Pontchartrain

Producer, remixer, cratedigger.

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@RapidResponse47 @SecretaryTurner I bet Trump is secretly so annoyed having to put on a Christian act all the time.

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@olgakhazan I related to almost everything you said in this piece, except that I’m a man experiencing it, and I would have never yelled at my wife at 2am for feeling overwhelmed, even if they’d failed in some way.

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@wellwarthsound Agreed. Sad and wishing them the best. Perry's wife said the band drowned him out and he was just screaming to be heard. What the heck was really going on from FOH's point of view of the situation?

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@jacobkornbluh Stop sharing this trash. It only helps him.

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And if you tell people they’re doing it, you’re not just unuseful, but a threat to their image.

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@itsnaderi And don’t forget that calling it out makes you a hater.

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@zofdj This question has been asked perpetually since the 2010s. The answer is you need to be knighted by someone with access, go viral, or represent whatever group that boiler room what’s to performatively celebrate that week to distance themselves from their predatory business model.

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@annabel_ross Humans tend to commodify things to death, but we have always found a new alternative once that happens. The gonzo era. Newsletters. Substacks. Just like in music (think rock to punk, disco to house). I’ve no doubt this will continue. Creatives are inherent futurists. 🙏🏻

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@ArielSharone Only enough room to write a few anecdotes here. Classically popular DJs go back as far as Nicky Siano. Moving up more recently to selector types like DJ Harvey. Eris Drew has only one solo release. Crystallmess playing dekmantel without releases. All great DJs.

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The other day I saw a whole debate rationalizing that the reason there are so many top DJs who have never produced a track is because producers usually aren't good DJs. This is ridiculous.

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@ArielSharone There are many touring DJs who are not producers. Many more who are co-producers, heavily reliant on others who do the heavy lifting behind the scenes.

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@eddielogix How they sounding?

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@annabel_ross @drbakerphoned Well now we've just got competition. Let's dazzle you when you return too. Safe travels, Annabel!

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@annabel_ross @drbakerphoned Love DF and Love NY. I don't think I could pick one or the other, but especially not only after two clubs!

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I am a DJ. I love what I do. I am a producer. I love that too. These two things are intertwined, but I don't think being good at one has anything to do with the other. I do think though, that one is easier, pays better, and has more fame attached. It is probably the wrong one.

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Bands get paid less than DJs. BANDS GET PAID LESS THAN DJs!