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Music journalist💿 words: @variety , @billboard , @recordingacad , @LAmag , @beatport (Beatportal), @MusicTechMag , @dancingastro #RutgersNation

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1 year

September marks my one-year anniversary of striking out as an independent dance music journalist🪩 The past year was full of pinch me moments, from covering Zedd’s 10-year ‘Clarity’ anniversary event in San Francisco for Billboard, to reporting live on the ground at IMS Ibiza

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1 year

SoundCloud moving out of its kandi kid era and into its techno snob era

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@PopCrave “She has enough diamonds” is the hardest line ever

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2 years

Me trying to fight off the Sunday scaries

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1 year

Not now sweetie, FISHER just dropped “Atmosphere”

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1 year

idk ask them

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1 year

how do you serve cunt as a trio ?

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2 years

Babe are you okay? You haven’t tweeted about Fred again..’s boiler room set in a while

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2 years

@TheCourtKim Teenage Dream, Katy Perry

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1 year

When someone who doesn’t know that you’re a raver mentions dance music in the corporate setting

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Electric Hawk ⚡️🦅

1 year

best caption wins a $20 Applebees gift card

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2 years

She’s a 10 but she’s a fan clacker

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2 years

This might be a hot take (you guys lmk): Shazamming should *not* be as embarrassing as it sometimes feels because if you want to know the name of a dope song, you obviously have good taste! (even if you’re late to the party on it)

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2 years

Choose your fighter, EDM Twitter edition: •John Sumif •The Rave Ref •People who want to beat the ass of the guy who brought the dog •Dice

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1 year

The buzz you’ve been feeling in + around dance music isn’t a coincidence. According to the IMS Business Report, the global dance music industry grew by 34% in 2022, reaching a valuation of $11.3 billion—that’s 16% higher than in the pre-pandemic period. What it means: the

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2 years

People who saw Kaskade and John Summit go b2b: how does it feel to be god’s favorite?

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2 years

I GET THIS FEEEEELINGGG I WANNA BE WHERE YOU ARRRREEE

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1 year

Dance music to close out the Coachella main stage for the second year in a row feels like a big moment for dance music (even though it wasn’t originally planned) 👀

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2 years

Alesso dropping Calling

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2 years

Literally what is better in life than your baby sleeping in your arms? 🥰

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2 years

“Progressive house is back.” My brother in Christ, it never left

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2 years

You’re in his dms, I’m ghost producing his music. We are not the same

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1 year

@heluvstat Who wrote this drake lol

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8 months

@Whotfismick @hooodrichgab Reading this like

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2 years

Tchami reliably has one of the best crowds in dance music in terms of vibe and temperament

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2 years

I have a condition called I don’t have time to text but I always have time to shitpost on the internet

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2 years

Sounds corny but music speaks to me with a power that is matched by nothing else. There really is nothing that lights up my soul the way it does

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11 months

@torweee Someone cooked here!

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2 years

Me:

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Them: The perfect trilogy doesn’t exist Us:

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2 years

@WholesomeMeme “Allegedly”

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2 years

@Zedd We had no idea! You killed it, as always❤️ being able to play a set that seamlessly to the audience (even though we now know it was a different experience for you on the backend) is the mark of a true master

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2 years

What’s an emotional dance music song that resonates with you/gets you every tine?

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2 years

He’s a 10 but he’s in Tulum rn

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2 years

I would like a @Dombresky and/or @chrislake remix of “Massive,” pls

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2 years

Had to do a little signature updating this morning...✒️ With my five-year DA-nniversary less than a month away, I am excited to announce that I have been promoted to Co-Editor-in-Chief of Dancing Astronaut!

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2 years

Ultra Day 1 thoughts: ▫️Zedd bringing out Ice Spice at Ultra was definitely not on my 2023 bingo card?? ▫️Give Martin Garrix a lifetime booking at this festival ▫️Vibes were on 1000000, the energy at this festival is still 🙌🏻 ▫️The Main Stage design is unreal

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2 years

Rutgers beating #1 ranked Purdue two years in a row is so important because these types of wins change outdated negative and stereotypical perspectives on Rutgers. It’s hard to not respect Rutgers when these landmark triumphs repeatedly happen☝🏼

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2 years

@johnsummit “Might try accounting if it doesn’t work out” 😂

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2 years

Forget star signs. What Mario Kart character did you always pick?

