Rediscovering Victor Simonelli (5Mag)

By |2023-04-16T13:05:13-05:00April 16th, 2023|5 Magazine, Clubs - Nightlife, Dance Music, DJ, House, House Music, House Music History, Interviews, New York, producer|

Three generations of dance music DJs, producers & fans have been enlightened and inspired by the funky, souled’up testament of Victor Simonelli. A new collection focuses attention on his deeply influential early ’90s house tracks. It’s happened a million times, it’s happened every day for more than 30 years and it’s probably also happened [...]

A History of Trax Records and the Fight for Chicago’s House Pioneers’ Royalties (DJ Mag)

By |2023-03-13T17:31:45-05:00March 13th, 2023|5 Magazine, Chicago, DJ, House, House Music, House Music History, producer|

Chicago’s Trax Records released some of the most influential records in house history, but decades later, many of the artists behind them are still waiting to be paid. Harold Heath investigates the long and complicated history of one of house music’s most infamous labels HAROLD HEATH Tuesday, March 7, 2023 The Trax Records saga [...]

MIXCLOUD IMPOSES DJ MIX LIMITS AMID LACK OF PROFITABILITY (5 Mag)

By |2022-12-26T12:59:43-06:00December 26th, 2022|5 Magazine, Announcements, Dance Music, DJ, House Music, Mixcloud, Music News, news, Promotional|

https://youtu.be/Nqb3zRU931s As of December 1, "basic tier" accounts are limited to 10 public mixes. By Terry Matthew  - DECEMBER 16, 2022 Mixcloud’s CEO has stated that the platform is “not currently profitable” and has announced a new limitation on “basic tier” members, capping mixes at just [...]

Spotify defies expectations and disappoints everyone

By |2021-02-08T16:18:02-06:00February 8th, 2021|5 Magazine, Music News, My House Radio|

Spotify defies expectations and disappoints everyone Joe Rogan and Meghan Markle don't work for free, bro... By Terry Matthew -February 3, 2021 Facebook Twitter Pinterest ReddIt Telegram Spotify released their fourth-quarter earnings today and nobody is very pleased. The company reports it lost 66 cents per share on revenue of $2.17 billion (with a [...]

For Frankie: Inside the Frankie Knuckles Foundation

By |2020-02-04T13:55:40-06:00February 4th, 2020|5 Magazine, Chicago, Classics, Clubs - Nightlife, Czarina Mirani, DJ, Documentary, Interviews|

  Formed a year ago, the Frankie Knuckles Foundation is dedicated to the advancement of Frankie Knuckles‘ mission as the global ambassador of House Music through media, conservation and public events continuing and supporting the causes he advocated. Founder, president and executive director Frederick Dunson takes us inside the Foundation ahead of their fundraiser in celebration of Frankie’s Birthday at Smartbar, [...]

Boiler Room Is Changing (5 Magazine)

By |2019-08-23T23:32:51-05:00August 23rd, 2019|5 Magazine, House Music, Music News|

Into what? It's hard to say. STORY BY TERRY MATTHEW, 5 MAGAZINE   Boiler Room - the broadcasting platform which brought the party (and DJs turning knobs) into living rooms around the world - is changing. The company has unveiled parts of a new business model involving "brand fee/royalties" and a quasi-franchised version of the Boiler [...]

Mixcloud Limits “Free” Listening, Will Start to Charge Listeners Money (5Mag)

By |2019-08-04T19:23:19-05:00August 4th, 2019|5 Magazine, Music News, My House Radio|

In the last issue of 5 Mag, I wondered if Mixcloud had finally figured out a working business model for DJ mixes on the internet. Other services have worked on making mixes legal – clearing rights and ensuring that rightsholders are paid up and okay with it. But none of that really helps the DJ [...]

Chicago’s Mayor Came to the Chosen Few Picnic (5Mag)

By |2019-07-10T03:31:35-05:00July 10th, 2019|5 Magazine, Chicago, Chicago House Music Festival, Czarina Mirani, House Music, Music News, My House Radio|

Lori Lightfoot By  5 Magazine  - July 9, 2019 Recognizing how influential the event has become, Chicago’s newly-elected Mayor Lori Lightfoot appeared on-stage at the Chosen Few Picnic and Music Festival last weekend. Lightfoot – the first black woman elected as mayor of Chicago, which with her election became the largest in United States [...]

No, Pioneer DJ is Not “Exiting The DJ Business”

By |2019-06-03T14:25:34-05:00May 8th, 2019|5 Magazine, Chicago, Czarina Mirani, Music News, My House Radio, Pioneer|

By Terry Matthew May 6, 2019 We don’t need to get deep in the weeds here. Stories circulated this morning that Pioneer is “exiting the DJ business.” While technically true, these stories are conflating Pioneer and Pioneer DJ. “Pioneer DJ” is a company spun off from “Pioneer” itself more than four years ago. The [...]

The Chicago House Music Festival Will Return in 2019

By |2018-11-07T18:04:03-06:00November 7th, 2018|5 Magazine, Announcements, Chicago, Chicago House Music Festival, Czarina Mirani, House Music, My House Radio|

  Back in Millennium Park for the 4th year running. November 6th,2018 The amazing people at the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events have announced their 2019 calendar, and there are a lot of reasons to get excited about: house music and electronic music are once again well-represented. To [...]

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