The North American DJ Association, or NADJA, have announced plans to introduce new disciplinary rules into the world of professional DJing.
The little known organisation, located in Miami, have been pulling the strings behind the scenes within the EDM community in North America for the last ten years. Their main responsibilities include, regulating agents and ensuring DJs always get a fair percentage of agreed fees, ensuring DJ booths and stages are safe working environments and providing impartial and confidential advice to DJs about any DJing related issues they are having.
The watchdog organisation plans to introduce it’s new rules and regulations to ensure that fans enjoy the best possible show and atmosphere when attending EDM events. The commercial success of EDM over the last number of years has also cast many DJs into the public eye, it is hoped that the new guidelines will help to make these DJs into positive role models for the country’s youth.
Anna Bliss, a member of the NADJA board of directors, spoke of their plans, “We really just want to make sure that the EDM experience is as good as it can be for everyone involved, from the DJs to promoters to the fans. If we’re all playing by the same rules it’ll good for everybody,” she explained.
“We’re going to introduce a ban system, similar to that found in professional sport. So if a DJ breaks one of our rules they’ll be hit with a ban for a certain amount of gigs. For example if a DJ fails to turn up for a show, he or she will go in front of a disciplinary hearing where they could get up to a five gig ban. Or if they get into a fight, it could be up to a ten gig ban. EDM has become such a profitable market place recently and we want to ensure it stays that way by weening out the ‘bad boy’ element that is currently associated with it,” she continued.
“DJs who work in North America need to realise that we will be watching them and anything from excessive cursing on Twitter to showing up for a show drunk could land them in a lot of trouble,” warned Mrs. Bliss.
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