Why DJ Shah changed his name to 'Roger Shah'?

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Posted by Kinezi on Jun-21-2009 07:38:

Why DJ Shah changed his name to 'Roger Shah'?

Does anyone of you know? Any insider news? Does he wanted to sound more Amsterdamish?

Posted by netroM on Jun-21-2009 07:56:

I think he realised having DJ in your artist name doesn't increase restecp.

Posted by RebeL9 on Jun-21-2009 08:54:

True. The same way tiesto dropped his "DJ" in his name.

Posted by adi_hanson on Jun-21-2009 09:01:

probably got sick of people instantly dropping there head to the side and cupping there left hand over the ear whilst rubbing thin air with the right hand everytime he told someone he was a DJ.

And plus DJ tags are so generic these days.

sorta like ,
Who are you?

DJ gizmo

Oh

(man starts cupping ear with head to the side whilst rubbing air spinning in circles)

Dj gizmo thinks he needs a proper name

And both party's leave the scene thinking each other is a dickhead.

Should start a campaign for people to come up with original names , and to drop that DJ tag!

Posted by Meat187 on Jun-21-2009 09:31:

quote:
Originally posted by RebeL9
True. The same way Bas dropped his "DJ" in his name.

Fixed.

Posted by Trance-M on Jun-21-2009 10:42:

He thinks everybody knows him so he doesn't need DJ in his name any more, perhaps?

Posted by Sykonee on Jun-21-2009 14:50:

It's because he are serious musician now, so having a no-serious name like 'DJ Shah' just won't do. 'Roger Shah' are most serious name.

Posted by Ian on Jun-21-2009 14:58:

Re: Why DJ Shah changed his name to 'Roger Shah'?

quote:
Originally posted by Kinezi
Does anyone of you know? Any insider news? Does he wanted to sound more Amsterdamish?

Perhaps why Armin Van Buuren became 'Armin' or why Prince became 'the artist formerly known as...'

In all reality perhaps he signed his name to a label. If that was the case then he wouldn't be able to use it elsewhere so would have to use another alias, but does it really matter?

Posted by Ian on Jun-21-2009 14:59:

quote:
Originally posted by Sykonee
It's because he are serious musician now, so having a no-serious name like 'DJ Shah' just won't do. 'Roger Shah' are most serious name.

this too.

Posted by woscar on Jun-21-2009 18:08:

LOL, "DJ Sprinkles" cracks me up

Posted by nefardec on Jun-21-2009 22:11:

quote:
Originally posted by woscar
LOL, "DJ Sprinkles" cracks me up

yeah but his music is awesome

Posted by Sushlpunk on Jun-21-2009 23:44:

i love roger shah, sucha great artist.

Posted by idoru on Jun-22-2009 00:00:

"Insider news"? Fuck off. Who cares, honestly? It's just a name. Hell, Ricardo Villalobos could go by "Leopold Leotard III" and he'd still be just as fucking fantastic.

Posted by Kinezi on Jun-22-2009 00:48:

Precise answeres.. thanks.. you guys are pro..

And yeah I love his music.. but gotta get used to his new name.

Posted by Domesticated on Jun-22-2009 00:59:

quote:
Originally posted by Kinezi
Precise answeres.. thanks.. you guys are pro..

And yeah I love his music.. but gotta get used to his new name.

It's not his new name, it's his old, real name.

Posted by Light The Fuse on Jun-22-2009 01:01:

sooo apparently he does these mad keybord solos in his 'live' sets....

with the keyboard switched off :/

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Jun-22-2009 01:09:

quote:
Originally posted by Kinezi
Precise answeres.. thanks.. you guys are pro..

And yeah I love his music.. but gotta get used to his new name.

What on earth is there to get used to? It's essentially the same name.

Posted by narcism on Jun-22-2009 03:12:

quote:
Originally posted by Light The Fuse
sooo apparently he does these mad keybord solos in his 'live' sets....

with the keyboard switched off :/

it was on
swear that was one of weirdest things i've ever seen, it just looked so ridiculous

Posted by Palladium on Jun-22-2009 03:18:

quote:
Originally posted by narcism
it was on
swear that was one of weirdest things i've ever seen, it just looked so ridiculous

but it wasn't plugged in

bluetooth

Posted by d-miurge on Jun-22-2009 04:02:

quote:
Originally posted by Palladium

He looks like a child discovering his Fisherprice brand new plastic keyboard. Rediculaase

Posted by narcism on Jun-22-2009 04:38:

its wireless

Posted by d-miurge on Jun-22-2009 05:10:

quote:
Originally posted by narcism
its wireless

Thanks for clarification. I'm not that into music production you know.

Posted by Ian on Jun-22-2009 07:38:

quote:
Originally posted by d-miurge
Thanks for clarification. I'm not that into music production you know.

Any new stuff, sir?

Posted by Ian on Jun-22-2009 08:21:

quote:
Originally posted by Kinezi
Precise answeres.. thanks.. you guys are pro..

And yeah I love his music.. but gotta get used to his new name.

so what about artists like m.i.k.e. and ferry who have 40odd aliases each?

Posted by d-miurge on Jun-22-2009 12:34:

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
Any new stuff, sir?

A remix of Funkagenda has been released recently (1 or 2 months ago), on GU. And 2 remixes will be released this summer (one on Toes in the Sand, my first label, and the other on Proton).
And I'm working hard on a new album too.

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