterdam – According to organizers, Amsterdam Dance Event drew more than 400,000 visitors from more than 100 countries – including…
Indio, Calif. – Just before 6 p.m. on the Saturday of this year’s Coachella Arts and Music Festival, the main…
By DJ Deets Obviously, the cornerstone of many DJ set-ups is its loudspeaker system. From small monitors to the most-robust…
As 2018 draws to a close, Alan Walker can look back on the year and smile. In addition to appearing…
After being apart of the standout single “forever free” from San Holo’s debut album, album1, the UK-based producer Duskus continues…
This past Labor Day Weekend, New York City’s premier electronic music festival, Electric Zoo, invaded Randall’s Island once again but…
They always said time flys when you’re having fun and here we handing into our favorite time of year, America’s…
The word is out, A-Trak’s second annual Goldie Awards will be returning to Brooklyn Steel on November 8th! Once again,…
When a guest at a corporate party once asked Michigan mobile DJ Corey Rusch to play Eminem’s explicit song “Chloraseptic,”…
By Joylyn Phoenix, Kayla Bultema & Brian Bonavoglia Rothbury, Mich. – The amazing Electric Forest festival returned to the woods…
Like several other Dutch DJ/producers, Sam Feldt has found success at a relatively young age. Indeed, the 24-year-old talent has…
Las Vegas – This past weekend, a sold-out crowd of more than 400,000 electronic dance music lovers made their way…
One of the trickiest (and at times most frustrating) parts of creating recorded music is mixing and mastering. Broadly speaking,…
Throughout the current EDM landscape, we’ve seen plenty of DJ/producers who quickly emerged onto the scene and never looked back.…
Daniel Goldstein has enjoyed quite a ride in the past six years. Known to fans as Lane 8, the Denver-based…
Detroit – It’s a chilly Saturday night at The TV Lounge, one of the Motor City’s grittiest havens for hometown…
It’s not too often that we see a North Carolina-based DJ/producer rise to stardom, but Porter Robinson certainly has done…
In the DJ world and beyond, it’s become easier than ever to become a viral celebrity, seemingly overnight. Thanks to…
Only two weeks into the new year and Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) has officially unveiled dates for the 23rd edition…
Amsterdam, The Netherlands – I’m running a tiny bit late for the pre-arranged 4 p.m. interview with Tino Piontek –…
There are DJ gigs and then there are DJ gigs. As many of us know, playing a New Year’s Eve…
This past DJ Expo in Atlantic City was another resounding triumph for education — dozens of seminars helped DJs improve…
With the 2018 festival circuit knocking at our door, Ultra Music Festival has finally revealed phase 1 of their highly…
When Lisa Capitanelli-Kasberg auditioned for a mitzvah-MC position in Los Angeles in 1990, little did she know that she would…
All of Kerri Chandler’s social-media posts sound like handwritten notes he has left especially for you. At the same time…
Headhunterz recently called it quits on catering to the “mainstream” audience of electronic dance music, and now it is time…
New York City – “He was a little bit nervous the other night,” Paul van Dyk’s publicist confides as she…
Atlantic City, N.J. – Even a month after the event, Jerry Bazata still can’t say enough about DJ Expo 2017.…
Amsterdam, The Netherlands – According to organizers, Amsterdam Dance Event drew more than 7,200 electronic-music-industry reps to the 23rd annual…
Amsterdam, The Netherlands – According to organizers, Amsterdam Dance Event drew more than 7,200 electronic-music-industry reps to the 23rd annual…
Many EDM fans got hip to NGHTMRE at Ultra Music Festival 2015 when Skrillex dropped his initial release, “Street.” But…
With Pioneer DJ’s CDJ-TOUR1, CDJ-2000NXS2, DJM-TOUR1, and DJM-900NXS2 being a staple at countless festivals and events around the world, their…
Atlantic City, N.J. – In nearly a decade of writing for this magazine, I’ve somehow managed to repeatedly miss the…