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2 years

He walked so DJ Pickle could run

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2 years

Working full-time not in music and doing music-related things on the side is comical in some ways because it feels like a double life. I’ll be saying things like “deliverables” in one breath and “wonky bass” in another

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1 year

Enough of boy math and girl math. Tell me what raver math is

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2 years

I’m drunk…and I’m high…and I’m in…the Jersey Shore

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2 years

Today is my five-year anniversary at Dancing Astronaut 💫In honor of it, I’m sharing 5 insights that I’ve taken from my time as a writer, editor, content strategist, and interviewer, in the hopes that they’ll reach someone finding their footing in music journalism (a 🧵, 1/6)

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1 year

Manifesting circle: 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 Dylan Harper 🕯 picks Rutgers 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯️ 🕯

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2 years

Working in the music industry will instill within you an irrational hatred for the question “can we hop on a call?”

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3 years

The “Rutgers doesn’t belong in the big 10” crowd real quiet rn 👀

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Be honest Rutgers fans...you ever think you'd see this?

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@SketchesbyBoze A society of people with no appreciation for the arts or interest in nurturing them breeds a society of machines

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3 years

Today’s work fit ❤️🖤🤍 @RutgersMBB

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3 years

The mau5 is out of the bag, or whatever they say. Speaking with Kaskade and deadmau5 about Kx5 was the most surreal part of my music journalism career to date. Check out DA’s exclusive interview on Kx5 for a fuller portrait of the new project, painted by our Editor-in-Chief!

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“When we [made 'I Remember'], I mean, that moment in time wouldn’t have allowed us to do something like this." 14 years later, @kaskade x @deadmau5 have an actual alias together as we sit down to talk about what Kx5 is and how it happened | 📸: Mark Owens

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1 year

Join the prayer circle: 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 Rutgers 🕯 beats OSU 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯

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2 years

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2 years

Wrote my 2,500th article for Dancing Astronaut today 🥲

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2 years

Life update:

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3 years

@johnsummit This is your version of a sex tape basically

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10 months

That man on a tusi bender won’t provide for you

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2 years

The “S” in “MSG” now stands for Skrillex

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2 years

@Jparkercohen Never picking u guys to play on my edm fantasy league team again

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2 years

Opening DJs have a responsibility…to play at least one of these spicy hot bangers during their set

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3 years

@clshthetruth People on the TL gonna be mad that I’m saying this but this is leagues above the actual lineup lol

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1 year

@mollytaft I’m still heartbroken 🤣

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3 years

I’ve worked in dance music journalism for 5+ years now + the one thing that still feels awkward is how to handle the initial address during an interview. Do I call them by their biological name (feels too personal) or by their stage name (feels too fan-like)? Neither it is lol

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2 years

Take the $7 you’d spend on the AI art and put it towards a pair of quality ear plugs bb

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3 years

Artists who go out of their way to acknowledge posts written about them, perhaps not realizing that these posts are often written after a full day of work at the main job that pays the bills, on lunch breaks, in transit, etc., are industry treasures

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2 years

@johnsummit Tell me you do without telling me you do

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2 years

Fred again.. (Artist of the Year) Words by me🙂

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. @fredagainagain1 takes the title of DA’s 2022 Artist of the Year 👑 Entering 2022 as one of our artists to watch, he went lightyears beyond that, rising to household name status at a pace that dance music hasn’t seen in a long time. 📸: Julian Bajsel |

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2 years

“We want grandkids” best I can do is another article on Dancing Astronaut

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2 years

stop asking me wyd, you know I'm rewatching my emotional support festival/show videos

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2 years

Justice is served in Piscataway ✊🏻

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2 years

One of my longest-term goals came to fruition today. I’ve wanted to contribute to Billboard since I began writing about music; it’s always been one of my biggest dreams. Today, I had the chance to do just that:

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First Spin: The Week’s Best New Dance Tracks From Elkka, GRiZ, Jamie xx & More

Each week we canvass the wide, wild world of dance music to bring you the hottest new tracks. This week features Elkka, GRiZ, Jamie xx, SG Lewis, Floating Points, Malaa & DJ Snake and more.

