Building on Shazam tech, Apple will pay artists and producers for tracks in DJ mixes

As Apple Music expands its selection of DJ mixes, it’s also set to compensate artists and producers. Here’s how it will work.

Cassette turntablism is a thing, and you need to watch more tape DJ videos from Japan

DJing was born in hacks, DIY spirit, counterculture – in artists reinventing how machines work. So enough of DJs all using the same machines the same way. Watch what happens when your deck is a deconstructed DIY cassette machine.

Peter Kirn - August 24, 2021

Here’s what happens when HÖR Berlin DJ sets are reimagined with AI

Vinyl, then digital… now meet meta-DJing. OÍR by Moisés Horta Valenzuela imagines what would happen if one machine learning-powered DJ set could combine all those DJ sets streaming out of Berlin. And what happens? It slaps. It slaps so hard that someone asks for a track ID.

Peter Kirn - March 23, 2021

Beatport DJ is in-browser DJing for everybody – a first look, from a producer-DJ perspective

Peter Kirn - March 3, 2021

A no-nonsense guide to what’s new in Pioneer’s next-generation CDJ-3000

Peter Kirn - September 11, 2020

Rekordbox 6: Ableton Link, sync with Dropbox and Beatport and promos, find lost tracks, more

Peter Kirn - April 14, 2020

Pioneer’s new 6-channel DJ mixer could be a producer and live act favorite

Peter Kirn - January 17, 2020

Where is NI headed? Some official and unofficial answers

Peter Kirn - September 4, 2019

The CDMDJ is the most ridiculous possible CDJ mod, not real

Peter Kirn - May 30, 2019

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