Friday Roundup: 121 Things Not To Do In The Music Industry

The great news this week is that Digital DJ Tips is now safely in its new office, and I get my own actual office for the first time ever! The bad news is it’s not much bigger than a broom cupboard… Still, at least it means the acoustics will be better on my video reviews from now on 🙂

While we’ve been heaving our sorry asses across town, a whole lotta stuff has been going on out there in DJ and music industry land, so here’s our weekly round-up of what’s new away from Digital DJ Tips… read, enjoy, and have a great weekend! See you on the other side…

1. 121 Things Not To Do In The Music Industry – Great little list from Music Think Tank, most of it applicable to DJs – most of it, indeed, applicable to life in general! Read more
2. Revibe Is Spotify For EDM – Only available in Scandinavian countries for now, this is streaming music done EDM style, with BPMs and other goodies, says Hypebot… Read more
3. How To Export Traktor’s BPM Tags To iTunes – Traktor Tips answers a throwaway reader question in a lot of detail, so if you’re interested in iTunes/Traktor sync, you can learn some good stuff here Read more
4. After The Show: Sharing Sets In Traktor & Serato DJ – DJ TechTools has a good post about how to share your DJ sets in these two popular programs once you’ve finished playing Read more
5. Is This The Most Bizarre DJ Set Ever? – Take a look at this video, highlighted in The Guardian, of an extremely bizarre DJ competition… Read more

What are your thoughts on this week’s clutch of stories? feel free to share in the comments.