Every Moment Is the Best Moment: Original Mix Single

This independent single is the second of the three tracks to be included in the upcoming EP Echoes of Spacetime: Hard and Loud (out in October). It is a Beatport Exclusive from Sep 5 and then goes live worldwide on Sep 19 (2013). It is a marchy, uplifting and melodic composition enjoyed by global audiences…

The March of Attitude is Out: Original Mix Single

This independent debut single is the first of the three tracks to be included in the upcoming EP Echoes of Spacetime: Hard and Loud (out in October). It is a Beatport Exclusive from Aug 29 and then goes live worldwide on Sep 12 (2013). A hard march with a soft edge, this record will shock you with tempo many unexpected swings and an amazing upward modulation after the big break…

TuneDome to Distribute Your Dance Music Tracks on Beatport and Tens of Other Platforms Free

It’s hard to describe how excited I am to announce that my own label TuneDome (TuneDome.com) is now setting out to begin to distribute music free – EDM tracks and/or albums – on Beatport, Spotify, Amazon, iTunes, LastFM, Rhapsody, Shazam and many other hot electronic dance music platforms. It’s a no-brainer…

Chris Price: Last.fm Knows Media – the Short Version

This discussion and the videos on this page are about Last.fm, about Chris Price (the Head of Music at Last.fm), about the nature of digital and conventional media channels, and about the effects that the rapid media evolution has had and will have on your life and on Electronic Dance Music industry. But if you have no time to read… Here is how to enjoy the cool videos on this page: there are 2 vids with Chris Price below about digital media concerning Electronic Dance Music trends – one is a 6-minute interview with Chris Price of Last.fm embedded from my YouTube channel, and the other is the full 50-minute deal. You *don’t* have to be logged in to see the full Last.fm video – just scroll down and click to see it…..

Armin van Buuren: an Hour of Honest Talk

Cut Through The Chase…

If you don’t have the time to read today, here is how to enjoy this supercool Armin van Buuren interview: there are 2 vids below – one is the 15-minute YouTube embed, and the other is the full 40-minute deal. You *don’t* have to be logged in to see the full video – just scroll down and click to see it…..

Amsterdam Dance Event Has Ended and I Had a Great Time

Very well, ADE 2012 has wrapped up, and I had a wonderful time: I attended several excellent talk panels with EDM industry’s gurus. I hung out with Carl Cox. I interviewed the director of music for Last.fm Chris Price. I chilled with Danny Tenaglia, Armin van Buuren, Paul Oakenfold, Laidback Luke….

ADE 2012 Day 3: EDM Full-Throttle

So, Day Three was very busy because it got really technical for me. There were many cool opportunities to learn about the Electronic Dance Music Industry and about its players, its pitfalls and its opportunities. Everyone talked about festivals, and about moving toward harder and faster styles, and about effects of the global economy on industry trends. I now understand how managers and booking agents work, what recording studios and publishers can and cannot do for me as a music producer in the EDM genre, and I understand who is looking for new talent and their criteria for choosing new artists to work with…..

ADE 2012 Day 2: Second Day of EDM Coolness

So, the second day was no worse than the first, and crowds of attendees got bigger now, which makes it more fun. I saw Carl Cox, Josh Wink, Danny Tenaglia… to name a few. The pictures tell a good story. So, once you read the below news coverage, check out the photos in the gallery below – it comes with comments and annotations…..

Amsterdam Dance Event 2012: DAY 1

And so, the Electronic Dance Music gig of the year begins. There are three things going on concurrently in town:

• The Conference – which is the program for EDM professionals (DJ’s and producers and engineers and promoters);
• The Festival – which is the “let’s go party til dawn” part of the gig;
• The Hard Dance Event – which is NOT self-explanatory and is the hard-core mutant version of the two above for those who like faster and harder styles of Electronic Dance Music (e.g., Headhunterz); FYI, I strongly gravitate toward music above 140 BPM, and before too long I will release my first hard dance track (I give myself until the end of this year)…..

Amsterdam in All Its Glory

Amsterdam – as usual – offers surprises and fun beyond those found elsewhere. I have arrived. The flight lasted half an hour less than usual because we were inside a stormy wind pipe blowing Eastward. So the plane was shaking bad most of the way. A stewardess walking down the isle (no, she wasn’t getting married) tripped and stepped on my foot (and as a result was risking to die of causes unrelated to bad weather or a plain crash)….