tiesto has become a better dj over the years. he was a record player a few years ago, but he is starting to figure out how to play a proper set. besides the records, you need to program properly and mix properly. listen to sasha & digweed. if you start listening to their sets halfway, you'll be like wtf? listen to it from the beginning and you'll understand. avb is a record player at the moment. play something melodic/hard/filler and repeat. if i walk into an avb set halfway, i haven't missed anything. i'm not saying that is bad, but drop a hands in the air record and the crowd will respond in kind. i have not missed tiesto in toronto except when he played at the guvernment on a thursday. i'm happy that he is #1. hope to see you all on the 14th.

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Originally posted by Arcticboy Now, of course we all have different tastes, but who says only the top 10 are good DJ's??? For god sake, top 100 IN THE WORLD is pretty damn good, so be happy for your fav DJ if he\she made it.

damn right! preach on my brotha......

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Originally posted by kwongandy tiesto has become a better dj over the years. he was a record player a few years ago, but he is starting to figure out how to play a proper set. besides the records, you need to program properly and mix properly. listen to sasha & digweed. if you start listening to their sets halfway, you'll be like wtf? listen to it from the beginning and you'll understand. avb is a record player at the moment. play something melodic/hard/filler and repeat. if i walk into an avb set halfway, i haven't missed anything. i'm not saying that is bad, but drop a hands in the air record and the crowd will respond in kind. i have not missed tiesto in toronto except when he played at the guvernment on a thursday. i'm happy that he is #1. hope to see you all on the 14th.

Exactly... you cannot just tune into Tiesto's set half way through. It's a whole experience, a journey that not many DJs can take you on, and it's very unique.

By the way, when it comes to mixing, Tiesto was amazing in that for as long as I've known him. He even got to the finals of the Dj Mixing Championship a couple of years back (don't know who he lost to that year), plus the times I've seen him work the tables, god, that is some skill he has there...

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I don't think Tiesto should be number one. This ranking is such a joke!

What is number one, anyways? Sure, you could suggest that it has something to do with technical merit as a DJ, or production abilities, or whatever....but many of the DJs, even those way down on the list, are just as capable as Tiesto at doing these things. So what is the differentiating factor? Just people's personal preference.

This list should have been called "most well known" or "most popular" - but to say one DJ is objectively BETTER than all the others in the entire world - that's just ridiculous!

Better or Most Popular
there is no diffence when youre a dj
people perceive the dj;s whose sound they enjoy to be the best
Tiesto is the best dj in the eyes of the people that voted
So he is #1, rightfully so , as youll see in a few weeks when he blows the roof off Koolhaus!

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Originally posted by Skipper I don't think Tiesto should be number one. This ranking is such a joke! What is number one, anyways? Sure, you could suggest that it has something to do with technical merit as a DJ, or production abilities, or whatever....but many of the DJs, even those way down on the list, are just as capable as Tiesto at doing these things. So what is the differentiating factor? Just people's personal preference. This list should have been called "most well known" or "most popular" - but to say one DJ is objectively BETTER than all the others in the entire world - that's just ridiculous!

You may be right. But as DJ Smitty pointed out earlier...this is based on votes BY the people. Who cares about technical issues...its about HOW the people feel his set....how close they are to the DJ. I mean, you can be the greatest mixer...but if you play shitty tracks..whats the point? Poll ranking based on people's opinions are the most strongest...cuz after all, a DJ's job is to share his love for music to the rest of the world, which clearly Tiesto took by storm. When voting for this poll, i doubt there was a huge emphasis on considerng the different traits of a DJ. Like it was mentioned before many times in this thread, there is no voyage like with Tiesto when he is at his top.

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