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First Warehouse Party

The Attitude You Have With Any Task Is The Attitude You Have With Every Task

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The attitude you have with any task is the attitude you have with every task.

That is not a typo, I did write the title again because I want you to read it again, and let it soak into your mind.

Throughout any given day there are many tasks we would rather not do. Many chores, duties, responsibilities we would like to ignore or pass on if given the chance to. And sometimes, when given the chance, that is exactly what we do.

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Success Reveals Everything

The Artist Journey: Success Reveals Everything About You As A Person

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Success reveals everything about a person, especially on the artist journey in the electronic music industry.

ā€œThe road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same” ā€” Colin R. Davis

In the Summer of 2013, my team and I launched the first-ever electronic music festival on the island of Guam (called Electric Island Festival aka EIF) nearly 6,100 miles away from our headquarters in Los Angeles. We beat the odds of all the naysayers telling us we couldn’t do it and that our pipe dream was simply that… a dream.

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WORK Los Angeles by @nightmovesme

Better Days, And The Dance Floor, Are Coming

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Perhaps you had a great 2019 and, as an up-and-coming artist, you had started to get your first string of well-exposed DJ gigs before the pandemic hit.

There are many producers who finally landed on their favorite record label, only to see the entire music industry ground to a halt.

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Expecting The Unexpected, And What To Do Next

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While the world of sports has characteristically been filled with upsets and broken records, March Madness is all about expecting the unexpected. One of this year’s unexpected stories can be found right here, in our home city of Los Angeles now that Southern California and UCLA are in this year’s Elite Eight together for the first time, ever.

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Kindness in techno

A Call for More Kindness in the House + Techno Community

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How come it feels sometimes like “kindness” and “techno” are oxymorons? Why are techno fans are so unwelcoming at times? Why does it feel like you’re either a techno snob or not a techno fan at all? Why has social media become a hotbed for toxic conversations in the House + Techno community?

Think about the last time you did something nice for someone without expecting anything in return. Take it a step further, and look back at the last instance you really exerted kindness towards someone who wasn’t expecting it. What was their reaction? How did it make them feel? And in turn, how did it make you feel?

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Is This Really The Highest You Can Jump?

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I was watching a program on the science channel last week about fleas… yes, fleas. What fascinated me about them is their ability to jump up to 8 inches high, which is about 150 times their height! If you’re 6 ft tall, that’s equivalent to jumping about 900 feet in the air, which is just remarkable.

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Empathy: how to make the electronic music industry less cutthroat

Does The Electronic Music Industry Have To Be So Cutthroat?

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Life in the electronic music industry can be very cutthroat, and you have to admit that it’s hard waking up on a Monday and not feel like it’s you versus the world out there. Truthfully, this feeling extends to all industries, and life in general too.
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embrace change

Embracer Change or Suffer in Life

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We will let you in on a secret: change is the only thing constant in life, so embrace it or you will suffer anytime you experience change.

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A Powerful Lesson In Ego & Emotional Intelligence

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Be honest about your ego: how would you react, and what would you say if, after losing your best employee ever, they went on to continue to achieve great things with a competing company?
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How do you react when you see another producer/DJ have more success than you?

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