A striking survey presented at this year’s International Music Summit in Ibiza indicated that 61% of emerging DJs believe social media numbers carry more weight than actual musical skill when it comes to career success.<\/p>\n
The data comes from a 15,000-person survey conducted by the Pete Tong DJ Academy, per Mixmag<\/em><\/a>. It illuminates growing concerns<\/a> of a music industry so saturated and insular that breaking through often depends less on artistry and more on whether or not you can strike fool’s gold with gimmicky viral moments.<\/p>\n 62% of respondents feel the music industry operates like a “closed club,” according to the report, leaving little room for those without established connections or marketing muscle. Many pointed to a growing reliance on metrics like follower counts and engagement rates as gatekeeping tools for bookings, label signings and playlist placements.<\/p>\n While 35% of respondents remain hopeful that persistence pays off, the numbers paint a picture of an ecosystem increasingly shaped by optics over originality, leading many artists to believe that long-term sustainability hinges more on algorithms as it does on their skills in the studio and behind the decks.<\/p>\n Elsewhere in the survey, over half reported experiencing burnout or anxiety. “Every post feels like a test,” one 24-year-old French DJ lamented. “If it flops, I feel like a failure.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A striking survey presented at this year’s International Music Summit in Ibiza indicated that 61% of emerging DJs believe social media numbers carry…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.urmodernmystic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.urmodernmystic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.urmodernmystic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.urmodernmystic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.urmodernmystic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.urmodernmystic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":241,"href":"http:\/\/www.urmodernmystic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions\/241"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.urmodernmystic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.urmodernmystic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.urmodernmystic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.urmodernmystic.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}