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3 years

We need a March madness bracket of golden-age edm classics

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2 years

This past week felt like a really unifying one for NY area dance music fans. I can’t remember the last time the NY scene as a whole felt so excited, moved, sometimes exasperated (the ticket drops were stressful!), but altogether invested in an event/series of events. Feels good

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2 years

The host at the takeout place asked me, “what political campaign is this?” State of Rutgers, baby 😎 (I’ve been waiting for someone to ask me this since I got this shirt last year and it finally happened 😂)

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1 year

Andy Cohen used my question in The Real Housewives of NJ reunion. I have now ascended to the ultimate level of Jersey girl

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3 years

After writing DA’s Album of the Year and Breakout Artist of the Year features, six Artists to Watch in 2022 mini-features, and co-writing our Label of the Year feature, on top of 350+ articles this year, I’m officially out of words in 2021! Time for a very big glass of 🍷☺️

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2 years

Alright guys, you know the drill: Manifesting circle: 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯 Rutgers 🕯 Beats Purdue 🕯 🕯 🕯 🕯️ 🕯

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2 years

Skrillex single-handedly decided that 2023 is going to be a good year for all of us

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3 years

Three years ago, I was working with my Managing Editor at DA to develop my press plan for my first Coachella. It felt so surreal; I was starry-eyed. It hit me today that *I’m* now the Managing Editor doing that for our writers. Full-circle moment that has me all sentimental 🥲

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2 years

Approved for my first real adult apartment and surprised with my first bonus at a job, ever, all in the span of two hours. I feel so grown up🥲

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1 year

@dancingastro @coachella The fact that two dance acts will have closed out the main stage in the two years that Coachella has operated after the pandemic speaks volumes. We are in the midst of another golden age and no one can change my mind about it lol

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2 years

Good afternoon, Twitter 🤩

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2 years

No babe ur still cute, it’s just the way you blatantly talked over the drop kinda surprised me

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2 years

Nails done, hair done, everything did

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3 years

Have been re-evaluating my relationship with casual/social drinking because I had the thought, “when did I last *actually* enjoy doing this?” And honestly, I couldn’t remember. I feel I’ve outgrown drinking + am more interested in doing other things that don’t involve it 🤷🏻‍♀️

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3 years

@WholesomeMeme These are the kinds of little things that make me love people

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2 years

All three of the artists I’m covering for Dancing Astro’s list of Artists to Watch in 2023 are women. Can’t wait to share their names with you and for you to see the full list 👀

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3 years

Dance music journalism has permanently ruined the word “ethereal” for me

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2 years

The best thing about rave culture has got to be your friends hyping you up when your favorite DJ is playing/about to play as if *you* yourself were playing the set

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11 months

Reporting for rave duty ⚡️

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2 years

@TarotByBronx Didn’t know how true this was until I experienced it. It exists

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2 years

Back to Bayfrontttt🌴

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1 year

In 2022, the top 4 genres on Beatport were: 1. Tech house (which led for the entirety of 2021 and 2022) 2. Techno 3. House 4. Melodic House and Techno Drum and Bass, Dance/Electropop, Progressive House, Indie Dance, Minimal/Deep Techno, and Trance followed (in this order).

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2 years

Ultra day 2 thoughts: ▫️This weather could not be more perfect ▫️ISOxo was a perfect fit for Worldwide ▫️HARDWELL my GOD ▫️Having come back this year, 7 years since I last went, I can really appreciate the detail Ultra puts into every aspect even more ▫️Subtronics is him

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2 years

The Sims 2 Nightlife expansion pack to dance/electronic club rat pipeline is real (and I’m living proof)

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you wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me

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2 years

Flying cross-country to attend Zedd’s ‘Clarity’ anniversary set on October 7 and getting to cover it (and its orchestral counterpart) for Billboard feels a lot like a dream ☁️ With gratitude and elation, here are my insights on this special weekend:

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How Does Zedd’s Debut ‘Clarity’ Hold Up 10 Years Later? A Pair Of Anniversary Shows Demonstrate...

Zedd played a pair of shows in San Francisco and Los Angeles over the weekend to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of his debut album, 'Clarity.'

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3 years

every outlet wanted to publish it... but no one knew it was me.... im not gonna put peoples name out there... BUT EVERY... fucking outlet... wanted this article.... this article is about to change music journalism forever.....

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3 years

Not Wordle, just festival set conflicts ⬜️⬜️🟥⬜️🟥 🟥⬜️🟥⬜️🟥 🟥⬜️⬜️🟥⬜️ ⬜️🟥🟥🟥⬜️

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2 years

Those who make fun of others for being a superfan of an artist have never made sense to me. The way I see it, connecting and identifying with another human being’s art to such a degree is a rare and distinctive phenomenon. It’s *so* special.

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3 years

CDC this, CDC that, but when am I gonna C Deez student loans get Cancelled lmao

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2 years

Why is Rolling Loud consistently the most dramatic music festival lol

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3 years

Someone has to say it: stop trying to make the “University of Rutgers” happen

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2 years

What they say about creative people needing time to do nothing and just *be* is so true. It seems like nothing stifles my sense of creativity/desire to create quite like a lack of free time. Anyone else?

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