Deadmau5 explains his attitude
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- Опубліковано 2 сер 2015
- Canadian electronic music artist Deadmau5 participated in a video Q&A (asq.me/?ask=deadmau5) with his Japanese fans.
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He was asked:
"You often criticise different kinds of artists. I believe that there are fans that respect your honesty and attitude, however, others believe your remarks are just a part of your performance. What are your thoughts on this?" - Розваги
So true. Finally a big artist with the balls to speak out
the mau5 is as real as it gets bro, no sugar coating shit, just straight thoughts from his head to his mouth. gotta love him man.
And yet he himself barely knows how to play the piano...
@@jamiebeattie9638 EXACTLY. TY!!!!!!
joel dont worry, things will change they always do........ you didnt get into this music thing because of what they do... you got into it because of what you do......
I respect artists the most when they are really personal and honest. When they speak their minds and don’t feel restricted by public imago. And Deadmau5 really has to be one of the most genuine artists I have ever seen. Mad respect. I might just like a couple songs of his (especially Strobe, further on Faxing Berlin (Piano), the Veldt, Channel 42, and a few more), but I gotta admit my appreciation of Joel’s honesty.
As someone who has studied production and engineering for 7 years, I absolutely agree with Joel. Always.
If you think he is talking gibberish in his strong opinions, you don't understand the depth and meaning of his comment. And I am not being ignorant.
I see way too many people disagree with Joel. People, who have no idea what he is actually talking about.
Deadmau5 is literally comparable to Daft Punk. They both did/do something huge in the industry. He is one of the biggest pioneers in electronic music, where as Martin Garrix, David Guetta etc. are total copies of each others in how they do things and way below Joels level in every way.
Martin Garrix is a genuinly nice guy so i won't say anything ill minded about him. BUT most of is shit nowdays isnt his own productions.. He teams up with, lets say Brooks and let Brooks do all the shit, then puts his name on the track for exposure.
Thats what EDM has gone to unfortunately...
CJ Mattias
Most people don't understand the deeper meaning in movies, series', books or games either.
What's shallow and just dumb fun still manages to sell just as well as work that is just as fun but also has a deep meaning.
It's pretty much the same thing in all fields of creative work. Something doesnt have to be artistically found, it simply needs to entertain the masses to be successful. Only those that have some understanding of the medium and it's artistic capabilites will understand the genius behind it - and sadly not many people have this understanding.
just been watching this documentary..ua-cam.com/video/CmtH3nIlELc/v-deo.html ..Nobodys talking about other fishermen or biologists etc. They just create and support each other. Who cares what someone else is doing on the other side of an island or the world. Do your thing. Create great stuff. Nobody cares about opinions. Be a creator, not a hater. 2020. Hoping for a better future
He calls out the _"EDM"_ industry for what it is and for that, I respect him. The industry is so lifeless and commercial. Very few artists have any personality or ever speak their mind. It's all prepackaged and business oriented. This is painfully reflected in much of the music too, which has become extremely homogeneous in sound even across genres.
@@urphakeandgey6308 except... it's not all prepackaged. You just have to dig a bit deeper to find the non-commercial stuff. For every Guetta track there are LITRRALLY thousands of top notch, unnoticed tracks. Just find a good label, support them.
He's right to call out the industry. _"EDM"_ has become so commercial and lifeless over the past decades. It's 90% promotion and branding, 10% actual music. The music itself has also become very homogenised in sound even across genres. Most genres use the same structure(s) and chord progressions, which has resulted in extremely predictable music to the point of insulting.
Which is why Deadmau5 hating dubstep is so jarring...some of it might be repetitive, but a lot of it still has soul, and its still not.....so commercialized.
Nah, just maybe the most commercial part (which isn't even close to representing all of EDM) and it's not even the fault of the musical genres and subgenres out there.
Porter predicted it in his commentary for Fellow Feeling D:
Too many people fail to realize that constructive criticism isn't a personal attack.
It's nice to know that this is his motive... it bugged me a little bit when he blatantly said dubstep is overproduced and bad
Chicken Derpy It is though, according to him and it makes sense. They compress the shit out of dubstep to make a big fucking bomb of mess and that is what the kids want. There is no dynamic range in volume. It has less to do with art and more to do with creating adrenaline.
CJ Mattias it’s destructive. Don’t we all love a little bit of destruction? They make a musical mess and that’s it
I don't think that's the only thing he disliked. Probably disliked how cheesy it became. Shit, modern _"Riddim"_ is even cheesier. Nothing but build-ups and "FM AIDS" drops.
@@CJMattias I don't understand. There are plenty of well versed audio engineers within the dubstep community and if a sought after sound is attained with a precise technique, who are you to say it's not valid as art? Creating that adrenaline IS art. I'm genuinely confused. Go listen to Halcyon releases and tell me those tracks aren't extremely dynamic. AND, even if they weren't, why does that make it bad? They are trying to stretch the limits and rules of electronic music.
@@RevenantIsHere modern dubstep isn’t destructive. It’s so sterile it could be used as a sleep aid at a retirement home.
