DJTT Blog Post - Age of EDM Rockstar

[LanceBlaise]

They follow the dollar signs and stick with it only as long as they keep generating money

exactly... thats why as long as these jerks keep getting booked, and people keep paying a sh!t ton of cash to see them they will not go away.

[backtothefront]

V interesting stuff all, good to hear the views and it does seem the article is coming from a stateside perspective. I guess (well it has) this has all been debated many times before, but I just found it interesting that a specific article has been written.

I wondered specifically how the US based DJ's who've put the hours in over the years view this? I know from my experience of the UK Garage explosion in 1997 and it's 'second coming' in 2000/2001 with 2-step how suddenly everyone wanted to be a UKG DJ/MC along with the ubiquitous pop Garage releases (see Mrs Beckham et al!).

[guiltyblade]

This is similar to what "Rap" did to "Hip-Hop" in the 90's. Your genre(s) are being ransacked by the music industry adapting to generate BIG money.

I've been saying the same thing for about a year or two. So true, its also going to follow it where no one is really listening to it much anymore either.

[JesC]

Hold on a second, back the trolley up. Let me get this straight, you play techno?

i asked myself the same question

lol

i lol'ed too.