The Holiday season has come upon us and there are many individuals who do not have the ability to attain what many of us take for granted. Things as simple and common as a warm coat or meal to eat. In our effort to spread the holiday cheer, Epic Entertainment presents GIFT our annual holiday food and coat drive. There will be a $15 reduced door admission with your donation of 3 non-perishable food items OR a winter coat. Your donations will benefit City Harvest & NY Cares coat drive. LETS SHOW NYC WE ARE TRULY ABOUT THE MUSIC, PEACE, LOVE, AND SHARING. It is now time for us to expel any negativity that has embodied our scene throughout the prior year. Your donations can and will make a difference!!! Peace, Love, and Happy Holidays from the whole Epic Entertainment Family! 2 Rooms of Holiday Fun Udachi Trouble & Bass, Party like us records- NYC www.soundcloud.com/udachi https://www.facebook.com/udachimusic Style- Bass Music Special Hard Dance Set Featuring The New Sound "Subground" DJ Delirium Masters Of Harcore, Corson Agency- New Jersey www.djdelirium.com www.facebook.com/djdelirium Style: Harddance/Hardstyle/Subground Alex English Girls & Boys, Webster Hall- NYC Style- Techno & Bass Music Pulsatorz Hard Dance Nation-NYC Style: Hardstyle DJ Dali Groove Therapy, Webster Hall- NJ Style: Multi Genre, electro, acid house, Drum-n-Bass Hard Bass Addicts Groove Therapy,Backyard Beatz, Kikwear- NJ/NY Style: Hardstyle DJ Wink-E Paradox Productions- NYC Style: Hardstyle DJ Jedi Epic Entertainment, Dubspot-NYC Style: Dubstep/Trap Metaphysical Skys the Limit Music, UMF, Hustler, Konkrete Jungle NYC/MIA DJ Ashra Epic Entertainment- Long Island Style: Drum-N-Bass Noomi Ra Digital Distortion-NYC Style- Progressive Tech Felix Bizarre Audiophiles-NYC Style: Hardstyle DJ Elevate Contrast-NJ DJ Vayne Epic Entertainment- NJ Style: Trance This is a limited capacity event, we will be featuring a smaller version of the "Epic Experience" ++Chromadepth 3D Visuals ++Custom visuals by dennis the menace of Coney Island Laser Shows ++CO2 Blasts ++Confetti Cannons ++Theatrical Dancers ++Inflatable Dance Decor ++Structural Holiday Fabric Installations ++Custom Graffiti Hats by Mastro of Fresher Letters: Instagram.comMastro ______________________________________________ Sexy Santa/Elf Contest!! Cash Prize!! ________________________________________________ Body Painting by: FIRSTESS www.facebook.com/Firstess _________________________________________________ MAIN INFO + ADVANCE TICKETS 18 to enter 21 to Drink. Must show valid photo ID at the door. (Valid ID includes anything that has your name, age, and picture) $15 with 3 non-perishable food items OR a winter coat $25 without Venue-Brooklyn Knitting Factory 361 Metropolitan Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11211 Directions The Knitting Factory is a 4 minute walk from the L/G Train (Lorimer-Metropolitan) and a 7 minute walk to L Train (Bedford Ave). http://bk.knittingfactory.com/ Photography By: RONNIE C. PHOTOGRAPHY www.facebook.com/ronniecphotography REPTAR PHOTOGRAPHY www.facebook.com/readysetroar EPIC GLOWRM PHOTOGRAPHY http://www.facebook.com/epicpix DEBLETTE NICKY https://www.facebook.com/pages/D3bst3p/139911179415365 ____________________________________________________ SAVE THE DATE- February 1st., 2014- DREAM. The "EPIC EXPERIENCE" https://www.facebook.com/events/465798806861650/ March 22nd, 2014-Circus "Mardi Gras Massive" July 3rd, 2014- We Are Explosive 3 October 31st, 2014- THRILLER Massive. 2.0 Halloween Night December 13th, 2014- Gift December 31st, 2014- The "EPIC EXPERIENCE" NewYearsEve http://www.cityharvest.org/ http://www.newyorkcares.org/

One of Sound Factories greatest themes was the SEX IN THE CITY Party.....we all know sex sells, but combine that with the fierce beats of Jonathan Peters and you have yourself a party that will leave your hot under the collar

Join us for this first ever SEX IN THE CITY party at STAGE 48,

Music by

JONATHAN PETERS

Special opening set by ED PULIDO

For tables contact - Jonpaulpezzo@icloud.com and put "Stage 48" in the title

Locks of Love presents Beauty Night Out: Embrace your inner princess by giving back! Join us for a night of beauty makeovers, hairstyles, champagne, baked by melissa cupcakes, raffle prizes and more!

