Mark Knight has forged himself a reputation as one of the foremost house producers on the planet, shaping the scene with his Toolroom imprint. A string of consistently hot productions and skilfully written remixes (from Kylie through to Underworld) have secured ongoing success at the top of the dance charts - highlights of this year include Mark's INCREDIBLE remake of Laurent Garnier's epic ‘Man With The Red Face' (officially Beatport's FASTEST ever selling record, and 1 on their chart for 3 consecutive weeks!!) Last year's hits include his 'Colombian Soul' collaboration with D.Rameriez (one of the biggest records to come out of 2007) and a destructive mix of Axwell, Angello, Ingrosso and Laidback Luke's 'Get Dumb'.

Jam Music are the team behind popular summer festival Good Vibrations and Sydney nightclub Chinese Laundry. Part of the Merivale group of companies, they also have a DJ booking agency, and at the moment they’re on the hunt for four new staff to join the Sydney office. If you’re looking to further your career in the music biz be sure to check these positions out. For a full job description or more info email Ross.Leonardi@merivale.com.

Marketing Executive
Marketing Coordinator
Agency Booking Agent
Agency Coordinator
Operational Admin

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It might not be happening for another four months, but Gatecrasher has already revealed who will be helping the clubbing brand celebrate its 15th anniversary.

The Gatecrasher We Are 15 party has been scheduled for September 20th and the organisers have managed to recruit some of the biggest names in trance.

They have secured the talents of Armin Van Buuren and Ferry Corsten for the party. In 2007, Dutch DJ Corsten was ranked at number eight in DJ Mag's list of the best DJs in the world.

Are musicians above working for ad revenue?

There has been an ongoing battle between the music industry and the creators and distributors of technology that makes digital music a reality for millions of customers. The music industry's complaint has long been that they're not getting enough revenue this way (even though it's a fact that Apple sends 70% of its revenue from digital downloads to the music industry), and that the musicians likely suffer the most when music is distributed digitally.

Illegal downloads are certainly a problem, and I'm not sure where I stand on the issue of sharing digital music with friends and associates. But that issue aside, there remains an issue that is just as serious: How to generate revenue for the music industry? Of course the industry wants to maximize its revenue from music downloads. Technology companies want to make it easy and attractive for customers to get and use music downloads.

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Cindy Lauper wants 'music with energy again.
American pop singer Cyndi Lauper says she just wanted to have fun -- and dance -- on her new album.

Lauper says "Bring Ya to the Brink" was a reaction to her last two albums, the torchy "At Last" and "The Body Acoustic," both of which she considered "side projects" from her regular sound.

In the past, it has been really difficult to speak much about the French music scene. I mean really, when was the last time anyone talked about a French artist of any genre? Save for M.C. Solaar, I couldn't think of anyone who resides in France and makes music from the last ten years. At least that was the case. Now with the dance scene on the rise there, France has been exporting some great stuff. Artists such as Micronauts, Dimiri From Paris, Air and Laurent Garnier have been concocting neat beats which show remarkable artistry. Of course on the top of that artist neuveux list is the French duo of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, better known as Daft Punk. Unlike thier name, Daft Punk make dance music -- amazing dance music. Dance music with heavy, filtered drum tracks, basslines so tight it sounds like Bootsy Collins was in the studio with them, and they can even play live -- it all adds up to dance music which is going to change the face of how people in America perceive dance music. Out for the balance of the last two years, their mantra, "Da Funk" has recently started making the rounds here in America as a double a-sided single with last year's rare-as-dinosaur-bones house track "Musique." As a staple tune in the Chemical Brothers' DJ sets, "Da Funk," a109 bpm disco-meets-acid track has also reached maximum denisity for those who managed to get a copy of the Soma import. Basically speaking, it's a rather large track, Watson.

Raw Volume 2 is the second cd in a series released with the support of Raw FM, an Australian narrowcast radio network, consisting of stations in New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory and Queensland.

The station's programming is aimed at the 14-30 age group who have a passion for dance music and trends in the latest in technology, fashion and lifestyle. It broadcasts a mix of live and pre-recorded DJ sets from the likes of Roger Sanchez, Nino Brown and DJ Stanley.

The Opium group is heating up South Beach for the Winter Music Conference. If you’re one of the fortunate ones who will be in town for a week full of great music and parties, here is the scoop.

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Before you even start to make any music, make sure that the Internet is turned off. If it is a computer that everyone uses, make yourself a new user account without internet connection - this was my problem, so I turned off the Internet and saved myself 4 hours per day (surfing adds up)! If everyone is using that one computer, make sure that you have a secure section on it (passworded- so you can back up your section) as you can bet alot of money on something getting deleted. Even have a rota as who can have the computer at what times. You don't want to be interupted in mid-fantastic-never-been-heard-before-number-one-hook making.