Editorial

As the dance music scene gains more and more popularity it seems like the talent continues to get better at a younger age. The 17 year old Caveat is the newest name on the scene with his remix of “Make It Bun Dem” by Skrillex and Damian Marley.

Turning this Dancehall, reggae infused track into a top Electro banger, Caveat has continued his streak of top notch remixes. Don’t believe me, check out his remix of Dada Life – Happy Violence and Feed Me – Strange Behavior (bonus free download on his Soundcloud). With support already coming from the likes of Tiesto this young producer is definitely one to watch.

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Be honest.  Don’t lie…you used to love getting Facebook notifications.  Getting tagged in a photo, someone liking your Facebook comment or someone posting on your page (oh sorry, Timeline) – when that little red notification bubble popped up, YOU SECRETLY LOVED IT.  Don’t pretend like you didn’t at least enjoy it a little bit.  Lately though, that tiny bit of titillation you used to get from receiving a Facebook notification has certainly subsided.  Why, you ask?  Our love for that little red Facebook notification has all but disappeared due to our increasing frustration with the dreaded Facebook Event invite.  We receive double digit event invites on a daily basis and it’s annoying as all hell.  Facebook Events were once a useful tool.  But this atrocious Facebook feature seems to have lost any and all credibility.  And it’s not Facebook’s fault.  Facebook is not entirely to blame.  Sure their notification system is flawed; you can only adjust your email + mobile settings and not your actual page settings.  There are small fixes like having the ability to ignore invites from individuals.  But Facebook is not the enemy here.  YOU are the enemy.  You – the artist, the DJ, the self-proclaimed promoter – you are the reason why the good people of Facebook no longer enjoy seeing that little red notification bubble pop up on their Facebook page. Continue Reading

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Dear SoundCloud:

While tens of millions of users continue to enjoy the use of SoundCloud on a daily basis, there is an ongoing epidemic on your site that must be stopped.  SoundCloud needs to put an end to the actions of abusive users who use artists’ and labels’ SoundCloud pages to boost their own plays and promote their own personal tracks/mixes.  If nothing else, if SoundCloud does not have the manpower to police its ten million plus users, one way to remedy the situation would simply be to reach out to your users with global messages via your site and via your social media to put a halt to this madness.

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