That was a great interview. What a great post...

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"Let the Music Take Control" - Platipus

Q: Agree. What is interesting is that you mention some DJs I know, like Sasha and Warren, but then you mention Woody, whom I have not heard of, yet thanks to the Internet, I can go out and listen to them off the Web, and if I like it, I could go out and buy the album. How do you feel about peer-to-peer file sharing technologies like Napster, not only as a DJ but also as a producer?

Obviously, in terms of something that you can get information or sample with, it is definitely good. But if you are downloading it, recording it and making copies and copies and copies, it is basically stealing. You know, I did spend all that time in the studio, there are expenses there. Everything else, I pay everything so the studio is running, I travel quite a bit and use my own time to promote the album, and in a way, if you only download it, it is like I did all that for nothing.

At the end of the day, I do have to live off something as well. If you take someone like Madonna, you may cut down 30 or 40 thousand of her album sales since she sells millions, but 50 thousand of my album is half of my sales... and most of the electronic artists like myself, we certainly suffer financially from this, and at some point, there is not even enough money coming in... what would the fans want, us to focus on DJing and producing or having 2 jobs? At the end of the day, the only ones who have time to make music are the very commercial ones who make pop music and others will not be able to live off it.

Q: When you say suffer financially, I see where you are coming from. But thanks to Napster, I have found out about Oakenfold, Warren, Digweed, Sasha, Seaman, Cox, Graham (with whom we have an exclusive interview coming up shortly by the way), Tiësto, and yourself. I appreciate your honesty though because sales do get impacted, but exposure increases. Napster helped me choose which albums to buy, but it was still thanks to it that I am your fan -- you don't agree?

The thing is that I do not mind if you use it to check it out, and have the possibility to listen to an album. I was talking to someone about this, and if you listen to Out There and Back for example, and you have 12 tracks, you have the potential to download single songs, you download the obvious songs... but you miss out on the best parts. My favorite part of someone like Prince is the parts you discover after 4 years. And I would never hear that if all I do is download the popular tunes.

The interviewer finally brought up the subject of drugs and how they coincide with "the scene" to some people...Van Dyk said it himself-those who go to get wasted are probably not going for the music...Van Dyk..the man with all the right answers..

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"I don’t want to lead people, I want to tempt them, to create a new world for them, just for that very small moment when they are losing themselves in my music. I want to inspire them.”-Paul van Dyk

Thanks fellow, the interview roxxxxx!

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Love the music, not the drugs, stay tuned in!
wanted tunes:
Paul Lancaster - Bad girl (Fretwell dub)
Scarcubem - Linien
Roger van Lunteren - Rainy autumn sunrise

...experienced the Sasha Magic...
Album of the moment: Aural imbalance - Different perspective

Nice interview, and the guy is so correct that he didnt assist a gig cause his wife was in the hospital, perfect example .. about the music downloads, huumm he has a point, at the time confusing .

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Upcoming:

Michael Andrews Feat. Gary Jules - Mad World (Grayed Out Mix)

Thanks for the link...good interview. I can't believe that he arrives just in time for his set and leaves right after. How can he go to all these great places around the world and not Party!!!

He has a good point though...if he parties all night he won't have energy to travel & spin the next night.

Quality interview...

very nice thanx m8

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