Episode 15
The Week – Being a DJ is embarrassing, Rave The Planet, throwing things on stage
“If you're having to devote all this time and energy to marketing yourself, to just staying visible – how much time are you not spending on developing your craft?”
“If you're having to devote all this time and energy to marketing yourself, to just staying visible – how much time are you not spending on developing your craft?”
Do DJs have to be influencers nowadays? Why do some people feel that it’s embarrassing to be a DJ today? This week OttO Kent is talking to music journalist Shawn Reynaldo, who wrote about the changing perception of being a DJ in a recent essay that made a lot of waves. Plus: Tomorrowland partners up with TikTok up, why ‘Rave The Planet’ almost didn’t happen, things being thrown on stage at concerts, political unrest in France and your weekly recommendation – this week with Meg10 calling in from Berlin.
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