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Past Its Peak? Worldwide EDM Sales Drop 2% to $7.3 Billion

May 23, 2018

Are the surge years of EDM over? Or is this once-underground genre simply bleeding into the mainstream? The electronic dance music market has been surging for the past 10+ years, booming in the North Americ... Read More...

EDM Producer/Artist Finds a Way to Make Headphones Sound Like a High-End Surround Sound Speaker System

Is 3D ‘Spacial’ Surround Sound Audio the Future of Electronic Music?

Daniel Sanchez

February 9, 2018

Has EDM producer/artist Matt Darey done the impossible in creating a truly immersive experience for headphones? Or has he just produced just another hyped-up EDM track? Either way, we might be looking at a ... Read More...

Electric Daisy Carnival Cancels EDC NYC. Is the EDM Bubble Popping?

Is the EDM Bubble Popping? EDC NYC Abruptly Cancelled…

Paul Resnikoff

December 5, 2016

Electric Daisy Carnival is one of the biggest EDM music festivals on the planet. So why is it cancelling EDC NYC, one of its largest dates? EDC NYC is one of the largest Electric Daisy Carnival events on th... Read More...

Spinnin’ Records Launches a Totally Free ‘Subscription’ Service

Paul Resnikoff

October 27, 2015

Is the future of music free? According to EDM-heavy Spinnin' Records, it most certainly is. Just this week, the label launched 'Spinnin' Premium,' which offers fans a 'subscription' of free downloads. Ea... Read More...

MANANA Is Cuba’s First Electronic Music Festival

Paul Resnikoff

October 14, 2015

MANANA is a non-profit festival that aims to bridge Afro-Cuban Folkloric music with the global dance community. The event is slated for May, with a Kickstarter in the early stages. If everyth... Read More...

Coachella: Coming to New York?

Charlotte Hassan

September 30, 2015

Coachella hit the Music Scene in 1999, and is now the world's leading music festival. The annual event is held in April at the Empire Polo Club in the sunny State of California. Now, chatter is surfacing ... Read More...

Ten Walls Apologizes for Saying Gay People Are a ‘Different Breed’ and Also Pedophiles

Paul Resnikoff

September 29, 2015

It's gonna be really hard to unring this bell, but... Back in June, Marijus Adomaitis, aka Ten Walls, expressed some extremely homophobic thoughts on a (now deleted) Facebook post. Here's a quick summar... Read More...

Universal Music Group Now Owns 50% of India’s Enchanted Valley Carnival

Paul Resnikoff

September 10, 2015

Major labels started taking equity positions in streaming services like Spotify years ago. But festivals? Why didn't they think if that sooner? We take you to India, where Universal Music Group now contr... Read More...

6 Years After Being Discontinued, the Technics SL-1200 Turntable Is Back

Paul Resnikoff

September 2, 2015

The Technics SL-1200, discontinued 2010... The Technics SL-1200, re-starting in 2016... One of the most important turntables in history, the Technics SL-1200, was discontinued in 2010 desp... Read More...

A Drunken Fan Plunges to His Death at a Baseball Game. So Why Aren’t We Canceling Baseball Games?

Paul Resnikoff

August 31, 2015

August 29th, 2015. A drunken fan plunges to his death at an Atlanta Braves game (vs. the New York Yankees). The fan, Greg Murrey, fell from the upper deck while wildly screaming at Alex Rodriguez, who was... Read More...

SFX Entertainment Is Trading Below $1, Suffering Multiple Downgrades, In Debt, and Running Out of Cash

Paul Resnikoff

August 27, 2015

Billboard Cover, September, 2012. "I know nothing about EDM," Robert F.X. Sillerman explained. The monstrous implosion of SFX Entertainment continues this week, with shares of SFXE struggling below $1 and m... Read More...

The 10 Richest DJs of 2015

Nina Ulloa

August 26, 2015

The 10 highest earning DJs of the year... Ranking of the top-earning, richest DJs of 2015 compiled by Forbes, using a variety of different income sources tha... Read More...

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Past Its Peak? Worldwide EDM Sales Drop 2% to $7.3 Billion

Is 3D ‘Spacial’ Surround Sound Audio the Future of Electronic Music?

Is the EDM Bubble Popping? EDC NYC Abruptly Cancelled…

Spinnin’ Records Launches a Totally Free ‘Subscription’ Service

MANANA Is Cuba’s First Electronic Music Festival

Coachella: Coming to New York?

Ten Walls Apologizes for Saying Gay People Are a ‘Different Breed’ and Also Pedophiles

Universal Music Group Now Owns 50% of India’s Enchanted Valley Carnival

6 Years After Being Discontinued, the Technics SL-1200 Turntable Is Back

A Drunken Fan Plunges to His Death at a Baseball Game. So Why Aren’t We Canceling Baseball Games?

SFX Entertainment Is Trading Below $1, Suffering Multiple Downgrades, In Debt, and Running Out of Cash

The 10 Richest DJs of 2015

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