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Sony's Ministry of Sound label president Dipesh Parmar chats to Shadow Child and Nick Halkes

We've teamed up with electronic music mentors One For The Nerds for a new series of monthly live Q&A sessions. 

In this edition, Sony's Ministry of Sound label boss Dipesh Parmar chats to OFTN mentors Shadow Child and Nick Halkes about his career, the inner workings of an electronic music major label and how dance music A&R works. 

 

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