Last week I came over to London to do some business [to meet with dance music labels, distributors and magazines] and to check out the scene here. Coming from Vancouver it has been a shock to say the least! Its like Vancouver’s music scene but on steroids.
As soon as I landed at Gatwick I knew that something was different. Even at the airport I noticed that every shop there played house music over their loud system. In Vancouver it is extremely rare to hear dance music anywhere but in specific clubs on specific nights. Coffee shops, clothing stores, pubs, resteraunts, internet cafes, corner store and many other fine establishments were all playing songs that I recognized from being a Dj. Some of the songs I heard were:
On my first night in town I decided to check out Sneaky Soundsystem and Nic Fanciulli at Turnmills in Central London. Even though there were some hassles at the door I was in and had a blast. The club was huge! I got lost in it multiple times. I kept finding myself back in the hip-hop/pop room of all places. There were tons of people packed shoulder to shoulder. It was hard to move.
I have never been in a club with so many people and have never seen so many people going off to house music. People were freaking out everywhere!
So far I have been taken back by the size and strength of the scene over here and I look forward to getting into it more and more as the days go on! If you haven’t been to London and love dance music I highly recommend that you come over and check it out!
For the first time, Play It Tonight will be heading to Amsterdam to check out the Amsterdam Dance Event(ADE). The event takes place in the downtown core of Amsterdam from October 18th until the 20th.
The ADE has taken the place of the Winter Music Conference (WMC) Miami as the ‘go to’ dance music event for music industry business, djs, producers and for great music. Rumor has it that the ADE is a great mix of business and fun which is what the WMC used to be all about 5 years ago. Now South Beach is flooded with party kids from all around North America that go down to get fucked up and party. Thousands are there just because it is the place to be and because they have money and they are not there for the actual conference or for the business. It is the wrong crowd heading down south and less and less business gets done each year.
Navigating the streets, alleys, and water ways of Amsterdam can apparently be a nightmare. Aside from this we have not heard one negative thing about the event or the city itself.
The conference features many different business networking events and conferences along with performances at night from some of the biggest and best artists in the world including:
If anyone would like to meet the Play It Tonight staff at the ADE please feel free to click here and email us with your contact info and we will set up a meeting with you over a pint or some lunch.
My name is Sean Gallagher and I will be one of the contributors to this dance music blog. Since I will be talking about various different music industry topics I feel that it is important that you guys know a little about me before doing so:
I have Dj’d all around North America and Mexico for the past 6 years. I have been heavily involved in the music industry for the last four years from a business standpoint and produced for two.
I have played with some of the biggest names in dance music including:
Sander Kleinenberg
Max Graham
Andy Caldwell
Armin Van Buuren
Hybrid
Colette
Steve Angello
James Lavelle (UNKLE)
Scumfrog
Oliver Smith
Gareth Emery (GTR)
Miss honey dijon
Dayhota
Niklas Harding
Now I am the CEO for Play It Tonight http://www.PlayItTonight.com ; the world’s best dance music download store. On a daily basis I deal with executives at the biggest record labels in Dance Music including:
Defected
Om Records
Global Underground
Armada
Black Hole Recordings
Get Physical Music
Ministry of Sound
Toolroom Records
Little Mountain Recordings
Alternative Route Recordings
Southern Fried
Finger Lickin’
Stoneyboy Music
Nettwerk Records
Nordic Trax
I look forward to sharing any late breaking industry news and insights that come my way as we get deeper into this digital music revolution.
2007 Release of the Hit Single from the Italian DJ (From the Trio L’il Love) that Employs the Sax Riff from the Song DJ Rune Rk’s “Calabria” and the Vocal Track from Gaudino’s Own “Destination Unknown” that Featured the Voice of Crystal Waters. This Edition features Five Different Versions of the Title Track and an Enhanced Element!If you have been in a night club over the past few weeks you have heard this song EVERYWHERE! The sexy saxaphone and amazing vocal are impossible to miss. The is going to be one of THE house music tracks of the summer.I hope it doesn’t get played out like past house hits from summers gone by such as: Lola’s Theme by the SHAPESHIFTERS (which is now cool again) and World Hold On by Bob Sinclair.
