In the last few hours there has been a media storm involving some of the most famous DJs on the scene, who reportedly asked their fans to support their tour managers, who are in crisis due to the current stop of events and club closures.
The media storm starts with a video shared by John Askew on his Instagram profile 2 days ago. The footage begins with a collection of instagram stories by DJs and producers such as Carl Cox, Dubfire and Joseph Capriati, who ask to support their tour managers by buying their mixes on Bandcamp and tagging an account named tntsofasessions – where TNT is the acronym for Tour Managers Not Touring.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_vAbbgFjJn/
In the following minutes the protagonist of the video – John Askew – comments harshly on what happened:
“Let me get this straight, the richest DJs in the world are asking their audience who are currently skint – many have lost their jobs, others are getting a reduced salary – to buy their tour managers’ mixes to support them? Why? Why don’t the richest DJs in the world cover their costs by sharing these mixes for free? Or why don’t they donate this money to charity? […]”.
Following to the video, Dave Clarke post on Facebook his vision of the facts:
https://www.facebook.com/DJDaveClarke/posts/3197792933578365
Soon arrive comments and answers that enrich the storm, among the most relevant those of Joseph Capriati and Seth Troxler.
(Comment by Joseph Capriati under Dave Clarke’s post)
From these first testimonies it seems to emerge that the whole thing has been organized to give support to tour managers in difficulty and that even if with little clarity everything has been organized with good purpose.
There are still a lot of questions that people ask themselves, among which, who will this money go to? Why are the Bandcamp mixes no longer present?
For the moment, we prefer not to express ourselves on the topic, simply reporting what happened. Pending further clarification, what do you think?
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