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New Program Aims to Create Opportunities for Deaf and Disabled People in the Music Industry
It will also offer guidance for music businesses to better equip themselves for inclusivity within the working environment. A new initiative has been launched to create opportunities for deaf and disabled people within the live music industry. The nonprofit organization Attitude Is Everything have partnered with the National Lottery Community Fund to spearhead “Beyond The Music,” a program that seeks to gain representation for those who wish to work in the industry, but have unfortunately been historically underrepresented. “Attitude is Everything believes it is crucial that deaf and disabled people have full and equal access to any employment opportunities on offer,” says Paul Hawkins, the organization’s Head of Volunteering and Skills De...
EDM.com Presents Synth Sisters: Vol. 2
Welcome to Synth Sisters, the best place to discover new electronic music from stellar female producers. There is so much talent within the electronic music community that it’s difficult to keep a finger on its pulse. To assist you on your music discovery journey, EDM.com’s monthly “Synth Sisters” series illuminates new releases from brilliant female producers of all genres and sizes with the hope of celebrating their contributions. “Epicalyx” – Remeti View the original article to see embedded media. Remeti hits hard on Hybrid Trap with her latest single, “Epicalyx.” Introducing a dystopian sound environment, robotic technology demolishes the metropolis with extraterrestrial trap energy. “Drinks (Extended Remix)” – NERVO View the original article to see ...
Loop Daddy: Marc Rebillet Likes It Raw
Bespectacled and mustached, he gyrates in his underwear while tapping keys, punching pads, and looping every sound at his disposal. He looks like a fit version of Kip from Napoleon Dynamite and a ’70s porn star, the charisma and intensity of the former cranked up to match the unrepentant lasciviousness of the latter. This is Marc Rebillet, aka “Loop Daddy.” Both via simulcast live-stream and on stage, the 31-year-old Dallas native improvises songs based on conversations with his audience. Topics include but are not limited to “big booty” and “mushroom trip.” “Generally, I find songs having to do with ass or fucking do quite well,” Rebillet tells SPIN over the phone from his Manhattan apartment. With or without suggestion or approbation, he’d still be belting odes to ass and trying to fi...
Here is a List of Lebanese Musicians to Support Following Deadly Beirut Explosion
“Beirut stands shaken, devastated, stripped and alone today.” After the devastating explosion that “virtually wiped out” Beirut’s nightlife district, Lebanese musicians are struggling mightily to pick up the pieces in its wake. As many across the world do their best to lend a helping hand to those affected in the Lebanese capital, a group of organizations and individuals have compiled an expansive list of musicians, record labels, and festivals to support. According to reports, the explosion was likely due to approximately 2,750 metric tons of explosive ammonium nitrate stored at a Beirut warehouse. The blast left at least 220 dead and an estimated 300,000 people homeless. The list, which is housed in a widely shared Google Doc titled “Beirut Solida...
Women in Tech: Kholiwe Makhohliso, VP of Software AG
In a predominantly male-dominated industry, Kholiwe Makhohliso has carved a name for herself as a diverse leader in the ICT sector as Country Manager and Vice President of Software AG – a German-headquartered global software company. Makhohliso’s experience spans over two decades with a career that has been meticulously nurtured in both public and private sectors. Her growth as a revered executive in the ICT industry is owed to her risk-taking nature, resilience, and an unwavering belief in offering her clients the best solutions for their needs whilst also ensuring that her teams thrive in a holistic world-class working environment. “I have never taken it to heart that it’s a man’s world,” says Makhohliso. “I grew up with men, but I was never aggressive some people believe I’m way too sof...
Beyond the Algorithm: Artists Imagine a World Beyond Spotify
Spotify is designed to make itself indispensable. It offers up endless choices. It keeps playing when the track or album you’ve clicked on is over. It tries to predict your tastes, so you keep consuming content—er, music—for as long as possible. But at the end of the day, it’s just a format. And Spotify may not be the right format for everybody. That became clear recently when Spotify CEO Daniel Ek shared a disturbingly narrow vision of how music and musicians should work. In an interview with the website Music Ally, the tech billionaire responded to criticisms that Spotify doesn’t pay artists enough by pointing to the artists themselves. “[S]ome artists that used to do well in the past may not do well in this future landscape, where you can’t record music once every three to four years an...
