How to create the perfect playlist for an event

Remember when people praised your music taste? Now it’s all about bland playlists and the same old tracks. Music’s faded into the background, but regaining that spark is easier than you think. Try exploring lesser-known tracks, mixing genres, and crafting a story arc for your events.

Rediscover your inner househead: 3 simple steps

If your career, mortgage, and more, shall we say, “grown up” social life have left you feeling disconnected from the house music scene you once loved, you are not alone. I swear I used to feel my heart break a bit more every time I talked about my music as something I used to do,Continue reading “Rediscover your inner househead: 3 simple steps”

Mark Picchiotti: The Evolution of Euphoric Sounds

On uplifting melodies and remixes that trump whole albums I’ve been a long-term fan of Mark Picchiotti since I became hooked on his remixes of AM:PM tunes in the mid-1990s. In the days before you could listen to a thirty second snippet on Traxsource or Beatport spending £5 or so per twelve-inch was always somethingContinue reading “Mark Picchiotti: The Evolution of Euphoric Sounds”

In time with Richard Earnshaw

On eclectic tastes and musical freedom I’m a sucker for music with a groove, and I’ve been buying Richard Earnshaw releases on autopilot for years because his tracks come with grooves guaranteed. One glimmer of hope during the COVID pandemic has been that he’s in as prolific production form as ever and helped keep usContinue reading “In time with Richard Earnshaw”

The gospel according to Michelle Weeks

Laughter. And more laughter. You’d think given everything that was going on in her world in 2020 that Michelle Weeks would have a good excuse for being distracted but not a bit of it. If you’ve ever heard her sing you’ll already know that she has spirit, but in addition she also has an amazingContinue reading “The gospel according to Michelle Weeks”