For DJs, producers, and creatives who are done guessing and want to actually grow. Every week, Joey, Ralph and Jobke sit down with artists, industry experts, and creators to talk about the stuff that really matters: consistency, branding, mindset, social media, career strategy, and building a life that doesn’t burn you out. Expect honest conversations, practical takeaways, and a good dose of “stop overthinking and just make the damn music.” From rookie producers to touring acts… everyone hits…
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Being online is probably good for your DJ career. It also takes something, and nobody talks about that part. We are back from the summer break with Ralph from Bassjackers and Jay Hardway. Jay banned himself from doomscrolling four days before recording. Ralph came off a Tomorrowland run and explains why the smaller stage beat the main stage. Underneath both stories is the same question. How much…
Alex Vasi has mixed and mastered more than 30 number-one records in the Netherlands. Last year he started his own artist project, and within twelve months he was playing AFAS Live and the Ziggo Dome. From the outside it looks like it happened overnight. It did not. We talk about what a fast breakthrough is actually built on, why knowing more music theory can make it harder to finish a track, and…
Josh Le Tissier calls in from Bangkok mid-tour to talk about the honest side of building a DJ career. We get into what happens when things slow down after a big year, why he spent maybe too long in the local club, and how he still holds a full time day job while touring internationally. The heart of it: 20 people showing up for you is actually a lot, even when social media makes it feel like…
Fake copyright claims are the newest scam in the music industry, and most producers don't know it exists until their music and royalties are frozen. Music lawyer Sander Petit joins me to explain how it works, and why it's so hard to fight when anyone can file a claim. We also get into AI and why AI-generated music isn't protected by copyright, what those new AI clauses in your contracts actually…
Dannic has been DJing since he was 17 and he's still here while most of his peers from the EDM era have moved on. In this episode we get honest about why. We talk about the four-year cycle every artist hits, the moment his team pushed him to flip his sound completely, and why that's the decision he regrets most. It's a grounded conversation about longevity, creative identity, and what happens when…
An AI-generated track hit number one on Beatport, and Joey and Ralph do not agree on whether that should be allowed. What starts as a debate about AI turns into a harder question: is using AI actually any different from ghost production? Nobody wins this one cleanly. Second half, Ralph breaks down how he builds a 58 minute Tomorrowland main stage set for a crowd that is not there for him. What…
Ralph from Bassjackers is back, and we get into something the DJ world doesn't talk about enough: brand deals. Not just for the huge names either. If your audience is small but genuinely engaged, that can already be worth something to a brand. From there, we break down the Tomorrowland lineup and the honest answer to how you actually get booked, plus a bit on Calvin Harris and why the music you…
DJs are actually paying to play shows now, and we talk about why that's a problem for the whole industry. We also get into festivals canceling due to extreme heat, one major festival asking fans for donations to survive, and how artists are building extra income through merch and sample packs. It all comes back to one question: what are you actually worth, and who should be paying for it. Honest,…
Every number online can be bought now, streams, views, followers, even comments. So what can you still trust? We get into the one signal that doesn't lie: a real room reacting to a real DJ. It starts with a Sonar weekend where a friend didn't even notice three DJs change, until one of them shifted the whole room. From there we get into the James Blake post about a faked industry, AI training on…
SoundCloud just cut its connection to Hypeddit, and the follow-for-download trick a lot of producers leaned on is gone. We get into what happened, why nobody's sure of the real reason, and the bigger lesson underneath it: if one platform can break your growth overnight, you never really owned your audience. Then we get into the genre problem in electronic music, why there are now so many genres…
