Not really my taste and nor is his music (he is French, and slightly older than me so grew up in the heyday of Euro-pop cheese which explains a lot) you can buy a great deal of that tat from CPC Farnell these days (alongside some reasonable equipment to be fair). Its not even that expensive!

This (and the less pleasant practice of co-workers those DJ’s are supposed to be able to trust leaking what is confidential information to the tabloid media) has only recently occured because some states of the USA are tolerating EDM events a lot more as the folk putting them on are willing to stump up the cash that the authorities ask for, and there isn’t really as much of a public sector in the USA as in Europe.

At present these more liberal areas of the USA is remain affluent enough to pay for these folk to come over from Europe at the same time that European nations are clamping down on large EDM events – and as DJ’s are used to foreign travel its not surprising many of the ones my age group try and get this sort of things, especially as most of them are smart enough to realise that this sort of “pop star lifestyle” won’t last forever. I notice a lot of the trance chaps just concentrate on the sound equipment at the venue..

last time someone in the USA tried anything of the sort (and he was from a computer company, not even the entertaintment industry) he was dragged out of his office by armed feds soon afterwards and accused of not just drugs offences but false accounting and all sorts! He managed to get off the charges but don’t forget there is a very strong puritan/conservative element in the USA with real power.

@General Lighting 484466 wrote:

… but don’t forget there is a very strong puritan/conservative element in the USA with real power.

Every 4th July I have a private celebration called “Thank God the Puritans have left”.

On topic; hey, being an artist is about creating art (performance/audio/visual/sculpture/architecture) and being rewarded for it. If big artists get big perks, fair play to them.

“You don’t ask, you don’t get.” Usually. If we all developed telepathy (or at least empathy) skills then it might not be such an issue.

@Izbeckistan 499919 wrote:

deadmause is hardcore straightedge and hates it when people associate EDM with drugs)

a lot of producers that “positive spin” but its like claiming that the USA, Britain and other rich European nations don’t send soldiers to fuck around in other peoples countries merely so they can get oil for cheap and make up this story that its “positive régime change”.

At least AVB says “I don’t do drugs but if people do its up to them”. if it wasn’t for drugs especially MDMA the EDM scene would not exist, even if not everyone takes them any more.

yep and the sound equipment is fairly standard too. Also as interesting as this all might be, if some toerag leaked any part of my confidential work details/staff record to a blog or the Press there’d be hell to pay and my employers would have no problem with giving a full statement to the feds at martlesham heath and having the culprit brought before the Courts. This is probably why the lad closed down his blog (though he’s already got the book deal anyway it seems)

I think its all well and good to expose things like excessive and inappropriate use of recorded/prepared content in a “live” performance, and bad/abusive practices by star talent (dead or alive) but outside of the public performance they should have the same privacy as any other worker.

the impression I get though is the economic depression is finally catching up with what remains of the “creative industries” – for instance although the production quality of new trance is better than ever they aren’t making the high budget videos what used to go with the tunes in the 2000s (as there aren’t many outlets to show them, MTV Europe has been highly downsized and shifted into Poland or somewhere like that instead of TVAM building)

Also the newer artists seem to have way less kit in their studios (OK there’s VSTs and computers, but I’d expected Ørjan Nilsen to have way more gear (maybe its the North European minimalist ethos).

Some are even using their laptops for making tunes “on the run” between gigs when I would have thought they’d prefer a full size studio – I only use a laptop at work or at home when I have to as I prefer full size keyboards/controllers and other kit..

Certainly even ID&T is reporting less punters at their events in NL than ever before, and the Dutch radio stations are moving away from underground dance genres back towards commercial dance and even piratenhits (Dutch language pop songs which are based on traditional Teutonic oompah music. I listen to them more for language practice than the musical content, though admit that I am starting to like it a bit :laugh_at:)

also there is way more pressure to produce new tracks quickly, I must get about 10 emails every week from juno and I’ve only got uplifting/progressive trance on there, then yet more soundcloud incomings and some of these are from the big trance labels as well as the new artists.

There’s definitely a much smaller commercial EDM scene in Britain, as nearly the whole East Coast is devoid of events compared to when I first moved here and that was only 2006…. and Holland’s scene is being (slightly) downsized, this is something you only unearth if you read the Dutch media news sites though.. of course EDM won’t disappear any more than music would as a whole but out of the current “household names” I think they are the last and after them people following them will be doing it as a hobby (though maybe covering expenses) and having another normal day job.

I’ve seen comments on the Grauniad music blog and other places by former producers from the 90s and they are all working as IT techies and other similar jobs now..

Dead mice and David Guieta {Can’t spell} are BFF’s with Paris Hilton according to th grape vine, thats why Miss hilton thinks she is a DJ. No matter how good you tunes are, hanging around with that trash bag must kill your respect from your listeners

Deadmau5 is sexyyyyy, but skrillex ooohhh it’s a tough choice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSeNSzJ2-Jw&feature=fvwrel

MY favoriteee

i saw deadmau5 before he was famous in 2007 or 8 and tbf he did a fucking banging set.

some of his tunes are fat just sadly he makes the same old shit over n over..

@p0ly 500175 wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i4ygKrEdVA

Thing is the the dude mainly only makes good remixes… and if deadmau5 is sexy maddy, then i’m a fucking god

Haha I was kidding so I guess that doesn’t make you a god after all 😉