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HARD Summer Music Festival has become known for releasing these outrageous trailers year round. Always taking things to a comedic side while including the festivals biggest acts on the lineup. This year as many were expecting the same, Gary Richards decided to switch it up and tackle an issue that many have come to encounter. The lack of Female DJs and Producers is uncanny, there is so much talent all over the world and to address such a topic is not only bold, but amazing. HARD Events is sticking it to the talent buyers for other festivals in support of more »

Not your babe. Not your girl, sweetie, honey. Not Yr Babe, a Philadelphia based collective, seeks to rebrand the image of women in EDM. NYB founder and producer Ashley Burkart, aka ABUR, started Not Yr Babe as a way for female-identifying producers to connect. Noticing a lack of such producers in the Philadelphia scene, Burkart started the collective not as a group, but as a simple way for producers to link up. Only a short time after NYB’s founding, Burkart and friend Megan Kaulfer were booking shows and fundraisers showcasing local artists. Not Yr Babe successfully kicked off with a more »

Introduction  I am not an electronic music expert, nor will I ever claim to be one. I have come across many, many other individuals since being involved in this scene who know much more than I do. A lot of them didn’t have to take over a year off to get their lives together either. They’ve been crushing it every day since the moment they said “This is what I want to do for the rest of my life: write articles, produce music, sing on tracks, produce an album, manage this duo, tour the world, let my voice be heard” more »

EDMbiz returns for its 5th annual conference and expo!  The event is taking place Tuesday June 14 through Thursday June 16 and will be held at the luxurious Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.  This year the conference is bringing out the big guns with keynote talks from Moby, Pasquale Rotella and Bob Lefsetz.  The event spanning 3 days will be hosted by KCRW’s own Jason Bentley (who has previously hosted the event) and will also feature talks from Laidback Luke, Paul Oakenfold, Markus Schulz, Junkie XL, Jauz, Marshmello, as well as big heads from Goldenvoice and Billboard.  This event is a more »

I had the privilege of interviewing event photographer, Tony Cottrell. Tony has photographed for Insomniac Events, YourEDM, and has worked with artists like Brillz, Knife Party, Snails, (and even was personally flown to shoot by R3HAB!). Let’s get into it.