I have to admit. I do like Joel :)
XD I'm an EDM artiest and it always makes me laugh when people say they think he is negative. He might be, but he IS telling the truth a lot of the time. It's just cause he is the only one doing it that it seems like hi negative. I wouldn't even be mad if he trolled me because I know who I am as an artiest and I like to be trolled. It's the fact that someone listened to me enough to find something to troll about. Like the martin Garix Troll thing. I thought it was the funnest thing ever and I would LOVE it if he did that to one of my songs. He made it funny. Wasn't like he said that he had no or something. People just have to find something to be mad about. XD now lets go hate Kanye West now. If anyone has a bad personality it's him and Beiber. I'm a fan of Deadmau5 and most of the people he trolls and his personality is perfectly fine to me. Makes my day when he trolls people hahah!
+Synthra Official Please shut the fuck up
reformnt was that necessary? It's just an opinion. Grow up.
You need to refrain from calling yourself an " edm artist ". Know where you're at
the wobbit I am an EDM artiest. I'm just not a well known one.
It's "artist", not "artiest"
Thanks for that microphone comment
I'm not a music producer but It just seems easier to slap something together using packages then to take time and think in detail to create a technical piece with You can hear perfectly in both stereo to mono. But I really love hearing the smooth details in music.
dont worry thats why AI will replace ppl like yourself.
Direct drive saving word's and time 4/4 ♾️♾️❤️🔥
Stuff like this is one of the reasons why I'm a fan.
i agree when he talks about the 'art', when he talks about how the 'puppy mill' works... but i don't see why someone would need to study audio engineering to be a great musician
It was just an example. An audio Engineer is obviously educated in his subject and he doesnt like these nobodies coming out of nowhere making average songs they only wrote to make money. He is saying he dislikes people who make music simply for fame or money. He just used it as an example.
Exactly what the comment above says. It requires no skill to layer audio samples and send the song to a mastering engineer. This is what for example Martin Garrix did. Even Martin made a video about how easily he made "Animals" with audio samples and sent the track to an engineer.
Engineering your own sounds like deadmau5 deserves way more respect. Anyone can put premastered pre-created sound samples next to each other. Rarely do mainstream artists create their own percussion or even synth sounds like deadmau5.
Wait when did Martin say he made "Animals" with a bunch of audio samples and sent it to an engineer. This isn't mentioned in the video about it with Future Music.
If you know much about Joel, you know he collects some very unique and vintage audio equipment. A big part of the reason is because there are audio effects that you simply cannot achieve without said equipment, surprisingly. This equipment is analog, and unless you know how to use it to your advantage, you straight up can't make some kinds of sounds with newer and/or digital equipment. Joel has the knowledge to get the sounds that he wants and has the money to get the equipment to do it, as opposed to just screwing around in Fruity Loops until you get something that sounds "good enough" or doing the music equivalent of hiring a ghost writer.
@@CJMattias That's a bit reductive to claim that it requires no skill to layer audio samples. It takes no skill to absent-mindedly smash your fist onto a keyboard and make a cacophony of noise. It absolutely takes skill to compose something that sounds good, regardless of whether a mastering engineer polishes it in the end. Even someone like Martin Garrix who isn't on the same level as Deadmau5 has skill. Composing a competent song, even utilizing samples, and then mixing them and making it sound good enough to get to mastering absolutely requires skill. Mastering is but one step in the whole process. The mastering engineer can't take a jumbled mess of nonsensical noise and bad notes and make it sound good. They can only polish something. Most performing artists of every genre send their tracks to a mastering engineer. Only the elite few will record, mix, AND master their own stuff. The majority send their stuff to both mixing and mastering engineers. To claim someone has no skill because they pay someone to master their tracks is both elitist and moronic.
at least he has the balls to say it
VALID CONCEPT. Verbatim this, via Joel... this is 1 of several reasons I hate most media crap today- MEDIA, not JUST music. This is why I have much more appreciation for the 80s & 90s era too, where most things were authentic!
If we had MUCH more ppl like Joel, the world would be similar to... the 80s & 90s- or in other words, like they should be. Hands down.
Yes, most media has become completely derivative. Much like how so many movies and video games are either remakes, remasters, or reimaginings. Rather than creating brand new IPs and taking a risk, all mainstream media is taking the safe route to guarantee satisfactory return on investment for investors.
@@Tamarocker88 simply put: U GRASP THE PT. (of course ur IQ is db-digit tho I doubt it....!!)
@@shaymary5247 Who pissed in your cheerios, bro? You must be having a rough day if you have to use someone's brainfart as a diving board for an insult.
@@Tamarocker88 is shay Mary not a feminine enough name?! U know what??? Grow a 3digit IQ & mature, PLZ. what are u, fuqqing 4?!?! GD!!! 😅🤣🤣🤣😂
What did he do?
Why is joel in a dark room lol
Because Shun the light xD
You’d be a lot happier if your let that shit go though 🤷♂️ who cares, just enjoy your music, enjoy your life !
I mean but in that same sense, electronic music is this man's entire life, and it pretty much always has been. When you're that passionate about something, no matter what it is, it's hard to let shit like that go, especially with all the shit people throw at him.
