Question about producers and their aliases

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Posted by DOOMBOT on Jul-30-2005 01:11:

Question about producers and their aliases

I find a lot that people will say they like a producers music under a specific alias more then another. Is the alias used depending on the style or sound of production that they make? For example, people tend to like a lot of Ferry Corstens productions under his Moon Man alias, it seems. Why?

Posted by miamitranceman on Jul-30-2005 01:54:

Yeah, lots of time producers use different aliases to experiment with new sounds/styles ie: Gabriel & Dresden and Motorcycle.

Posted by Dj_Es-Dva on Jul-30-2005 10:56:

im probably wrong but ive always felt its to make them look better, that is on a tracklist you dont always know its them? for example looking back at tiestos magik albums alot of songs are his under collabs or alliases....then again look at marco V

Posted by Freak on Jul-30-2005 11:40:

Its also for legal reasons.
An artist may sign one alias' publishing or recording output to one company, so if he wants to put something else out, he just invents a new alias and there is no legal problem then

Posted by Trance Nutter on Jul-30-2005 12:16:

Also for collabs, such as the G&D example before.

G&D = G&D
G&D + Jes Briden = Motorcycle
G&D + Mavie Marcos = Andain

And yes, different names for different styles, and legal reasons as per Freak.

**edit
oops, Dave Dresden isn't part of Andain