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| HaeD |
| that may seem like a stupid question to some, but I've always been wondering does the "Artist X pres. Artist Y - Song name " mean that artist Y is A.K.A as Artist X or that Artist X wanna promote Artist Y???? |
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| distant |
| Sometimes the former, sometimes the latter. |
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| Paradox Lost |
Yes, it's sometimes one or the other. An immediate example of the former is Elevation, who was promoted under Markus Schulz when he released Clear Blue.
As for the latter, here are a few of obvious examples:
Mike Foyle presents Statica- Space Guitar
Peter Martin presents Anthanasia- Perfect Wave
Niklas Harding presents Arcane- Ice Beach
Arksun- Arisen (Airbase presents Parc mix)
It's just a way for an artist to begin advancing a side project of their's that exists under a different alias, like a collaboration with another artist (as is the case with Arcane). |
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| Lokhèn |
| Some labels also demand to keep the rights for a certain alias of an artist, and this is a way to get around it. Like if I sign the rights to my name, "Lokhen" exclusivly to one label, I can release a track on another label as "Lokhen pres. Unicorns". |
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| 8Wonders |
| It all has to do with exclusivity of the artist name. When a label wants exclusive rights to your artist name, then you do a presents so people (fans) can recognize that its still you but with a different name. In other cases it's when an artist wants to take a different approach to his music, an 'alter ego' of sorts. |
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| humilis |
| Almost every trance artist used that presenting two or three years ago. I never got why. Why not just use the alias? Because of $$$? Artist X & Artist Y presents Collaboration Z. Looks so ing horrible. |
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| sleepydragon |
| quote: | Originally posted by humilis
Almost every trance artist used that presenting two or three years ago. I never got why. Why not just use the alias? Because of $$$? Artist X & Artist Y presents Collaboration Z. Looks so ing horrible. |
cause then no one will know who the alias is they are promoting there new alias |
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| The_G0dfather |
yeah, look at M.I.K.E. and all his aliases
maybe he should've used the pres. thingy |
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| richg101 |
| quote: | Originally posted by The_G0dfather
yeah, look at M.I.K.E. and all his aliases
maybe he should've used the pres. thingy |
it would have meant that every bonzai release during its prime time would have been:-
m.i.k.e pres. - '.............'
i was fun in the glory days to find out that mike was behind pretty much every good trance track. made it more fun researching for new material. |
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| josh rising |
| quote: | Originally posted by humilis
Almost every trance artist used that presenting two or three years ago. I never got why. Why not just use the alias? Because of $$$? Artist X & Artist Y presents Collaboration Z. Looks so ing horrible. |
+1.
i never understood it either. the people who do this clearly want recognition & attention, otherwise they'd just use the alias and be done with it. you're right, it's all about the $$$. |
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| humilis |
| quote: | Originally posted by richg101
i was fun in the glory days to find out that mike was behind pretty much every good trance track. made it more fun researching for new material. |
Yes. It's really cool to find out things. Researching and browsing Discogs is a part of this hobby :) |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| My favorite discovery was probably that Minilogue and Son Kite were the same two guys. |
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