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TIESTO - Latest Interview [Indepth Stuff]
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| burrrn |
Find Tiesto's latest interview here - done last Saturday in Taipei. I was one of the interviewers and I feel that we got some solid answers from him - indepth and personal. Real pleasure to chat with him, and he played a great set as well. Hope you enjoy the read. Leave feedback either here or on the site!
http://www.taiwannights.com/?op=int...page=view&id=24
PS I am the site's admin so no worries regarding copyright, cross links, etc ;)
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| Clovis86 |
| quote: | T: Not that much yet. I've been looking at Ableton Live, but so far I'm not that impressed yet, with the whole program.
B: Why?
T: Because it doesn't sound that good. Basically, so far...
B: So what do you do? Do you make something in Ableton live, listen to it, and you're not that impressed? Why?
T: The midi clock inside is really bad... so it's hard to make everything tight. So, the sound isn't that good. The mixing, too. It isn't that tight. You lose creativity in the mixing too because everything is perfectly stepped. Yeah... |
*Edited* to make it less abrasive :p
Great interview, some BS replies. |
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| sandstorm03 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Clovis86
AHAHHHAHHHAHHAHHHAHAHHAH.
:stongue: What a ing idiot. Ableton is tighter than you'll ever be on decks you dunce, and it looses creativity because you suck at mixing in the first place. |
Sasha with vinyl & CD = art
Sasha with ableton = who cares |
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| Danny Ocean |
| maybe Sasha who dosen't really do anything out of the world with the program, but if you can use Ableton to the max you can make your sets 100000x better than with just a CD and Vinyl. |
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| sandstorm03 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Danny Ocean
maybe Sasha who dosen't really do anything out of the world with the program, but if you can use Ableton to the max you can make your sets 100000x better than with just a CD and Vinyl. |
better? whats better? |
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| stevieboy32808 |
| quote: | R: Yeah, you're in such a prominent position, that everybody has something to say about you. And some people are, naturally, jealous. How do you deal with that jealousy?
T: Well, you need to be strong for yourself. You need to know exactly where you are. If people criticize me for the right reasons, then I appreciate that. And then, try to work on that.
R: Well, how do you judge what're the 'right reasons'?
T: Well, I know where I stand myself. But sometimes you just read stuff, and it's total bull. And then, you look at what kind of people write it. You know, somebody who's a dedicated fan of, say, Sasha. Of course he hates Tiesto! It's not his music, right. It's like me talking about, uh, Dolly Parton. (laughs) It doesn't make any sense. On the internet, you have to look at who writes it and for what reasons.
B: What're some critics or sites you really read up on? Can you give us any examples?
T: I try to read on some websites, like tranceaddict.com.
R: Yeah, I was reading that website today, actually. You're a very controversial figure on there.
T: Ahhh, good. It's good to be controversial. But most of the time, to be honest, if I'm on tranceaddict, I look at the reviews of the tracks. That's basically the only part I read there. And my own website because I think that the diehard Tiesto fans, they're writing on my website, as well. And the mixing, it was a big topic, I was checking out... what does this guy mean, 7 beats here. I wanna hear what he means. You know, maybe he's right, but that's just my style of mixing...
R: Take it or leave it.
T: Yeah, and if you listen to all my CDs, they have controversial mixes on there. Some people love it, some people hate it.One of the things I did get from the website was, a while ago, people were saying 'Oh, he is always so arrogant. He leaves right away from the gigs without signing autographs.' But most of the time, I can't do that because the security tells me, 'You have to go out'. They freak out if I go in front of the stage, they're like 'That's how riots start, people fighting'. But now I try to change that, do a few autographs on the side. So, that's an example that I try to do something about.... |
There's always two sides to a story!
Tiesto has actually been using Ableton since last year. Has anybody heard his Heineken Music Hall set from December '05? One of the tunes called "Roads" by Portishead was a mash up of three other tunes and unreleased as far as I know. BT himself has stated in his own website that Tiesto has started to rock out "live". One can only assume that he is trying out the technology, but due to the sound limitations by Ableton he really feels restricted by its poor audio quality in large scale events.
Excellent interview by the way. |
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| burrrn |
Lol so far (except for Stevie's post) it's been a discussion on Ableton - not on the article. Which is fine except that you don't give any support for your point of view at all. It's easy to yell 'it sucks' or 'it rules' but it'd be nice to read WHY - that would show as well that you know what you're talking about. Heard this discussion over and over - boring unless you come up with some solid points.
Also - did Tiesto use Ableton on ISOS5? Supposedly he did (I should have asked him). Why - if he didn't like using it?
And the mixing - that's a hot topic - is it as bad on ISOS5 as many say it is? See - THAT's stuff that interests me. |
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| Danny Ocean |
| quote: | Originally posted by sandstorm03
better? whats better? |
more creative, the ability to remix tracks right there and then, being able to manipulate them as much as you can, layering tracks over tracks creating something new. Improving the flow of the set, the transitions can be much smoother and blend perfectly. You can go nuts on effects that make a crazy track even crazier. |
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| isoterra |
| quote: | | And the mixing, it was a big topic, I was checking out... what does this guy mean, 7 beats here. I wanna hear what he means. |
hehe... step up mr rvk |
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| KeSs |
| quote: | Originally posted by burrrn
Find Tiesto's latest interview here - done last Saturday in Taipei. I was one of the interviewers and I feel that we got some solid answers from him - indepth and personal. Real pleasure to chat with him, and he played a great set as well. Hope you enjoy the read. Leave feedback either here or on the site!
http://www.taiwannights.com/?op=int...page=view&id=24
PS I am the site's admin so no worries regarding copyright, cross links, etc ;)
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I thought that it was a good interview. Good to hear that he is getting out of his "slump", and i def. think that you can tell (i have been hearing really good things). I also thought it was cool that trance addict was mentioned |
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| sandstorm03 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Danny Ocean
more creative, the ability to remix tracks right there and then, being able to manipulate them as much as you can, layering tracks over tracks creating something new. Improving the flow of the set, the transitions can be much smoother and blend perfectly. You can go nuts on effects that make a crazy track even crazier. |
If a DJ is gonna do that in the middle of a set I would rather the dj to just pre-program the whole set.
And I don't think it improves the flow of the set at all.
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& the interview is good, I liked it alot |
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| Danny Ocean |
| quote: | Originally posted by sandstorm03
If a DJ is gonna do that in the middle of a set I would rather the dj to just pre-program the whole set.
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the point is seeing the DJ do it live infront of your eyes, not listen to a prerecording. Don't be so lame dude, i don't know if you acctually get out of your computer to go watcch a DJ perform but ithink ive seen enough DJs use CDJs and Vinyl and i got the point. It's all about progressing now, being more innovating using new technology to mind you with the music even more. |
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