I Went to the First Post-COVID Festival in Greece and Ended Up at the Organizer’s Wedding
Giorgi Sigua did everything in his power to keep the last flame of what was supposed to be a festival alive, even if that meant getting married. With 4,000 tickets sold and headlined by the likes of Paul Van Dyk, ATB, Swanky Tunes, and many more, GEM Fest was set to become a legendary moment for festivals and electronic music in the post-COVID-19 world. Coming all the way from Anaklia, Georgia to the Greek island of Zakynthos due to the low number of coronavirus cases in the Mediterranean country, GEM Fest was seemingly an unmissable experience. The organizers vouched that social distancing measures were going to be enforced and testing would be in place in order to ensure the safety of attendees, who could escape from this wild world for three days and nights in a stunning seaside locatio...
5 Reasons Why Connectivity Will Enable the Workplace of the Future
While the workplace of the future has long been possible, few businesses were adequately prepared for the speed and urgency at which they would need to develop such an environment — until the global COVID-19 pandemic fast-tracked digital transformation. Seemingly overnight, organisations were faced with two choices: they could either rethink their traditional ideas on productivity and ultimately rely on new technologies and infrastructures to create a productive remote-working environment or they would need to cease operations. Many embraced the challenge and chose the former, marking a mass work-from-home migration. Of course, reinventing the traditional office presented its obstacles, but one thing was made abundantly clear: the virtual workplace of the future can be anywhere that is s...
Shirley Manson on the Misery and Magic of Garbage’s Genre-Stomping Debut
Shirley Manson doesn’t do nostalgia. Cooped up in her Los Angeles studio, the fierce frontwoman has agreed to chat about the days she spent writing and recording Garbage, the double-platinum debut LP that launched her band as genre-smashing harbingers of a new alt-rock sound. But she’s going to tell the story her way. “You try walking in insane 100-degree heat through Madison, Wisconsin in black combat boots, thick black tights, a kilt, and you’re sweating your fucking arse off,” Manson tells SPIN, speaking of the unromantic trudges she spent nearly a year retreading between her hotel room and Smart Studios — then a headquarters for well-traveled producers Butch Vig, Steve Marker, and Duke Erikson. It was summer 1994 (then fall, then winter, then spring ‘95) as the foursome methodically wo...
Watch Destructo’s Stunning “Somewhere in the California Desert” Sunrise Sermon
The MVP of quaran-streams strikes again. The MVP of quaran-streams strikes again. House maven and music entrepreneur Destructo touched down in the desert on August 9th, 2020 for a mind-blowing edition of his patented “Sunrise Sermon” sets. Over 200,000 fans tuned into the hypnotic three-hour set, which was filmed at an undisclosed remote secret location in the California desert. Ensconced in the idyllic desert setting, Destructo went on to drop a set as majestic as the cavernous landscape around him, starting at 4AM. The renowned producer and DJ played a bevy of tunes from his house music counterparts, like VOLAC‘s “Muchacho,” Full Intention‘s “Meteor Man,” Eelke Kleijn‘s “Vernietig,” and Brodinski‘...
Club House Global Hosts Afrobeats-Inspired Livestream Featuring Moonshine Collective
Club House Global is back with another broadcast celebrating dance music’s African roots. Montreal’s Moonshine Collective is set to take over Club House Global with a livestream event celebrating dance music’s storied African roots. The collective, which started six years ago, initially began with intimate kitchen house parties in the Montreal area. It has since grown in scope, concurrent with the worldwide rise of Afrobeats music over the last decade, to materially change the city’s nightlife scene by introducing a new generation of listeners to sounds not previously heard in the region. Today, August 8th, the collective will be going virtual in a partnership with Club House Global that is set to feature performances by Branko, Kampire, Pierre K...
Lady Gaga Hilariously “Shanked” Ariana Grande While Filming “Rain On Me” Music Video
Gaga shared a hysterical behind-the-scenes clip from the “Rain On Me” music video. Back in May 2020, Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande dropped the official music video for their larger-than-life collaboration “Rain On Me.” The rave-themed cyberpunk video was a masterstroke in choreography and added another degree of legend to the instant classic, which we predicted as an early frontrunner for the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording. Lady Gaga has now taken to Instagram to share a behind-the-scenes look into the making of the scintillating music video. “I’m still glowing from all of the love for “Rain On Me” from the VMAs!” she wrote. “So [Ariana Grande] and I wanted to share some of the fun we had making the video.” The clip features a ...