It seems that Maya Jane Coles lives in her own province of the dance-music world where she doesn’t realize a…
Los Angeles – The ballots are in and JAUZ has been voted America’s Best DJ 2017. The top five finishers…
Binghamton, N.Y. — For Jimmie Malone, the old way of running his DJ-business model had run its course. “I had…
One mobile DJ based in Atlanta, Ga., who shut down his business in 2014 after attending DJ Expos in 1999…
By Chadwick Harrington New Jersey-based mobile Artem Lomaz has a background in marketing and advertising. In his career, he’s had…
Though he’s known mostly for his exploits in clubland, Lucas Cornelis van Scheppingen has always been a high-achiever, one with…
It’s officially Electric Zoo week! We’re just days away from Electric Zoo’s return to Randall’s Island Park; it is time…
What a pleasant surprise, ZHU has returned with the release of his surprise four-track stardustexhalemarrakechdreams EP, in addition, to the…
By being aware of the needs and perspectives of wedding photographers, Missouri-based mobile Cole Coleman no longer uses high-end lighting…
If you’re an avid music fan, you are well aware today is 8/08 which means we celebrate Roland’s TR-808, the…
By Kat Bein For Deorro, in life and in art, struggle seems to be par for the course. In fact,…
At the top of his DJ wish list, John “DJ Gallifrey” Horne in Huntington, Pa., says he’d forever banish audience…
New York City – Join Brussels Airlines on Wednesday, July 12 as it hosts the “Global Journey” live DJ competition…
Chicago – Addams/Medill Park was the place to be this past June 9-11, as the Spring Awakening Music Festival strafed…
By Amanda Ross Dayvid Sherman doesn’t seem phased by his title – “The Godfather of Hardtrap.” If anything, the L.A.-based…
Many would consider NERO a household name in the realm of electronic dance music is, but what do we know…
Sónar+D is a four-day conference in Barcelona showcasing the initiatives and tools that will shape our future creative experiences in…
One of the foundations of learning how to DJ a gig properly is to know how to read a crowd.…
The wait is finally over; it’s officially time for Spring Awakening! It looks to be a perfect weekend at Addams/Medill…
It’s graduation time again… meaning plenty of ceremonies and parties on tap for mobile entertainers to play. So we decided…
From the list of 100 DJs (nominated by DJ Times), fans can vote for UP TO 5 of their favorite…
It’s one thing to announce new equipment, but it’s another when one of the biggest names in electronic music becomes…
As if there wasn’t enough excitement surrounding Spring Awakening returning to Chicago’s Addams/Medill Park next weekend, the festival has added…
By Jim Tremayne Detroit – If it’s Memorial Day weekend, we must be headed back to the Motor City. Indeed,…
Phoenix – Three shows into his current North American tour and nearly 15 months after a life-altering accident, Paul van…
In being careful to remain relevant and appealing to younger generations, mobile jock Kevin Porter in Rock Hill, S.C., says…
Wake up, get a coffee, climb a mountain, work on music for rest of the day. Back in 2013, that’s…
In the Midst of a Genre Resurgence, Berlin’s Ellen Allien Gets Back to Basics & Takes the “Techno Bros” Back…
Photos by Tony Cottrell Chandler, Ariz. – Nearly 20,000 EDM fans flooded into the Rawhide Event Center this past April…
It’s best not to give Teije van Vliet too many options, otherwise the Dutch producer (aka Lenzman) will end up…
Back in 2014, I took a look at what was then the new UR44 audio interface from Yamaha’s Steinberg. I…
Electric Zoo will return to New York City’s Randall’s Island on September 1-3 for its “The 6th Boro” edition, and…
After conquering clubland in Ibiza & beyond, Jamie Jones sets his sights on America.
Adam Weitz, executive producer and CEO of A Sharp Production in Huntingdon Valley, Pa., has always said his company offers…
For Matt Majikas of World Record DJs in Fitschburg, Mass., using Instagram is not about getting gigs at all—at least…