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Pursuing a Career in the Electronic Music Industry with a Full-Time Job

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Being an electronic music producer and DJ is a dream career for many aspiring artists. It offers creative freedom, purpose in work, opportunities to travel and perform, and the potential to make a living out of this. But, if you have a full-time job, it can be difficult to dedicate the necessary time and resources to pursue an electronic music career since it requires extra work which you will need to make time for. Read more

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Get Ready to Go Camping: Rave Tips from Francis Mercier

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Born and raised in Haiti, Francis Mercier is a DJ, Producer, Voting Member of The Recording Academy, and Co-Founder of the Forbes #Next1000 recognized record label, Deep Root Records. Garnering 15M+ streams across all music platforms, Francis produces and performs various styles of house music by merging worldly and melodic elements with emotive vocal influences. His flair, originality, and stage presence have gained him access to some of the most coveted stages in the world such as EDC Las Vegas, Nebula, Sound LA, Marquee, Webster Hall, Pacha Ibiza, and in major cities such as LA, NY, Miami, Paris, Madrid, Ibiza, Casablanca, Dubai and more.

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Lastings: Lessons from RÜFÜS DU SOL

Lastlings Share 5 Key Lessons They Have Learned from RÜFÜS DU SOL

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Rose Avenue, the label founded and run by RÜFÜS DU SOL, is home to their indie-electronic siblings, Australia’s Lastlings. On July 30, Lastlings released a remix of the duo’s single “No Time,” which stands as the third rework ever for RÜFÜS DU SOL, following previous from Foals and ODESZA.

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Luke Alessi Shares Lockdown Health and Wellness Tips

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With our focus being on dance music, we’ve found that there are few better to glean inspiration from than artists and professionals as well. This week, we open our doors to burgeoning Australian producer, Luke Alessi.

Living in a time of global transition and uncertainty, mental and physical health take utmost precedence. It’s why we’ve been putting in extra hours to provide our industry readers with resources for doing so, while taking up new routines ourselves to keep sane and active.

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Quality & Traits of a Successful Music Producer and DJ

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With today’s technology advancements, it’s easy for almost anyone to translate their passion for electronic music into a career.

The myth of the bedroom producer is no longer a myth, and we often hear stories of discovered artists who broke through in the industry after putting in countless hours in the studio, honing their craft and grinding until their hard work paid off. We recently gave some tips on how to increase productivity in your home studio, tackling important subjects such as ergonomic studio set-ups, removing distractions, labeling samples, learning shortcuts and more.

But what makes someone a successful music artist? What traits must one possess to really get the most out of one’s passion for music production and/or DJing? While there are a lot of factors that come into play to make it in the music world, in order to turn passion into a career you must truly want it.

Here are some qualities most successful music artists possess, compiled after tens of hours of interviews with successful international DJs and electronic music producers.

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10 Tips To Succeed in the Music Business: Seth Troxler

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Want to become a better music producer and actually succeed in the music business? Jack of Mastered by Jack has been working in music for the last 20 years, having amassed a great amount of knowledge and experience on what and how music is meant to sound like.

Jack translates this experience into a business by providing mastering and sound engineering services as well as tools and tips for producers to succeed in their production endeavors. As part of this he collects important tips shared by recognized and successful producers/DJs.

First up is Detroit-raised and London-based Seth Troxler, who shares 10 tips on how to succeed in the music business, with emphasis on music production.

Watch the video with Seth below and read on for a bullet-point list of his tips:

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5 Money Tips for Music Artists

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Guest post by Nick Garcia, label manager of Sharam’s Yoshitoshi Recordings.

For all it’s chocked up to be, the DJ/producer lifestyle is usually not as glamorous as it sounds, especially when it comes to money.  For every uber-successful artist with a Porsche and a villa in Ibiza, there are countless more who don’t know where their next rent check will come from.  Performance, remix, and licensing fees don’t just fall from the sky, and chances are those streaming statements can barely pay for a cup of coffee.  Therefore, I’ve compiled five tips for artists who find themselves struggling financially to maximize what their money can do, both now and in the future.

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Advice and Tips on Getting the Best Deal on Your Hardware Sequencer

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Electronic music artists are always on the lookout for new outboard gear. Buying hardware sequencers, synthesizers, drum machines and effects units used to be costly and hard. Nowadays there are a lot of companies selling this equipment at cost. Electronic music artists who want a more hands-on experience are keener on using a hardware sequencer to get their rhythms and melodies to the studio. Discogs even launched Gearogs last week, a market place where buyers can shop for synthesizers, DJ mixers, drum machines, tape machines and more.

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Should DJs Get Paid? You’re Not A Victim, Why Creative Electronic Music Artists Still Have Hope

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There’s no denying that today there are many websites earning money through clicks and shares instead of the value of content being digested by readers. In fact it is even happening in the electronic music industry, where sensationalistic headlines are used to blow up stories of little content or use. On top of that, thanks to technology there are now Autobots that stand in for readers and listeners and control the business of the internet. Can we say the same is happening with creative minds? No. There is hope yet for creatives in spite of modern technology.

A recent article from Jon Westenberg discusses how creative people, or “creatives”, have been screwed over by the online society. His definition of “creatives” are the musicians, the artists, the writers and other people who make stuff for a living. In this article, Westenberg says “bloggers and writers must never try to get paid. Once you try and get paid everyone thinks you’ve sold out.” He goes on to explain that this philosophy also touches on other types of artists, musicians, filmmakers, and journalists.

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Tips for Better Time Management for Promoters

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Promoters in the festival and nightlife industry are constantly handling a lot of tasks on a daily basis. Time management is an imperative skill they need to master in order to balance their professional and personal lives and ensure everything gets done. Being a promoter means being an entrepreneur and applying hands-on business skills to your job daily, oftentimes working around the clock dealing with tight deadlines and with multiple fires to extinguish to ensure everything at their event goes just right.

Below are some key time management tricks that will help you, as a promoter, get more done in less time:

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