Like so many others, DJs everywhere have suddenly been left with no work and no income because of restrictions brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.
With some health officials and politicians now predicting that large public gatherings may not return until the fall of 2021—or at least until there’s both herd immunity and a vaccine—it’s unlikely that DJs will be getting back into the booth anytime soon.
But these dire circumstances haven’t stopped DJs from sharing music with the world. Except now, they’re just doing it online.
Over the past month, livestreamed sets have become so ubiquitous that leading electronic music platform Resident Advisor recently added a new hub called Streamland to its event listings.
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