Recently Deadmau5 sat down with CTV News for an interview, preceding his headlining gig at VELD Music Festival early this August. While Deadmau5 has always been one to call it like he sees it, this time he takes a shot at the otherwise stagnation of mainstream dance music.
“I don’t think enough EDM artists are taking risks right now and that’s the big problem…Everyone wants to be safe, and do that thing you know is going to work. Someone, please take the wheel and turn it. Not to say I’m going to be that guy and I’m going to crusade on that journey of making turbo dub neo pro step but I would just like to encourage a bit of diversity and the way that I do that is the only way I know how, which is to make some downtempo thing… and just like flex engineering muscle on a piece or two.”
Deadmau5 also began to mention that “we can all make these one-note-wonder Avicii-sounding (songs)” but then paused to recant his prior statement to say the Swede “beat the crap out of (Robin Thicke‘s “Blurred Lines“)” on the UK singles chart.
See the entire interview here.
This is why I like to make music that I love, that means something to me, and when other people love it too, it’s just a bonus. I’m not going to be “that guy” that blatantly self promotes his shit in facebook comments, but I’m fairly confident in saying that most of my music comes from the heart and not from a preset. Every day I find others doing the same in the underground EDM scene, and it makes me smile 🙂
Hes so right
Deadmau5 is one of the few producers that inspires me, he’s absolutely right on this one. I can’t even listen to Tomorrowland any more. It’s no wonder Daft Punk thought EDM was one artist, it’s all the same fucking sounds.
He is right. Everybody wants to ride in the mainstream bus, but no one wants to come out of it.
were on it Dewald Tshuma.
Hes absolutely right, look at the Tomorrowland sets, all outdated and half prerecorded.
he absolutely right, just look at tomorrowland, EDC, Ultra music Festival, listen to hardwell, chukie, demitrivegas and like mike, and so on,, that I don’t want to name. all the tune and beat is the same like dub dub dub dub. what the hell. and all of them use prerecorded songs.
Lol you guys are so stupid right there, Ofcourse Deadmau5 is saying something that is true, but who cares? Why do you care, can you look at tommorowland? Nobody cares, everybody jumps, and that’s how we all love it, because theese same drops they make are fucking awesome.
I feel like that it’s not people taking risks, but more of people doing what they want. At the end of the day, you’re going to write music that you want. I think more people are doing this not because it’s popular, but because a lot of these guys enjoy it. I mean, the big room house tunes are the current trend, but who’s to say that the guy behind the song made that record because he loves big room house?
Another thing that gets me is when people say that, “no one is taking a risk”, and by that you mean what? What can you possibly do that doesn’t sound like shit? Yeah, you can do down tempo music Joel, but will that make them dance? If not, it’s not dance music. I’m not attacking anyone on this, but when people say “taking a risk”, I don’t understand what they mean. You can create the most left field, abstract song in dance music. But if it doesn’t make people dance or it sounds like shit then what’s the point. Everyone is a critic these days, and it seems like instead of focusing on how to improve your sound, everyone wants to try to improve someone else’s. Just my two cents.
I feel like that it’s not people taking risks, but more of people doing what they want. At the end of the day, you’re going to write music that you want. I think more people are doing this not because it’s popular, but because a lot of these guys enjoy it. I mean, the big room house tunes are the current trend, but who’s to say that the guy behind the song made that record because he loves big room house?
Another thing that gets me is when people say that, “no one is taking a risk”, and by that you mean what? What can you possibly do that doesn’t sound like shit? Yeah, you can do down tempo music Joel, but will that make them dance? If not, it’s not dance music. I’m not attacking anyone on this, but when people say “taking a risk”, I don’t understand what they mean. You can create the most left field, abstract song in dance music. But if it doesn’t make people dance or it sounds like shit then what’s the point. Everyone is a critic these days, and it seems like instead of focusing on how to improve your sound, everyone wants to try to improve someone else’s. Just my two cents.
Hahaha this guy knows whatsup. His music and his interviews display it every time I see it. Haters gon hate, even Socrates was put to death by other “philosophers” at the time…. not that I’m comparing anyone to Deadmau5. He’s in a league of his own.
Someone, please take the wheel and turn it.
Solution? MADEON.
Maybe you should take some time out of your days to find some undiscovered talented producers and listen to their stuff, rather than just bitching over twitter and blogs about it.
and HECK I am SO F.. SICK of those MASS raves, have you ever wondered WTF is going on poeple all facing in “One Direction” like they are watching some GURU, DAMM it’s about the f! music and not about WHO stands spinning this SHIT… it’s about putting on a good show and not making a fool out of yourself like Steve aoki. cant stand his guts hahaah. Deadmau5 GO, KILL EM ALL.
Heck yeah he is right! I SO want to work with him, NO rules to #music – K’SANDRA.
Some of you dicks are so precocious. Underground this and mainstream that. MR Mau5 cut his teeth on big drops etc. It’s right that the genre should evolve but there’s a time and a place for generic bangers. I think he makes a great point and the only way for a decent artist to progress is to develop and modify their sound but it’s not the end of the world that there are predictable big beat songs everywhere. Ask any drunk person. “God I LOVE this song, I’ve never heard it though”.
there is just no way to satisfy this guy.
I think this is funny coming from the epidemy of comfort zone producing…. but hes right.