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Richie Hawtin Presents Twitter DJ
Музыкальные зарубежные · 04.06.2012
Meet Twitter DJ - an internet application that allows you to broadcast information about tracks in DJ sets to your Twitter account. A joint creation of the Minus label and Traktor company, Twitter DJ expands horizons and helps promote young labels and producers.
Richie Hawtin became the author of the idea of integrating Twitter into the world of DJs. Now we all have the opportunity to see what happens in real time — observing the Twitter account. Today, almost every good idea manifests itself in other spheres, which has happened with the product Native Instruments Traktor Pro.
The main idea of Twitter DJ is to "broadcast" all tracks in a DJ set in real time. The application was developed by Bryan McDade from the Minus label and acts as a transmitter between Traktor and the Twitter messenger. Minus has long cooperated with Native Instruments to optimize the product for this task.
Having had a tremendous influence on the art of mixing, Traktor opens new horizons of interaction between DJs and the audience, indicating that it is not so important whether the musician is famous or not — he should be rightly appreciated for using his work.
The Twitter DJ program collects information from the updated version of Traktor every 60 seconds and sends it to the specified Twitter account. Thus, Richie Hawtin's followers have the chance to observe how he builds his DJ set track by track. Information about the track is freely available from any Twitter account and page. An important point is also the help and support for small labels and artists whose tracks are played in digital form.
However, the main advantage of Twitter DJ becomes evident when it comes to copyright. By providing the necessary information about the played track, Twitter DJ not only collects GEMA, PRS, SOCAN metrics but also shows that true artists pay for tracks. If sales at labels decline, it means it's time to improve in this area, thus ensuring financial stability for the labels. We hope that Twitter DJ will be a step forward in the development of such systems! The product works in beta version, and you can download it today.
Richie Hawtin became the author of the idea of integrating Twitter into the world of DJs. Now we all have the opportunity to see what happens in real time — observing the Twitter account. Today, almost every good idea manifests itself in other spheres, which has happened with the product Native Instruments Traktor Pro.
The main idea of Twitter DJ is to "broadcast" all tracks in a DJ set in real time. The application was developed by Bryan McDade from the Minus label and acts as a transmitter between Traktor and the Twitter messenger. Minus has long cooperated with Native Instruments to optimize the product for this task.
Having had a tremendous influence on the art of mixing, Traktor opens new horizons of interaction between DJs and the audience, indicating that it is not so important whether the musician is famous or not — he should be rightly appreciated for using his work.
The Twitter DJ program collects information from the updated version of Traktor every 60 seconds and sends it to the specified Twitter account. Thus, Richie Hawtin's followers have the chance to observe how he builds his DJ set track by track. Information about the track is freely available from any Twitter account and page. An important point is also the help and support for small labels and artists whose tracks are played in digital form.
However, the main advantage of Twitter DJ becomes evident when it comes to copyright. By providing the necessary information about the played track, Twitter DJ not only collects GEMA, PRS, SOCAN metrics but also shows that true artists pay for tracks. If sales at labels decline, it means it's time to improve in this area, thus ensuring financial stability for the labels. We hope that Twitter DJ will be a step forward in the development of such systems! The product works in beta version, and you can download it today.