Interesting post here by Fabio Stein, a DJ/Producer who has experienced a considerable amount of success as outlined in his farewell post. A lot of what he says sums up many of the feelings I have personally had of late.

Fabio Stein - Letter of Resignation

Thoughts?

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Holden says, "any dj over 30 needs to quit"...

I'm 29...

But I aint quitting...

How old is Oakenfold??

He makes generic techno and complains about generic music; what a hypocrit.

Ghandi said it best: "Be the change you want to see in the world."

He could try and make fresh and exciting material, rather than just continually bitch about how "there's nothing good out there."

I guess if you live inside your tiny little genre bubble, then yeah, it's going to be eventually bore you.

It seems like great artists are constantly trying to push themselves, and always improve upon what they have done before. If you just kind lay down and stop pushing yourself, then you'll get bored and the game will be over.

I never really understood why DJ's are so obsessed with having the most recent music. They rather play out so-so new material rather than great old material. Give any track enough time and it will become fresh again. Great music never goes out of style.

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Originally posted by dj_alfi change your avatar for fucks sake.

Shh...music older than six months should be played only on classics nights.

Oh well, he's definitely not the first person to get frustrated with the music industry and he certainly won't be the last. But I find this excuse to be very lame:

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I think today’s electronic dance music is just boring… as a whole, and with rare exceptions. Everything sounds like it’s trying too hard to be a genre, instead of expressing something special and unique. It’s all about esthetics, smoke and mirrors… but where’s the beef? From the underground to the mainstream, it sounds like dance music has stopped in time and entered an eternal loop, recycling the same old sounds over and over and over… you’re either part of the trend, or will get trampled by it. And I’m just sick of going against the grain.

Wah. I don't like what other people are doing so I'm going to quit doing what I like to do. That just doesn't make sense. Moreover, it just sums up the overarching problem with many dance DJs and producers - they take themselves and the music far too seriously for their own good. Do it for the love of what you're doing, or find a new hobby. Expecting the industry to be full of music that is "special and unique" as YOU view it is a very unrealistic viewpoint and will only lead to dissatisfaction.

Regardless, I'm not familiar with the guy, but I hope he finds happiness and success doing something else.

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Originally posted by cryophonik Do it for the love of what you're doing, or find a new hobby.

This.

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Originally posted by cryophonik Wah. I don't like what other people are doing so I'm going to quit doing what I like to do. That just doesn't make sense. Moreover, it just sums up the overarching problem with many dance DJs and producers - they take themselves and the music far too seriously for their own good. Do it for the love of what you're doing, or find a new hobby. Expecting the industry to be full of music that is "special and unique" as YOU view it is a very unrealistic viewpoint and will only lead to dissatisfaction. Regardless, I'm not familiar with the guy, but I hope he finds happiness and success doing something else.

Word! I don't agree with his rant about how electronic music is stuck in a perpetual rut and never tries anything new. I'm 30 and have been listening to the music for as long as he. I still find the music just as interesting as ever. Now and then it gets stale, but what doesn't. Maybe its just the sheer volume of music thats driving him crazy and making it harder to find the good stuff. This is true. Back in the olden days you could scroll down the new release page a chemical and check 20 records and be done with it. I think the glut makes the dj even more important today. No big deal though, good luck to the guy.

God, people are such bitches lol.

If you don't want to listen to EDM anymore then shut the fuck up and stop listening to it and quit pretending there's some higher reason behind your decision.

It hasn't gotten worse, it's not boring, it's just different and if you don't like it anymore then stop fucking listening! There are a lot of people out there making EDM and I guarantee you there's always going to be something new and fresh if you know where to look, but bitching because you're not happy with the beatport top 10 isn't going to get you anywhere.

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felt this way many times (though his accomplishments look larger than mine). just take a break, step back from the politics. I've always had a day job though, I don't really "feel his pain", we've all been working just as hard, but two fold.

Last point to make, where I think he might be "coming from" is something I've been saying for a while. There is, unfortunately, zero middle class in dance music. 99% of the money goes to 1%(arguably less) of the artists. The pie should allow a lot more people to do this full time and now get into depression, financial hardship, etc. I know the economists of this forum are you going to say, "well people won't try as hard" or "the reward won't be as great" but that's bullshit, this industry isn't based around dollars, it's based around talent. There are so so so so many talented people that should be able to write music for a living that can't and that sucks. That is awful for the scene if you think about it.

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Originally posted by Seandroid God, people are such bitches lol. If you don't want to listen to EDM anymore then shut the fuck up and stop listening to it and quit pretending there's some higher reason behind your decision. It hasn't gotten worse, it's not boring, it's just different and if you don't like it anymore then stop fucking listening! There are a lot of people out there making EDM and I guarantee you there's always going to be something new and fresh if you know where to look, but bitching because you're not happy with the beatport top 10 isn't going to get you anywhere. as;ldalsdkfj.

Whilst I don't personally fully agree with some of what Fabio Stein says, your response is typical of an 18 year old who is fresh into the scene...

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