There are some artists that won’t open up and actually say anything in interviews.
And then there’s Joel Zimmerman, aka Deadmau5.
In an interview with the Irish Daily Star, Deadmau5 had this to say about today’s DJs:
It puts me to fucking sleep, to be quite honest; I don’t really see the technical merit in playing two songs at the same speed together and it bores me to fucking tears.
And, hopefully, with all due respect to the DJ type that will fucking go the way of the dinosaur, I’d like them to dis-a-fucking-pear!
It’s so middle man. They’re like fucking lawyers!. You need them, but they’re fucking cunts!
God bless them, they’re my number one customer, right, so I’m not gonna go dis every fucking DJ.
But to say you become this massive, “up on a podium” performer by playing other peoples productions, at the same speed as someone else’s productions and fading between the two of them, I don’t get it…
Is that any way to talk about your number one customer?
Zimmerman may not be silver-tongued, but you know where he’s coming from.
via trainspottr
Oh my god is everybody seriously still hung up on this? He even retracted some of the statements about this. Way to go posting a Trainspottr article from two years ago.
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Way to go not reading the article or the comments before posting your mau5-boy thoughts!
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You don't have to be at it very long before you realize, the BEST DJ's – the one's who are actually earning their keep – are the ones who use the 'play an entertaining DJ set' as a platform to showcase beats they make themselves.
Whomever you folks are, you're going to come across this truth eventually so I may as well tell you now.
If you don't make your own beats, you aren't going to get much respect from any touring capacity venues.
Bring SOMEthing to the table (s). LITERALLY.
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Amen.
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Not all dj's play other people's music
deadmau5 aka joel make's every single sound you hear in his music by himself other then voicing
most dj's just fade mp3's to keep it continuous wrather then build an actual set to perform
some dj's, like deadmau5 dont play other people's music, get un clueless
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he has since took back most of the statement and rightfully so considering he admits to playing other artist's material in his sets and it was originally djs like Jeff Mills , Frankie Bones and Frankie Knuckles that would spin 6+hours live sets that created the scene and music that he makes his career possibly . if you haven't spun vinyl for more than 3 hours continuously or spent entire paychecks on imported records you do not know how much work being a dj and/or starting out as a dj used to be back in the day . those that started this and those that continue some of the scene's traditions deserve respect .
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His mau5head is full of dildos…. I heard.
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Ive seen hem live once, was THE most boring set i have every listened to. Same loops all over, same tracks, same shi
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Relax, it's just music.
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Relax, it's just music.
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Relax, it's just music.
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Relax, it's just music.
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Relax, it's just music.
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Relax, it's just music.
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skrillex is a real dj!
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matter of opinion
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agreed! get off it son
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SHOUT OUT TO WHAT I CALL VINTAGE DJS WHO STILL ACTUALLY USE THERE BRAINS AND HANDS AND FINGERS TO ROCK THE MUTHA FUCKIN HOUSE. SHOUT OUT TO THE VINTAGE DJ WHO STILL PUT ON GREAT SHOWS FOR THE PUBLIC TO ACTUALLY SEE WHAT IT REALLY TAKES. TO THE PRESS PLAY DJ, LEARN THE CRAFT THE RIGHT WAY CAUSE MOST OF YOU GET LAUGHED AT!!
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your a twat
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yeah!
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he is sooooo right though, its cool to play one track then another then another so.so.so, good example is david guetta shit house dj great producer, the fact that mau5 is using Live instead of CD or vinyl allows him to fuck around completely with his mix, and make something insane, BUT, fatboy still plays vinyl and he is off tap???
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It's very much the truth.
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fuck him!! why give importance to someone who moves with a mouse mask??
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I'm inclined to say that he's revealing a bit about himself on a number of levels here.
Is all the hate because he himself never learned how to really mix with just two turntables and a mixer? If that's all he sums it up DJing as, "playing other peoples productions, at the same speed as someone else’s productions and fading between the two of them" then that means he never figured it out himself, and never understood how to mix with just the basics, and what you can really do with just two turntables and a mixer with EQ (and NO effects or bells or whistles). Anyone who takes that stance is revealing that they completely missed the point, the party, and the boat, and don't have a real foundation in mixing's roots. He might have found success doing his niche thing, but in the grand scheme of things, what an unbecoming, immature, narrow, and especially *clueless* thing to say.
And to shit on your fans like that? Ouch. What a creep. Usually this kind of attitude goes hand in hand with somebody who doesn't deserve or respect their success in the first place.
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Either way, he said that shit…he can try and recant his statement but the photo at the top of the page features what looks to be not one but five different pieces of DJ gear. Why would he hate DJs so much yet have that many turntables? Atleast DJ's are known for music, not a Mickey Mouse hat.
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i disagree his music is alright but Benny Benassi still kicks his ass
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