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| buchnaner |
i'm bored and daydreaming at work, so i pose this question to you:
would you rather...
a). be the #1 DJ in the world and play to packed clubs , but be considered a sell-out by half the EDM community for getting so big, a la Tiesto
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b). be the #1 producer in the world and be revered by the EDM community, but be cooped up in your studio creating one kickass track after another
:conf: hmmmmmmmmm? |
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| Floorfiller |
| i'd probably take 2 to be honest. yeah it must be cool to be tiesto, but i'd much rather be a well respected musical genius making the best music ever heard :p |
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| Zombie0729 |
| i mean, sasha & ferry are really the only ones tipping both scales here. But your right, there are serious extremes in this business... i don't see why someone would want one more than another |
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| sheffy |
Obviously both would be great. But if I had to choose and could snap my fingers and make it happen tomorrow, I'd probably pick #1.
If a DJ is spinning music he loves and happens to become mainstream with a huge following, how exactly has he failed? You're never going to please everybody, so if an elitist portion of the EDM community considers you a sellout because you are the most popular DJ and make the most money, why exactly should you care? If I am doing what I love, playing music that moves me emotionally and I'm making thousands of people happy every time I play a gig, screw the nay-sayers.
I could make an argument for choosing #2 instead, but the way the question was worded made #1 have the most negativity to it, so I decided to play Devil's advocate. :p I would love to produce trance tracks, honestly, but I'm just not that creative of a person. |
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| verndogs |
| probably #2 because it would be satisfying to hear top DJs overplay your tracks nonstop |
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| lex400sc |
| i'd rather be revered for something i am than something i'm not |
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| dj_bas |
| gotta go with #2 on this one...no one likes to be a sell out :( |
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| buchnaner |
| quote: | Originally posted by sheffy
I could make an argument for choosing #2 instead, but the way the question was worded made #1 have the most negativity to it, so I decided to play Devil's advocate. :p I would love to produce trance tracks, honestly, but I'm just not that creative of a person. |
i guess i didn't stress the negative part about choice b), that being you're cooped up in your studio, a hermit not interacting with the people you're making the music for |
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| sheffy |
| Who says a producer can't also go to clubs and hang out with the DJs playing his music? ;) Unless you seriously meant someone who never leaves the house... Yeah, I'd rather have a social life and go to clubs - or rather, be the DJ spinning the music while living the clubbing experience. ;) |
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| Clovis86 |
| Play the music I want, present it in my own way...and get noticed? |
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| buchnaner |
| quote: | Originally posted by sheffy
Who says a producer can't also go to clubs and hang out with the DJs playing his music? ;) Unless you seriously meant someone who never leaves the house... Yeah, I'd rather have a social life and go to clubs - or rather, be the DJ spinning the music while living the clubbing experience. ;) |
true. i guess i generalize a producer more as someone who does their work around themself or a couple people, whereas a DJ does their work in a social setting--the club or arena |
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| Junior Chavez |
| #2, cuz i would come with a lot of gigs. i used to love tiesto so much, now eh... |
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