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No Tax on Tips: What DJs, Musicians and Creators Need to Know Now

Picture this: you’re an EDM artist closing your books in October. You’ve earned flat fees for soft-ticketed shows, collected royalty checks from your label and publisher, and generated extra income from fan contributions on direct-to-consumer platforms like Bandcamp, where you sold exclusive tracks that didn’t make your last album. To round things out, you streamed […]

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SIPPY Turns Pain Into Power on Stunning Debut Album, “Scars In Stereo”

Across 10 tracks, SIPPY turns her lived experiences of “depression, disassociation and misconduct” in the music industry into a portrait of reclamation. SIPPY has released her long-awaited debut album Scars In Stereo, out now via Zeds Dead’s Deadbeats. The 10-track project marks a pivotal moment for the Australian dubstep and bass music producer, revealing a […]

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Beatport Launches Ticketing Service “Designed Exclusively for the Dance Music Community”

Beatport is taking a step beyond streaming and downloads, unveiling a platform that integrates ticketing with its music marketplace and editorial content. Beatport is getting into the ticketing business, launching a new platform that aims to connect its 40 million annual users directly with EDM events across Europe and the US. Developed in partnership with […]

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A Surreal Playground for Self-Expression

We are rarely invited to pursue real self-expression. Even when offered, the invitation usually comes with fine print. But for one weekend in Lake Perris, no mask was needed. Same Same But Different made space for people to be just that.  Spun from a handshake between childlike wonder and adult ingenuity, Lake Perris was transformed […]