This time around deadmau5 took to Tumblr to express his thoughts on the current state of our beloved scene and industry. Deadmau5 prefaced this post by declaring that unlike much of his past comments, this is not a rant. Throughout this short but rather interesting perspective, deadmau5 categorizes the scene into three parts, the product, the art and the execution. While perhaps a tad bit over simplified, the points associated with each category are fairly poignant and applicable to what we see every day in EDM. Let us know what you think in the comment section below.
I think EDM, as it stands now, can easily be summed up into 3 parts… Product, art and execution. And its really just a mater of how all 3 are balanced.
some artists are all about the product… some are about the art… and some are about the execution… but more often than not, you’ll find the more successful artists finding their own balance between 2 or all 3.
Product being what the people want or what works in the hype state of EDM as it is whatever month we’re in… or whatevers making the rounds on the allmighty hitmaker guideline of the beatport top 10. the “sick drops yo” for all the kids. the brand, the huge selling 3 note wonder track that “SOUNDS PHAT LOUD YO” Art need not apply… im sure if all edm artists were so inclined, we’d all be able to shit out “HEY THIS KICK IS ALSO A BASSLINE” with one blip product until the cows come home, scare them off with some loud edgy shit, and then make more till they come back again. And im sure some do… and if they don’t theyll hire someone to do it. whatever.
of course you have the art, the “i dont give a fuck if it doesnt sell at all, this is what i want to do for fun / passion / props from the coolkid community / whatever.” …. and execution being that awkward process of making the product… and running around to dem massive EDM raves all the kids are talking about these days to showcase their product / art… so they can sustain their art and or further execution.
so… im sure like any other genre of popular music today… you can either do what you want, do what you must, or do what you can.
Source: Deadmau5
what to say, thats god dam right
http://www.soundcloud.com/bigcowie
Im good enough to make those “phat drops” but i create from my heart and im just not interessted in makin edm popular music. So i guess im a do what i want producer.
I’d say he is pretty right about this.
this coming from a guy that goes to get coffee in his ferrari 458… When you cant buy your own ferrari yet then you make music that sells and if “Sick drops yo!” is that will get you on the top 10 of beatport then thats what you do. Then when you can buy that ferrari thats when you bitch about the “popular” music and claim that everyone should be making “art” just like you. :rolleyes:
Deadmou5 sounds like an old man when he says kids
This is the least negative thing I’ve seen come out of the genius/asshole we call deadmau5. I agree with it.
I’d agree!
the most accurate info obv had to have come from the legend himself