Twitter DJ is the latest brainwave from Richie Hawtin, who's already spent much of his career pioneering new technologies as a DJ, producer and label owner, from the development of Midi enabled DJ mixers such as Allen & Heath's Xone92 & 3D mixers, to Final Scratch DJ technology. The Minus developed application utilizes feeds from an updated version of Traktor's standard broadcasting technology to send 30 second updates during Hawtin's set of what's currently playing to a designated Twitter account. Anyone following the Twitter group can obtain a unique insight into how a DJ builds the atmosphere and dynamics of a set, track by track, all in real time.

This concept is also a significant step towards helping smaller independent record companies and artists to gain further recognition and free promotion when their releases are played as digital files. However, the real potential comes to light when considering the benefits for performing rights societies: "By providing the necessary information to track what is really being played in clubs, the Twitter DJ application would not only drag the likes of GEMA, PRS and SOCAN kicking and screaming into the 21st century, but make sure the real artists get paid instead of performance payments simply being carved up between the Madonnas and U2s of the world."

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