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Originally posted by DJ_Lord What would you do if you found out Hunter S. Thompson was an asshole when he was alive? Would you stop reading his publications? That's moronic to me. See it's all relative, my friend. Einstein said it a long time ago, however, you still seem unable to process this thought in your mind.

Fair point. I know he was an asshole, albeit an intelligent asshole. Just because I like his work doesn't mean I would have liked him personally. I just think it's a stupid thing to say that most people don't like artists once they become too popular.
With Deadmau5, I like a couple of his tunes, but I don't like him. Simple.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles Yeah, that's the thing... To the "jealousy card" folks in this thread, success = fame + money. Apparently nothing else enters into the equation. Deadmau5 may be successful, but 50 Cent has him beat by miles.

Yeah, and those people are what I like to call "stupid".

As has been discussed before, success is relative, and while we'd all love to do better monetarily, thats not all there is to it.

My idea of successful is where Matthew Dear or Radio Slave is at. Fixtures in the music scene, running labels, DJing, producing, and the ability to be exploring side projects at the same time.

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Originally posted by ******** Seplling don't demonstrate intelligence and educatoin - knowing does.

the funny part about all of this is..

is that there is about 100 people who say they hate his productions/sets and dont stfu and pretty much everyone else (tens of thousands of people) who love his productions/sets and say nothing.

hilarious

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Originally posted by Kaity the funny part about all of this is.. is that there is about 100 people who say they hate his productions/sets and dont stfu and pretty much everyone else (tens of thousands of people) who love his productions/sets and say nothing. hilarious

Docile mutes.

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Originally posted by Kaity the funny part about all of this is.. is that there is about 100 people who say they hate his productions/sets and dont stfu and pretty much everyone else (tens of thousands of people) who love his productions/sets and say nothing. hilarious

It's what the internet is meant for.

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I am pretty sure that when i first signed up for aol in the 90's it was for goat porn, not deadmau5.

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To answer the original question pretty thoroughly, there's this:

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Originally posted by dj_alfi LOL aparently deadmau5 hates djs. quote: red hot canadian producer deadmau5 hits irish shores this weekend but local dj's better keep out of his way. the five times beatport award winner told clubmix in an explosive interview that he HATES dj's and think they're all fucking ****s. deadmau5 prenounced dead mouse said he will only perform live shows of his own music and think dj's should be extinct. he says it puts me to fucking sleep to be quite honest, i dont 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 id like them to disafuckingpear. joel continued, its so middle man,they're like fucking lawyers you need them,but they're fucking ****s. god bless them they're my number one customer right so im not gonna go diss 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 eles productions and fading between the two of them, i don't get it. Source

I don't even know anyone who would really be offended by this - the ignorance, greed, and shear level of ego present should really do nothing but serve to show just how clueless he is, and how the "drama" that surrounds him is 100% his own creation and no one else.

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Was that taken out of context or a joke of some sort? Poor poor attitude if it wasn't. Shame on this guy for completely bashing on his biggest fan base.

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Originally posted by DiegoParra32 Wasn't that taken out of context or a joke of some sort? Poor poor attitude if it wasn't. Shame on this guy for completely bashing on his biggest fan base.

To be honest, it makes no difference to me whether he was "just joshin'" or if that's really how he feels (I suspect the latter) - people who do and say these kinds of thoughtless things do it solely for the attention.

It's incredibly unfortunate when the spectacle completely overshadows anything remotely music related, and even more so when the "musician" himself is the only source.

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I don't get how people think he's an "asshole". I remember when he played at The Guvernment niteclub here in Toronto, I actually was up on stage next to him for a bit and told him to play The Longest Road remix. He got excited and told me he only had the dub version, and did play it later. In the interim he was laughing and having a good time, and having shots with people that he knew closely. Dj'ing wise, yes he played most of his stuff, BUT, he wouldn't just play his songs as is. He would do a lot of effects, looping etc. He was a very technically proactive DJ. Now this obviously does not translate to a better set, but I appreciated how he would do something extra with songs that people already knew.

Now maybe I'm biased since I live near Toronto, but I like a lot of his songs. I Remember, Move For Me, Longest Road Rmx, Not Exactly, Faxing Berlin are all good. But there's some songs which aren't good. I didn't like the Cafe Del Mar remix nor the Finished Symphony remix and Hi Friend is a little too much for me.

Overall I think he's good, but not amazing. I certainly don't hate him. I agree with ppl. who say that others just hate on him because he's big. Like look at how much hate Tiesto gets. It's mostly because it seems like the cool thing to do when the songs themselves aren't half bad.

Okay I just saw that article...that's pretty ridiculous for Deadmau5 to say for obvious reasons. It's not just about transitioning between songs, but creating a journey etc.

He plays alongside some big djs like James Zabiela and that's kinda ripping on him and others.

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Originally posted by RJT I don't even know anyone who would really be offended by this - the ignorance, greed, and shear level of ego present should really do nothing but serve to show just how clueless he is, and how the "drama" that surrounds him is 100% his own creation and no one else.

Can you blame him? He was "DJing" alongside Tommy Lee.

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Originally posted by ******** Seplling don't demonstrate intelligence and educatoin - knowing does.