Holiday Issue 2021

LUXLIFE MAGAZINE | 13 Holiday 2021 things: a tastemaker or a taste-enabler. Today’s ease of playlist sharing and back-door analytics holds the answer to marketing success. But a skilled DJ can interpret a playlist using their own expertise and human experiences to know when to add a track the customer didn’t’ ask for. A collection of Spotify or Pandora Playlists is all today’s DJs need to tailor a custom mixtape. “Because today’s listeners are streaming so much, DJs can gain access to their usage data to track product success after the sale. It’s all much easier now.” It goes without saying that while there has been a clear need for some sort of digital or streaming system in this regard, COVID-19 has accelerated the process. The ability to provide contactless DJ services is critical, especially at such an affordable rate. Various protective measures are in place to ensure that music is not stolen from hardworking professionals who simply want to do their jobs by enclosing them with secure apps. The mixes are not distributed to the customer. Music is the soul of the entertainment industry and the team at Phantom Records™ have spent over twenty years exploring brave new ways of sharing this music with people of all ages. The owner believes that once that hurdle is overcome it is only the first step on a path to greatness. “In that respect, COVID is only the beginning because it did one thing we could never single handily do – get millions of people around the world to trust online businesses all at once. What we’ve got now is a race to suffienctly implement an innovative service. “This is a game I’ve won before, earning citation in Amazon.com’s patent document for innovation - so why wouldn’t this own initiative produce the same success when done in my backyard instead of in a country I’ve never been to?”. The odds are certainly in his favour. Company: Phantom Records LLC Contact: Michael Thomas Widener Website: www.phantomrecords.com Artist: www.djexperience.biz From U.S.: +1 (301) 847-9291 . From Britain: 011 (301) 847-9291 common law, specifically English common law. We know to look there when nothing in our case law deals with an issue.” Mike remembers visiting London his first time when he was 16 and relishes the opportunity to speak directly to those reading this here in the place that sparked his drive to innovate when he learned lucid dreaming on his way there and experienced a whole new “real world” beyond the new one he’d just made. These watershed moments for a teen set a stage. They tell you anything is still possible like when you were young. It relights the spark and re-starts the quest. In his own words: “London is magic. It’s the castles, the Greenwich diamond, midnight Shakespeare, the Hardrock Café off of Hyde Park underground station [back when the black leather jackets had embroidered logos– if you still have those, I still have mine. I bought three – great burgers too]. There are the video game arcades open all night, video gamers in fenced off quarters, plays, comic bookstores full of hardcore fans and all thing D&D. The hotel staff are so polite, and of course, Wimbledon. But I skipped some things when I wanted to explore. That’s how I found the Shakespeare midnight plays. Britain carries, within its history and through its alliances, a complex tapestry, and houses a Western nexus of influence we see woven within movies we love as Americans and stories we reveal as history junkies after the credits roll.” Mike says Western Europe is a nexus for the building blocks of modern art as well. “The way we express ourselves now is a marriage of art and science. Never has the College of Arts and Sciences been more relevant. Think about COVID. People are stuck at home and they are using technology like video conferencing to approximate human contact as best possible.” This is where Phantom Records™ finds a unique opportunity. “COVID has proven why Phantom™’s distinct delivery model is pandemic proof. One could call it “socially conscious” and it’s one reason we’ve had loyal customers through the years.” In an industry so complex that can be fickle about taste from year to year, like fashion, how does Phantom™ remain relevant? The team simply taps at the source – with permission, of course. Mike works with the “end user”, as he says. He has several credits in multiple disciplines of education all related to visual arts and technology which enable him to bring visual prototypes to life that are interactive and perfectly convey his ideas. It’s easy for a team to follow through. It’s also easy to test it before building it. Much like he did with Gamescape Interactive NZ Ltd., in New Zealand, Mike tests, and tests, and tests. He reports that he listens to his marquee mixes six weeks before he’s satisfied. That’s when he uploads it to a streaming service that legally and accurately dolls out the cash to all the right parties. That’s the “permission” piece of the puzzle. To Mike, you have to ask. You can’t take. A DJ, as a tastemaker, can be one of two