Hosted by: BRAVO TV'S PRINCESSES:LI CHANEL OMARI & AMANDA BERTONCINI FEATURING CELEBRITY HAIR STYLIST, JULIUS MICHAEL & CELEBRITY MAKEUP ARTIST, CYDNE WATSON
SPECIAL DJ APPEARANCE BY: REILLY STITH 

$10 dollar coverage for entrance or donate your own hair!

VIP GIFT BAGS

Locks of Love, is a non profit organization for disadvantaged children suffering from long term medical hair loss from any diagnosis. They meet a unique need for children by using donated human hair to create the highest quality hair prosthetics.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR DONATING HAIR:
-It must be 10 inches clean and dry
- must be bundled in pony tail and/or braid
- bleached hair cannot be used
- hair that has been dyed and/or permed can be used

For more information: volunteer@locksoflove.com

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How much is that record in the window? Beatport announces plans to offer banner adverts for new releases to the highest bidder, with prices starting at $2,000.

Beatport has announced plans to auction new release banner positions to the highest bidder.
The Beatport Amplify initiative – first mooted at Amsterdam Dance Event and then officially confirmed by Beatport CEO Matt Adell during a Reddit AMA – has the potential to further skew the playing field in favour of labels with bigger budgets.
When questioned as to whether he believed Amplify “cheapens [Beatport's] position as a fair and impartial marketplace”, Adell replied:
“I hope not. We are experimenting with this because many partners have asked for a way to activate similar programs to what they do at other music stores. We will always mark these items as “sponsored” just like other digital services do. Also, only records we would carry any way can participate.
We spend a considerable amount of time and money blocking “people” who try to buy their way into the charts (which does not work), so our credibility is incredibly important to us. 

We are doing this out in the open, knowing that some folks may be concerned, but we decided transparency with the community is vital.”
Digital distribution company Sweet N Low reveals that labels will be able to choose from four banner positions: premium homepage placement (slide 4); preferred homepage placement (slide 9 or 10); genre homepage placement (slide 4); and genre featured new release (slide 9 or 10). The starting prices range from $2,000 for the less prominent options through to $4,000 for premium homepage placement.

“AT BEATPORT OVER 90% OF EVERYTHING WE SELL COMES FROM AN INDEPENDENT LABEL OR ARTIST.”

Considering the general state of record sales across the dance music spectrum, such prices – compounded by the eBay-style bidding system – will no doubt price out the majority of Beatport’s labels. In the same Reddit discussion Adell prided himself on the fact that “at Beatport over 90% of everything we sell comes from an independent label or artist. At mainstream services, the 3 major labels make up 85% of all buying or listening”. But surely even the starting prices touted in the marketing spiel are geared towards the 10% of major label content and the top 5% of their independent output?
It has long been accepted that banner placement leads to bigger sales. As a response to Beatport’s Becoming ‘One’: Anatomy of a #1 hit feature on the commercial success of Swedish House Mafia’s ‘One’, the Lost In Musik blog broke down the different variables determining a track’s sales back in 2011. Their findings suggested that promotion via a front page or genre page banner is critical: “In the Beatport article on One they mention that getting a banner is not nearly as important as promotion, and this is true – but only if your reliable social media network fan base is far greater than Beatport traffic. For the majority of artists and labels a banner is a BIG help… Beatport banners work, and in our case at least double sales.”
Perhaps the first significant announcement of the new SFX-owned regime, Amplify will see Beatport embrace a paid-for marketing model that further calls into question their debated position as a quality-curated music store.
While many will be concerned that cash – rather than quality – will decide what sells, others will argue that Amplify is merely making transparent the money-driven nature of music retailing.
Whether that will appease the majority of cash-strapped labels dependent on Beatport’s support remains to be seen.

good read thanks attack mag

This Wednesday,DJ Rap (Propa Talent) will be launching 'PROPA' her D&B monthly in Los Angeles right in the heart of Hollywood at the legendary Dim Mak Studios!

Wednesday November 13 2013. Lets do it 'PROPA' here in Los Angeles! 

Free giveaways all night from DJRAP & Propa Talent!

Sounds by:

✖ DJRAP

✖ 6BLOCC

✖ SCOOBA

✖ MC RIDDA

✖ J-TEK

◕$10 cover at the Door

◕ Presale - http://www.flavorus.com/event/Propa-Talent/198241

◕ 18+ TO PARTY 21+ TO DRINK

◕ 10.00 PM TILL 2:00 AM

◕ Dim Mak Studios, Hollywood, CA.

◕ MASSIVE LED LIGHTING + Funktion*One*Sound*System

◕ FULL BAR ( 21+)

◕ For Table Reservations call: (323 817 3456)

..:: Promoting ::..

Interested in promoting for the D&B scene? 

Get to meet great Djs, get paid to bring friends out?

Contact: DJRap at: teampropa@gmail.com

Stay connected: visit: www.djrap.com https://www.facebook.com/TheRealDJRap

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