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DANCE: PUT THE NEEDLE ON THE SOUND FILE.

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First there was a gradual shift away from vinyl to recordable CDs but now with laptops running specific software, DJs are rushing headlong into a digital revolution and it is changing their business and their roles

By Ben Osborne

After decades resisting new formats, dance music is currently leaping into the digital future. It is a transformation that is both rapid and far reaching; changing not only the dance music business, but the role of the DJ and the music itself.

The rise in digital distribution of dance music is partly a reaction to market trends affecting other parts of the music industry, not least that digital sales are growing - ...

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