I get it but at the same time i think he takes it too personal sometimes. The market is geared towards singles and its easier to create a good single than it is to craft your own unique sonic style. I think that's what he's getting at by saying it's disposable... the music is TECHNICALLY good because its in key and is coherent or whatever but whats most important is putting your own individual touch instead of just copying and pasting trends. Being original is the only way to maintain longevity and if a person can do that without much technical training then that's cool and they're still progressing the culture. That's punk af and Joel should know that punk comes with good and bad seeing he likes to rock misfit shirts haha. The more assesible things become the more generic/disposable it becomes but at the same time it provides people who would never have access to anything as powerful to genuinely express themselves and create a breath of fresh air by doing so.
7 years later and he was so right
electronic music became a trend again by him and people like him in early 2012 as a new form of art and the minute they started calling it edm and by them I mean lame fake party minded people they just ruined it little by little to the point they finished what they started in 2017-2018
such a cool act by young youth who did everything themselves and made lots of money just ended in that embarrassing state
they ruined it so much others even don't wanna know about these real people cause they consider all of them EDM
he had every right to be mad at them ,now his hate is obvious for people like me but he was seeing all these then as a person who kinda started it
I would say this is very analogous to the boxing with the paul brother headlining an event. unfortunately knowledge helps sell ticket but it does not have to be there, hype does more of the job for selling ticket then perfecting a skill. some with rap , good rappers almost gone now there is mumble rap. I suspect that it has to do with the accessibility of things. the audience cannot appreciate skill if they dont know it, alot of people dip their toes but never swim, because swimming take alot more time and you can only post once on social media that you know how to swim before people start calling you out for showing off. and after all you have to swim to appreciate the speed of Michael Phelps if not it the high school champ will look the same.
If people like the music you are making then the music isn’t bad.
That makes no sense
the reason why most producers nowadays have no audio engineering education or whatever is because most of them are self taught and trust it sounds better that way!
yeah thats why every mainstream producer sounds pretty much the same and follow the same formula of edm that has been going on for like 5 years now...
One is having a great song in your head, the other thing is making it sound dull due to a lack of audio engineering education and overall laziness
Mr Source that’s right. And of course most of us are flat broke trying to contribute to the art form with what we have . Some of us can’t get behind kissing anyone’s ass who doesn’t get that. And so we put it out there and let the people listening decide. That’s the right way to do it.🎶✌🏻👽Christo
Almost every artist paint their house with pre-made paint and order stickers from big companies to put on their car,
where as Deadmau5 produces his own colours and prints his own strickers.
You do realize that Deadmau5 is self-taught too, right?
I understand him because im like him xD
He said this in 2015 💀
the truth hurts
U cant blame the industry. They make what audience wants. Audience wants shallow content and they deliver.
I totally understand his sense of humor, but i also know that loooots of people think he always talks trash... don't take everything to serious, sometimes people need to talk trash, me too :)
nah its a personality flaw that falls under internal insecurity.
Ah yes, the eternal struggle of an artist living in this big wide factory of a world. We walk the fine line between success and sellout, accessibility and gatekeeping, wanting to share and wanting to guard jealously. I completely understand him. Always have. Is it black and white? Absolutely not. But it’s to be expected for a master in their field to have strong opinions about such things. All the greats do. That grey area we live in is life itself.
“ooo i guess i’m a big pile of doo doo who is transphobic and i don’t know how to write music!” id say that’s very honest dead mouse i’m proud of you for speaking out 😊
Hmm, like Rezz? Knows nothing about music theory, quickly moved to the high ranks of the industry? Hmm.
Hmm… ironic. What background does Joel have? Did he learn a few instruments, play with bands, study music theory? Havent found anything suggesting he has any deeper knowledge or experience in music. Like most other so called "music producers" he opened up a DAW and just got straight into it. Hey I learned how to compress the shit out of a bad synth riff! Now Im a great producer! Really!?
He does have a lot of sound engineering experience
Have you never seen him make music on his analog setups?
@@youristevens379 yeah I have seen him
you can listen to him speak and tell that his knowledge spans way beyond just opening up a daw and getting at it
In what way?
I agree, but you still don’t have to be such an asshole. You always take it way too far.
literally gatekeeping objectively
nope
i like deadmau5 but damn.. his shit is simplistic as fuck.. where does he get off
Simplistic? If you listen to his tracks, the sonic quality is way better than a lot of EDM artists. His stuff can seem minimal, but the quality of mixing, mastering, and sound design that goes into it is no walk in the park.
Consider this: If it was so simple, everyone would copy Joel's work and be as great a producer...is that the case?
SImplistic is really not true... did you listen to his tracks? Some have really nice and unusual chrod progression, and like AY Official said; the enigneering is superb.
its not easy to make a "simple" song
He just thinks he is right because he never worked with a team.
He does work with a team for all the software and hardware he gets built for his live shows
he... does work with a team... hes also done many collaborations if that counts.
why is he world famous and filming on a potato lmao
bad internet connection
He's sooooo salty wtf
salty… you made my day