Deadmau5: "burn all electronic music down, i don't care"

[sobi]

What I'm saying is I'll leave the older generation to appreciate Sneak. And yeah, I'm at least semi-familiar with all of those names, Keith. I haven't been around EDM for decades, but I've made an effort to brush up on the history. Maybe I'm just not down with Sneak's sound, or I don't appreciate him given the lack of context, but what I've seen of him mixing didn't really impress... I don't know what to tell you. While I don't agree with much of what comes out of Joel's mouth these days, he does have a point; Sneak doesn't seem to be very relevant in 2012 and I could easily see an artist in a position like he is railing against the current state of house (as so many DJs do) simply to gain more contemporary exposure. Simple incentives, really; Sneak "keeps it real" while generating free, easy publicity.

Say what you will about DJMag's top 100, but with deadmau5 at #5 and DJ Sneak not even making the cut - there's at least a bit of evidence to support my theory that about contemporary relevance and that Sneak could potentially gain from this kind of exposure. How many people reading those tweets do you think have a clue who DJ Sneak is (hint: Sneak has 25k twitter followers, Deadmau5 has 1.75 million)?

Nevermind the fact that Sneak's stance (at least as described by Zimmerman in the interview - feel free to let us know if he was making that up/taking it out of context) is anachronistic at best. Sure, we should appreciate house music's roots and we should endeavor to uphold the standard of excellence that's been passed down. However, clinging firmly to past ideas only serves to stagnate musical progress and innovation; and coming from someone you laud as a pioneer, it seems... odd, to say the least. It seems like he's either after publicity as I mentioned above, or is actually afraid of change making him irrelevant. Or mau5 made it up...?

I think you are misunderstanding my stance, so there isn't much more point in trying to get it across. I'll leave it at this... you say we should endeavor to uphold the standard of excellence that's been passed down, yet defend the guy who simplifies all of it down to button pushing and pushing play, and question the guy who calls him out for it. Irony.

[ST4R]

What Deadmau5 said is unfortunate but true. You really can't complain though. (or shouldn't)
EDM is going through a phase.

As a DJ who plays mostly EDM these days, I really don't care if it dies out either. Ill just move on to bigger and more creative things.
Sure maybe he is over payed, over simplifies his productions, and isn't a real DJ (He says so himself) but he is popular and marketable.
Furthermore, he never really sold out. His music and style has been consistent throughout his career. He can't help being famous.
Also, EDM becoming popular has led MANY other artists who aren't as popular to produce AMAZING songs.
People will eventually stray away from the mainstream in each individuals attempt to stand out in this world.
Newer and better things will come out, only to be eventually sucked into the mainstream.

Ive been DJing for years but I really don't care how mainstream it has gotten and how every 15 year old wants to be a DJ.
It levels the playing field, and it pushes me to be even more creative. If a kid can do what you do and takes your job, you only have yourself to blame for not trying to evolve and improve.

Its like sitting at home complaining that Lil wayne is killing hiphop, when you can do yourself and the world a favor by producing better tracks than him.


TL/DR: People complain and cry too much instead of empowering themselves to do greater things

[enorjy]

Video of the Mau5 on a mixer (look like DB4 with two X1) only got to the first 20 min to make sure it wasnt some bull and it is not



guess him not caring about anything kind of make sense now