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First Floor #30 – The Scene Isn't Worth Saving
a.k.a. The COVID-19 crisis has exposed the rot in the electronic music industry. Let's tear it out.
Shawn Reynaldo
Mar 25, 2020
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The Rising Costs of DJ Life
a.k.a. Inflation blues, post-pandemic problems and an overdue examination of contemporary nightlife models.
Shawn Reynaldo
Jun 14
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Fake It Until... Actually, Just Keep Faking It
a.k.a. The pressure to constantly project success in dance music.
Shawn Reynaldo
May 3
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First Floor #36 – Pull Your Music Off Spotify
a.k.a. Bandcamp is the kind of platform we ought to be cultivating.
Shawn Reynaldo
May 5, 2020
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First Floor #41 – How to Talk to Journalists (and Get Them to Check Out Your Music)
a.k.a. PR companies aren't the only way to get noticed.
Shawn Reynaldo
Jun 16, 2020
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Beyoncé and Drake Aren't Reviving Anything
a.k.a. House music isn't in need of saving, and major labels aren't interested in that anyways.
Shawn Reynaldo
Jun 28
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Philip Sherburne Loves to Write About Records
a.k.a. An interview with one of electronic music's most respected journalists.
Shawn Reynaldo
May 17
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The Bandcamp Bummer
a.k.a. What happens when the world’s biggest record store for independent music stops being independent?
Shawn Reynaldo
Mar 8
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Back to the Big Room
a.k.a. Dance music's "underground" reclaims the banger.
Shawn Reynaldo
Apr 19
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First Floor #37 – Club Petri Dish
a.k.a. It's very possible that clubbing won't be "back to normal" anytime soon.
Shawn Reynaldo
May 12, 2020
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Going Through the Motions
a.k.a. Dance music's enthusiasm gap.
Shawn Reynaldo
Mar 29
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The Monetization of Apathy
a.k.a. A bitter truth about what people are listening to, and why.
Shawn Reynaldo
Apr 12
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