About

Hi, I’m Neil

DJ since 15. The best part of 20 years in tech. Co-author of Done Beats Perfect. These days, Director of Marketing & Entertainment.

Neil Martin

The short version

Beats, business & life

Placeholder copy. I’ve been DJing since I was 15: school discos, then clubs, then decades of reading rooms. Along the way I spent the best part of 20 years in tech, and wrote the book Done Beats Perfect.

This site is where it all lives in one place: the records, the lessons I’ve picked up in business, and the bits of life in between. Food, fashion, fitness, and the odd story from the early days of the internet.

DJ since 1520 years in techCo-author, Done Beats Perfect

What I believe

Constantly empowering others

The real job of anyone who leads is to grow the people around them.

Placeholder copy. This has been my personal mission for years, long before any job title: helping leaders see that their real job isn’t doing the work, it’s building people who can. It runs through everything I write here, from a dancefloor to a boardroom.

In three lines

Done beats perfect. Ship it, learn, go again.

Read the room. The best record is the right record.

Leave room. The groove is in the gaps.

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Three things I write about

Beats

Records, playlists, Track by Track and Spin of the Week.

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Business

Lessons from 20 years in tech and beyond. Short reads, no fluff.

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Life

Food, fashion and fitness. Good plates, terrace classics and early starts.

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