Gareth Emery on Put up-Pandemic Ticket Requests: “Visitor Checklist Is Closed”

Gareth Emery’s visitor listing is formally closed. The dance music vet has taken to social media to blast those that requested free tickets to his new tour as music venues scramble to choose up the items within the aftermath of COVID-19. In an acerbic tweet shared right now, Emery urged music followers to help their …

U.S. Congress Casts Doubt on Spotify’s Controversial “Discovery Mode” Function

The controversy surrounding Spotify’s divisive “Discovery Mode” has not subsided because the streaming big introduced the initiative in late 2020. The function gives some artists and file labels an opportunity to spice up the rankings of their music within the platform’s playlisting algorithm—an important instrument for publicity—in alternate for a diminished royalty fee. Contemplating the …

Did Elon Musk Simply Again a Dogecoin Music Competition?

With three easy phrases, Elon Musk lit a fuse within the crypto neighborhood that would finally result in a Dogecoin-themed music competition: “Sounds kinda enjoyable.” The remark got here in response to a well-liked Dogecoin fan account who tweeted in regards to the fictitious DogeFest, utilizing a photograph of a music competition stage edited with the …

An Pressing Name for Hurt Discount in EDM: The right way to Hold You and the Rave Alive Publish-Pandemic

“Nightlife all the time survives.” “It survived the nice melancholy, and it survived the AIDs pandemic within the 80s,” Joseph J. Palamar, Affiliate Professor within the Division of Inhabitants Well being at New York College Langone Medical Heart, tells EDM.com. “Nightlife will all the time come again.” The phrases of the world opening up after greater than a …

A Pornographic, Anime-Themed Plugin is Stirring Controversy in Music Manufacturing Circles

A brand new distortion plugin that options sexually specific anime imagery has the music manufacturing neighborhood divided.  The Nani manufacturing instrument was developed by Los Angeles-based firm WXAudio, who has referred to as it “the primary obscene anime distortion plugin.” It options six modes of distortion with drive and coloration controls and an outline of …

New Grammy Award Guidelines Embrace Replace to Dance/Digital Class

Amid transformative instances for the Grammy Awards, The Recording Academy has introduced a slew of rule adjustments to be carried out in 2022. Following criticism of the group’s controversial Nominations Evaluate Committee, the metamorphosis of the Grammys took one other step ahead as we speak after The Recording Academy shared a laundry record of updates …

France’s Nightlife Sector Remains Shuttered While Strip Clubs Reopen

As France continues to ease pandemic restrictions Members of French Parliament are pointing out a perceived flaw in the government’s strategy: the decision to keep nightclubs closed while reopening swinger’s clubs. May 19th marks the next milestone on France’s path to normalcy as movie theaters, retail locations, and museums have been given the green light …

Mental health charity Mind share free resources for music industry workers

Mental health charity Mind have shared a number of free resources for those working in the electronic music industry. The scheme, which arrives to mark Mental Health Awareness Week this week (May 10-17), comes in association with record labels and entertainment organisations Ninja Tune, Paradigm, Percolate and POLY. Included in the resources, which you can …

Washington, D.C. to Lift Capacity Restrictions for Nightlife Venues This Summer

The trend towards reopening is rapidly picking up steam for the nightlife industry.  Washington, D.C. is the latest major U.S. city to loosen pandemic restrictions on nightlife and entertainment venues. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser in particular has gone even further, effectively putting a date on when capacity related restrictions could be lifted altogether.  On May 21st, …

Red Rocks Amphitheatre to Offer COVID-19 Vaccinations During Concerts

Starting Thursday, concert-goers at Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre will be able to receive COVID-19 vaccinations during select concerts. Westword reports that Denver’s cultural agency, Denver Arts & Venue, has joined forces with the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment to inoculate attendees onsite starting tomorrow, May 14th at Diplo and SIDEPIECE’s concert. Health officials at Red …