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Today I listened to a recording of "DJ Tiësto @ Disneyland Paris". There is a point, when Tiësto is announced by this black guy. "He is the number one DJ of the world." "Great pleasure to me, to let you welcome..."
Later, this guy says: "Let the DJ know how you feel." This was the point I thought: "What the F? This sounds like 'Let the king feel the people's subjection'."
This DJ is just a DJ! He plays records just as everyone else can buy in every good record shop. He produces music like a lot of further producers. Man! What makes Tiësto so special?! Yes, his sets are really mindblowing. But I know at least one DJ who does it as well, if not even better. And I'm not speaking of the big ones. Tiësto even has no special skills on the turntables. Just mixing good tracks after another.

DJ Tiësto. This cow has been milked enough.
DVD: In Concert Vol. 1, OK.
DVD: In Concert Vol. 2, why?
Olympia, where is the connection to trance?
Paris, same as Olympia.
etc.

DJ Tiësto is not the No. 1 DJ. He is the No. 1 publicity platform. (my opinion)

This Tiësto hype is only the result of a great and massive marketing strategy. And I'm a little pi**ed off because they are using our trance music.

Perhaps you'll say, trance music is nearly dead in some countries. So, why don't support the "Tiësto Mission" to get it a little alive in the commercial public?
Well, we had this a few years ago. Too many cheap productions in the radio and on TV. Do you still want trance to be the mainstream?

Big lightshows and massive advertising are no reasons to be the No. 1.

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Originally posted by Ultraphase ...

Give this kid a gold sticker.

he is number 1 in an opinion poll.

In terms of Popularity it's EASY to see why he is so appealing. He has VERY appealing track selection and he can AT LEAST flow tracks into one another good enough for the untrained masses not to really hear any faults.

Last night his Disneyland in Paris show was absolutely AMAZING. Mixing was decent (for him) and the track selection was STELLAR! Definetly my favorite trance set of the year so far.

In terms of Popularity he should be #1 in terms of Skill & Class, he shouldn't...

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Originally posted by Dan1584 ...good enough for the untrained masses not to really hear any faults.

And this, people, is why Tiesto fans are absolutely retarded.

*insert massive yawn here*

Anything else to add, Captain Obvious?

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Originally posted by auranaut And this, people, is why Tiesto fans are absolutely retarded.

I dont look retarded.

i dont speak retarded.

so because i dont mind some average mixing and like the music im retarded. way to go.

Keep being objective! Does anyone know where this hype came from? How does the Tiësto marketing work? These things may be interesting. Not how eductated or what ever the Tiësto fans are.

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Tiesticles is just very well promoted, and the more money he gets from being well promoted the more of that money is pumped into him being promoted... it's a savage circle until he gets too old to give a shit and will just live off the benefits that black hole will bring him.

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Originally posted by Ultraphase Keep being objective! Does anyone know where this hype came from? How does the Tiësto marketing work? These things may be interesting. Not how eductated or what ever the Tiësto fans are.

basically one year he was lingering around the 30's then the next year he was number 1.

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Originally posted by JakeC basically one year he was lingering around the 30's then the next year he was number 1.

what did he do in that year?

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Originally posted by JakeC basically one year he was lingering around the 30's then the next year he was number 1.

That's the point. How come?

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i spoke to soon.

just took my old copies of djmag out and this is how he went.

2000 - 24
2001 - 6
2002 - 1
2003 - 1
2004 - 1



from 6 to 1 aint unlikely but from the 24 to six is. i beleive that is where he started selling himself.

*6-1 was where he was great but 2002 - 2004

Last edited by JakeC on Apr-17-2005 at 16:50