In this viral video, Europe's top House music DJ, David Guetta discusses his involvement with Activision's DJ Hero franchise. Get DJ Hero for Christmas for your aspiring DJ.
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National Museum of Hip-Hop gala fundraiser at M2 Ultra Lounge on February 9, 2010
To kick off fund raising for construction of the museum and drive awareness for the museum's cultural programs and community-based initiatives, the organizers are planning a black-tie event, slated for February 9th at M2 UltraLounge on Manhattan's West Side. Chuck D and KRS-One will host the star-studded event. Confirmed guests include Big Daddy Kane, the Cold Crush Brothers, members of the Rock Steady Crew, MC Lyte, Rakim, DJ Red Alert, Ralph McDaniels, The Roots, and Redman. The events co-chairs include, Bill Adler, Dr. Ben Chavis, Andre Harrell, Afrika Bambaataa, Terry Stewart and Jim Fricke.
A starry night for One Night in St Tropez in New York City
Kenny Summit spins the One Night in St. Tropez tour at the Empire Hotel rooftop. Celebrities in attendance were Jessica Alba, Dane Cook, Janeane Garofalo, Mike Epps, Karl Lagerfeld. Listen to Kenny's latest mix.
10-years of Defected In The House
To promote the release of Defected Clubland Adventures Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, Defected Records founder and DJ, Simon Dunmore, takes you through a video montage mixing 10-years of Defected releases and stories.
What’s that song in the Acura TSX commercial?
Check out this track by PJ Hanke feat. Dee Clay, Future Of Our Love., which is featured in this YouTube video for an Acura TSX commercial. To date, it's got over 21,000 spins.
The original and remix are available for licensing for compilations. You can contact Netmix directly to inquire about the music for your upcoming release.
ULTRA RECORDS ROSTER DOMINATES TOP 10 OF DJMAG’S ANNUAL TOP 100 DJs POLL
Every year, DJ Magazine publishes a poll of the Top 100 DJs as voted by dance music fans around the globe. We don't really know if it's all that scientific or not, but it's pretty fun to watch who gets added, who moves up or down and who gets bumped.
Google and Facebook to add music; MySpace adds iLike video to Facebook
Google and Facebook will be adding music to their offerings through agreements with iLike.com, Lala.com and Imeem.com. According to a NY Times blog post, next Wednesday, Google will announce a new feature of its popular search engine that will return with search results music files hosted by a iLike and Lala. If a user types in a search for Tiesto or Kaskade, the search results will provide links to pop-up music players and the user may stream the tracks directly from the search engine, without having to go to the site's themselves.
Editorial: Response to RIAA's file sharing case in Boston
I just came across this blog post on Boston.com's Metro Desk: Defendant's lawyer puts on a show in illegal downloading case.
Globe staff writer, Jonathan Salzman describes the courtroom antics of "Charles Nesson, the flamboyant Harvard Law School professor defending a college student accused of illegally downloading and sharing music online," has used to make the case that his client is not responsible for copyright infringement. At the time of this post, there were over 40 comments to the post. I wanted to share my two cents on the subject, which I posted in the comments section earlier tonight.
DubSpot Summer 2009 Class Registration – Last Call
If you don't know Dubspot, the music production and DJ school has quickly entrenched itself as the defacto spot to learn the tools, tips and techniques for the DJ trade. Whether it's making music with Ableton Live, scratch classes using Serato, or DJing with the Pioneer DVJ mixing console using DVD's, the school has a class for you.
Dubspot's 2009 Summer registration is under way and you'll need to jump on it quick, because I hear that classes are filling up. According to a recent NYTimes article about DJing in the dowturn, Dubspot enrollment has doubled to 300 since last year. Since the economy took a turn for the worse, it's always good to use the time to pick up a new skill. While some are transitioning to nursing and health care or other sectors, you might be thinking about leaving the corporate carer behind to do something infinitely more creative than crunching spreadsheets and building Power Point presentations.
Social Influence and the SIM Score
A recent report from Razorfish released today indicates that about 33 percent of consumers are not connecting with brands on social networks. There are of course two ways to look at this. One, it could be that this large untapped audience presents a terrific opportunity for marketers. The second scenario is that brands are avoiding social media.