November 22nd, 2007 by Sean Gallagher
Hey guys,
Here are some more new slamming new releases from this week and last.
We hope you enjoyed this week’s recommended tracks! Keep rockin’ it hard!
Play It Tonight!
November 17th, 2007 by Sean Gallagher
As requested, we have taken the time to work through the hundreds of new releases on Play It Tonight this week and have picked the hottest tracks for you to rock this coming weekend.
These tracks have been killing dance floors for the biggest name DJs in the world for the past few weeks and here they are fresh for you!
Click on the play buttons below to listen to samples of and then buy these new releases:
Let us know if you like dislike or have some thoughts on this week’s picks! Keep rockin’ it!
October 2nd, 2007 by Sean Gallagher
Aside from having dance music play everywhere, one of the largest differences that I have found with the English culture is that people seem to keep to themselves a lot. In a lot of smaller towns people will greet each other on the street and generally look forward to meeting new people. On the flip side, in the big cities people keep their heads down and generally mind their own business.
As I mentioned above, dance music (mostly house) is everywhere here. Even today I was having lunch in an amazing Chinese resteraunt and heard the following track:
This is not exactly your typical Chinese restaurant music.
I was pondering why dance music took off so fast and furious over here in the 80s and it wasn’t really making sense. There is so much heritage and culture in England but that doesn’t explain it. People have their own musical tastes in all areas of the world, so that doesn’t explain it.
It didn’t click for me until I was walking down the street in London and someone bumped into me and didn’t say a word. One word jumped out at me “ecstasy”. With such a lack of friendliness and togetherness in day to day street life in the super-cities like London, its no wonder why the feeling of oneness that the combination of dance music and drugs like ecstasy caught on so quickly and took the highly-populated nation by storm.
You will see it in the clubs here in London; kids freaking out with each other, hugging, smiling, laughing and letting all of the stresses and the self mindedness go. People party together when dance music is present and the feelings that it brings up can defiantly be addictive, especially when you are raised in a culture where the people keep a ‘stiff upper lip‘ and their heads down in the big city.
September 11th, 2007 by Sean Gallagher
I always feel anxious before hearing tracks for the first time on a big club system. The tracks never sound the same as they do in my room or in my headphones at home or in the office. Different aspects of each song become more obvious and some get downplayed and are barely noticeable.
As a worst case scenario, a track with what you thought was a sick bassline will sound week in a club or that mid-ranged chugga chugga loop is way louder than you remembered it being killing the dance floor that you have created.
Other times, songs that sound average and bland can come to life on a club sound system. I have seen countless tracks that I would pass up from artist and labels that I didn’t recognize destroy dance floors and have me shaking it.
I was given the opportunity to play at a nightclub called the Red Room this weekend in Vancouver. It is one of our city’s biggest and busiest clubs.
I was playing at the Red Room at the same time when Dan, the other owner of Play It Tonight, was playing at a new Vancouver club called The Modern.
I opened for one of the bigger Vancouver DJs and my set featured two tracks that I was using as ‘fillers’ that surprised the hell out of me and everyone else in the club. Girls were pushing their way through to get to the dance floor and the entire club was heaving.
Here are these two “sleepers” that made my night:
I recommend picking up these bombs asap!
August 21st, 2007 by Sean Gallagher
This past weekend I played another gig at Ginger 62, Vancouver’s hottest club for House Music. It was the most fun I have had DJing in some time and I thought I would share a few pictures and a bunch of the tracks that I played to share the experience.
I still can’t believe that I get paid to drink for free, play awesome tracks from Play It Tonight and have girls come up to meet me while I play. The girls were loving the tracks from our site.
Here are some the tracks I played in the club this night that had the girls shakin’ it and the guys groovin’:
August 14th, 2007 by Sean Gallagher
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:
David Guetta
Erick Morillo
Fedde Le Grand
Dirt Crew
Stonebridge
Tiesto
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.
We look forward to seeing you there!
August 10th, 2007 by Dan
If you’re an up and coming producer looking to get your music signedl, one of the best methods out there today is to create a blog. Many emerging artists today are getting picked up by labels via their blog. A certain tall, long-haired DJ has been plowing through blogs to find new artists for his label. And it’s working. Giving your music away and creating hype is a contemporary way to working your way to the ultimate goal. And… creating a blog is free. There are number of free services that let you create and host your blog… check out blogspot.com and blogger.com Both are great.
The days of walking into a record label and begging the A&R staff to listen to your tracks has gone the way of the dinosaur. Innovation has taken over. Push your blog. Link it to every relevant source your can find. And as always, persistance is key.
The label heads are looking for you… make sure you’re out there.
