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Aqua-Booty at Leopard Lounge
Underground house music is coming alive in New York City. Aqua-Booty founder, Greg Cuoco brings his party back to the New York House music scene and producer/DJ Scott Wozniak kicks off every Friday in the naked city.
Set your stylus properly with this tutorial
Hey, scratch DJs. Always wanted to know how to set your stylus properly? Here's a decent YouTube tutorial video on how to zero our and balance your tone arm and set your stylus weight properly to keep your needle from skipping during your performance.
Water Taxi Beach over Labor Day Weekend
Water Taxi Beach in Long Island City, Queens is our favorite new spot. Sangria, barbecue, a dance floor and kicking sound system is a recipe for fun in the sun.
Minitek Festival – September 12 – 14
The Minitek Festival hits New York City, September 12-14th. Electronic music culture, art, technology converge in this first of a kind festival.
DJs love Insight Bikinis
Like any respectable DJ blog on the Internet, we've got to cover (or uncover) just about anything that has to do with DJ culture. Surely we'd be neglecting our readers if we didn't at least show important advances in fashion (yeah, right!). As we're an equal opportunity blog, we'll hit you with some men's suits over the next few weeks. For now, we're pushing the female Lycra.
DJ Tools – Pacemaker makes DJing with an iPod obsolete overnight
Before you run out an buy two iPods to DJ with, you might want to wait a few months until Pacemaker, a revolution in the way DJs mix their music, hits American shores. Created by Tonium AB of Stockholm, Sweden, Pacemaker is the first all-in-one device to store, mix and record your DJ sets. From the the looks of it, it's about to about to change the world of DJ culture forever.
Under pressure, BurnLounge drops MLM…finally!
n another "I told you so" moment, Grant Johnson, the new CEO and Chairman of BurnLounge announced in a press release through the Mi2n.com music network the company will abandon its MLM model for a more traditional affiliate model. BurnLounge affiliates will be able to participate directly in the revenue upside from the sales of music, movies, tickets and other online transactional services without having to invest high fees to use the companies software tools.
This is a 180 degree turnaround since the company dumped Alex Arnold (a former executive of another bankrupt MLM, Excel Communications) in the face of criticism about its MLM structure and the Federal Trade Commission building its case against the company.
More upheaval at BurnLounge
BurnLounge has announced that CEO, Alex Arnold, will step down from his post effective immediately. Grant D. Johnson, one of the company's Board of Directors and founding investor will take the helm. Johnson is also founding managing partner of Benevolent Capital, a hedge fund investing in private and public companies.
The Federal Trade Commission went to court this week to ask for an immediate shutdown of the controversial music service, but the court granted the company a stay. Although it still remains operational, the damage has been done. I think you'll see a number of members canceling their memberships.