Pete Tong Interview on Dance Music in the US
Very interesting read indeed:
http://www.thedailyswarm.com/swarm/daily-swarm-interview-pete-tong-americas-dance-music-moment/
Pete Tong is Ryan Seacrest.
Ryan Seacrest is Dick Clark.
I thought that was a good read. I like hearing non-patronizing insights from mainstream media.
i cant tell if thats an insult or a compliment…
but I went to a Tong show here in Philly.. it was disappointing to see the venue not even half full. meanwhile DJ Bl3nd had a jam packed venue a week later. -_____________-
Reminds me of the Richie Hawtin show I saw last november here in DC.. Less than 300 people tops.. and Echo Stage emptied out half way through his set.. I was appalled 
The 20 something crowd seems to be all about getting high as hell on Ecstacy/Mesc and jumping around like retards no matter what tune it is
The newer generation has an obvious lack of respect for where EDM came from and where it is going. they care more about the present. That aside. Great read.
wait what?
i have serious respect for pete tong 
do you think before you type? What a terrible statement…
Pete Tong “there’s never going to be another Swedish House Mafia. I doubt there will be another Guetta”
I change my mind. He’s Barack Obama.
What does that sentence mean?
Does it mean “never” because they are so amazing? Or does it mean “never” because they won’t ever have genetic cloning?
He just bothers the shit out of me with his “glass is always half full BS”
IMO David Guetta started this hideous Top 40 EDM nightmare.
You mean the nightmare that brought EDM to more of a forefront here in the united states? Damn him for making what we love a little bit bigger.
Who do I blame for the hideous thing called scratching then?
The perfect summation of the dreadful term ‘EDM’ and how it’s viewed outside of the US IMHO - well at least in UK underground scenes:
‘It’s funny how the term EDM has metamorphosized more quickly than any term in dance music since I can remember, meaning one thing one year and something else the next. If somebody used it in an interview two years ago, it would have meant all of us – dance music in general, electronic music, call it what you want. Now it means something cheesy, very large, very Vegas, in your face – it defines a specific type of music, not all of us anymore. That’s very much due to what’s happened in America; in fact, for the rest of the world, [EDM] means the American sound.’
The same people who would never walk into a dance club because they hated house music, are now asking me to play house music.
Only problem is that “house music” to them is Swedish Mafia, Guetta, Afrojack, etc. I don’t play that crap. So to them, I am a horrible house DJ.
They don’t like house music. They like Top 40 EDM garbage because they hear it on the radio everyday. Thanks Pete Tong.
Scratching is a DJ technique not a Pop Culture Fad.
obviously the answer is a firm “No”…
do you have any thoughts? or you just type weak insults?
If you say so.. scratching a gimmicky annoying fad to me.
I really dont get the other post either.. that EDM means the american sound… you know what EDM means to me? What the g’damn acronym stands for… Electronic (Computers, Analog, Digital) Dance (Something that you do to catchy with a nice groove tune) Music (What they are creating with the electronics to dance to)
Doesnt seem all that difficult to me to understand.
And so because its in the top 40… its now garbage… I guess that means MOST of the world.. and MOST of the AUDIENCE YOU ARE SUPPOSE to be tailoring too likes Garbage. Have fun alienating yourself because you wont drop a Guetta track, that are whether you like it or not.. very well produced and blend different genres which allow more exposure.
Almost all professional DJs who have been doing this awhile, respect Guetta for what hes done to the sound, and the outlook of a DJ. I print you up in the “Im in the minority crowd” name tag for the future.
Do you have a logical response to his message. He said no, the person he quoted was doing the insulting.. how was he insulting…
What’s the point in having a negative attitude in life (other than trolling forums)?
I think what he meant about SHM and Guetta is that no one will have such a big impact on the US “EDM” scene now that they’ve opened the door and unleashed the flood.
Also what I took from this.
because it’s super fake to be super positive all the time.
How boring would a forum be if everyone just agreed all the time?
When I tell you I like something, it actually means something.
And like I’ve said before, I don’t just hate all TOP 40 EDM.
Zedd - Spectrum is fantastic for one example.