How electronic producers find, brief, record and split rights with vocalists and topline writers to turn club tracks into real songs.
How Detroit invented techno: the Belleville Three, the drum machines, the second wave, and how the sound conquered Europe and shaped modern dance music.
How house music was born in Chicago's clubs of the early 1980s, the DJs and machines behind it, and why it still shapes dance music today.
A DJ's guide to the best melodic house tracks: what defines the genre, how to build a playlist that flows, and the artists worth following.
The late Avicii defined a euphoric, emotional sound millions still chase. Here is how to find that same melodic EDM feeling in modern music.
Nervous about your first DJ gig? A working DJ walks through prep, gear checks, reading the room, and recovering from mistakes so you nail it.
Falling Down with Felix Samuel is one of the most emotionally charged records in Maxim Schunk's catalogue. A DJ's look at the craft behind it.
A working DJ's guide to stage fright: why nerves happen, how to prepare, and the in-booth techniques that turn adrenaline into a better performance.
Learn how to produce house music that actually connects, from groove and melody to arrangement and mixdown, drawn from the techniques behind a 250M-stream catalogue.
Over 250 million Spotify streams and 2M+ monthly listeners: how DJ Maxim Schunk built one of Germany's deepest EDM catalogues, track by track.