Marcus Barnes Interview (Freelance Writer)
Marcus Barnes is a freelance music journalist focused on electronic music. He spent a great deal of his formative writing years working for various UK tabloids, but has also spent nearly a decade as the techno editor of Mixmag in addition to writing for other electronic music outlets. But as he puts it in our interview, “I’ve never had any academic journalism training, never taken any courses or read many journalism books. I didn’t spend much time reading other journalist’s work, even when I got into writing about music, and I still can’t name very many music writers... The reason I mention this is because I don’t think it’s always necessary to be embedded in the world of journalism to get somewhere with your writing.”
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