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First Floor #164 – The Shifting Tides of Dance Music
a.k.a. An interview with L.I.E.S. founder Ron Morelli, plus a round-up of the week's electronic music news and a fresh slate of new track…
Shawn Reynaldo
Mar 23
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Ron Morelli Isn't Interested in the Clown Show
a.k.a. An interview with the L.I.E.S. founder about his label, its place in the dance music canon and his upcoming solo album.
Shawn Reynaldo
Mar 21
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First Floor #163 – A Problem without an Obvious Solution
a.k.a. Revisiting the streaming question, plus a round-up of the week's electronic music news and a fresh batch of new track recommendations.
Shawn Reynaldo
Mar 16
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Streaming Should Pay More, But How?
a.k.a. Spotify and the rest obviously have other priorities, and it's far from clear that consumers have any appetite for price hikes.
Shawn Reynaldo
Mar 14
22
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Streaming Should Pay More, But How?
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First Floor #162 – Who Are These People?
a.k.a. The relationship between accessibility and accountability, plus a round-up of the week's electronic music news and a fresh crop of new track…
Shawn Reynaldo
Mar 9
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The Blame Game, and Why Journalists Always Seem to Lose It
a.k.a. Many of the music industry's most influential figures operate relatively free of public scrutiny.
Shawn Reynaldo
Mar 7
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First Floor #161 – What Are You Paying For?
a.k.a. A case study in electronic music PR, plus a round-up of the week's electronic music news and a fresh batch of new track recommendations.
Shawn Reynaldo
Mar 2
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February 2023
Is PR Evil? And What Exactly Does It Do? I Asked a Publicist.
a.k.a. An interview with electronic music publicist Chanel Kadir, who lays out not only what her job entails, but the fraught media landscape in which…
Shawn Reynaldo
Feb 28
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Is PR Evil? And What Exactly Does It Do? I Asked a Publicist.
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First Floor #160 – This Is What Dance Music Is Now
a.k.a. Thoughts on Skrillex, plus a round-up of the week's electronic music news and a fresh batch of new track recommendations.
Shawn Reynaldo
Feb 23
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Skrillex Is Green Day, and This Is Dance Music's 'American Idiot' Moment
a.k.a. Why I passed on reviewing the new Skrillex album.
Shawn Reynaldo
Feb 21
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First Floor #159 – Editorial Bias by the Numbers
a.k.a. A data-driven look at electronic music news coverage, plus a round-up of the genre's latest happenings and a fresh batch of new track…
Shawn Reynaldo
Feb 16
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Dissecting Electronic Music News
a.k.a. A detailed breakdown of recent news offerings from the genre's leading publications.
Shawn Reynaldo
Feb 14
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