Here is why I DIS-respect Deadmau5

|>R()|)!G/-\|_ said:
It's not a Deadmau5 song. It's a remix. Every "Deadmau5" tune people have linked to in efforts to defend him has been a collaboration of some sort, i.e. Kaskade + DeadMau5, that remix. I'm yet to see anyone suggest a track that he produced and recorded solo which shows he has anything more than the ability to make mediocre electronic music. The recent stuff could even be classified as a bit pop.
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What about this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9ATrc6MbUg
 
foxyloxy55 said:
Why are deadmau5 fans always shocked that you don't like his music? That or personally offended?
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Lol i'm not shocked, people were saying 4-5 years ago that all his songs sounded the same. The truth is I like him but he is just meh for me. I really liked his older progressive house stuff but his new stuff I'm not sure about. I am kind of a guido so club bangers have a special place in my heart and a lot of his stuff registers to me as club bangers, so that's why I like "some" of his stuff. But even the club bangers, I don't listen all the way through b/c it gets too boring. If you want an example of someone that DESTROYS Deadmau5 and knows how to keep the crowd going, heeeeeeeere ya go!!!

http://soundcloud.com/barbaras-treisand/boys-noize-i-love-techno-2010
 
foxyloxy55 said:
Hahaha... if I have to roll to enjoy it, then it isn't good. I listen to a variety of electronic and I love it SOBER. I have seen so many talented artists over the years, a Deadmau5 show wouldn't really do much for me.
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+1 to that...I don't understand all the rave (pun intended =D) about deadmau...sounds just like another house DJ. I've been to one show and am in no rush to return really. When it comes to live performances there are plenty of other artists I'd rather go rave to.

But, to each his own I guess.
 
DoorsofPerception said:
+1 to that...I don't understand all the rave (pun intended =D) about deadmau...sounds just like another house DJ. I've been to one show and am in no rush to return really. When it comes to live performances there are plenty of other artists I'd rather go rave to.

But, to each his own I guess.
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People like Deadmau5 b/c he plays dirty club banger music, and that's really it. Same with Afrojack, guido kids love their club bangers! Same type of people that were raging out a few years ago back when G Unit was big, are now raging out to Deadmau5.
 
I'd say most people that like deadmau5 like him because they are new to the music scene and haven't heard anything better yet. Plus most of them are probably rolling balls the first time they seem him and for some reason that resonates with them. I don't really get that, when I roll, I don't suddenly like crappy music ;) but either way, I definitely wouldn't call his beats "dirty".
 
wiiwee said:
People like Deadmau5 b/c he plays dirty club banger music, and that's really it. Same with Afrojack, guido kids love their club bangers! Same type of people that were raging out a few years ago back when G Unit was big, are now raging out to Deadmau5.
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I don't know about you, but when I think of "dirty" this is what typically comes to mind...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bii91B3nbaY
 
I was excited for Deadmau5 when he first started making his appearances. Even met the guy at a signing for his debut album, He was pretty kewl. I knew his music wasn't anything special just yet, but he seemed like someone who was going somewhere. It was his first CD after all. He did a live set at the signing and well it sounded like he just played his cd and stood there... and so I told myself "hes a producer, not a DJ, cut him some slack" as time went by I just continued to be more and more disappointed, it had become obvious that the fame had got to him and he was spending much less time in his music, just making simple beats that are currently popular. Of course so many drugged out teenagers love his music, there isn't enough going on not to like... simple music is easy to get stuck in your head.
 
Call me a conspiracy theorist but here's my theory on it.

Deadmau5 sold a bloody shedload of records out of nowhere. On his own label. He wasn't involved with any clique (think of the Minus crew, even the Cocoon lads to see what I mean by clique). The story goes that Chris Lake gave a demo to Pete Tong and Tong played it a lot. Then everything sort of went from there with Deadmau5 releasing on his own label and outselling everyone else (Faxing Berlin is the most bought record on Beatport).

Nobody inside the 'dance music' industry had any stake in him. I'm pretty sure his manager is actually a BIG name pop artist manager. Rather than getting the usual koudos from Michael Mayer, Sven Vath, Steve Bug, or Ellen Allien or any of the usual folk, Deadmau5 became MASSIVE overnight.

So it pissed a lot of the more 'underground' people off.

I hate to say it but there's also a huge amount of begrudgery going on. If you're somebody of the opinion that a music career (and life in general) is more down to chance than anything else, Deadmau5's career would really piss you off.

Three years ago, he was some unemployed kid in his 20's making music in his bedroom and living with his mom. He makes some universally accessible record like Faxing Berlin, releases it on his own label along with a shedload of other stuff and it sells quicker than if it was going out of fashion.
He did it, without any help from the normal dance music bigwigs, and on his own label.

Before his explosion in popularity, he was just an underground type who everyone loved. As he got bigger, people REALLY took a dislike to him.

Some people (and I have talked to many over my short time in music) are genuinely convinced that there is a big conspiracy to keep 'good' music down. They want to think no matter how talented they are or how hard they work, they'll never build a successful career because of the unfairness of the playing pitch and that people that do get 'successful' do so by pure luck.

Seeing some guy like Deadmau5 suddenly making more money than you could imagine, staying in the nicest hotels in the world, and being surrounded by women who on average are far better looking than anyone you know (let alone get to shag) is a hard thing to take for any average person who is not deadmau5.

It's a hell of a lot easier to take if you are of a mindset that he is just lucky.

Because if you don't convince yourself that he is merely lucky, then you gotta ask yourself why you don't have any of the things he does ie. a career making music, playing a different city every night having a blast, and generally having a bloody good life.

Now personally, I don't think he's released anything good for a long time, but that's more because I got bored of his sound a long time ago. That sound is clearly working for him, so fair play to him.

His sh1t about djs was more an indication of the bullsh1t standard of tabloid papers than anything else. And who gives a fcuk anyway? His opinions are not relevant whatsoever to him as an artist.
If anything it showed that he had the balls to speak his mind knowing that it would piss a lot of people off. There are plenty of more 'credible' dj's out there who wouldn't dare say a bad word in public but are bitter crazy fcukers in private.

I thought in dance music, people would be able to see that whether Deadmau5 is a dick or not is an entirely irrelevant debate.

On a more personal level, I got into Deadmau5 just after I got into dance music, and he is very much a 'gateway' artist. If you're new to it, he's very accessible and enjoyable and his stuff is ever so slightly underground enough that it piques your interest about finding out more.

Despite all the internet bitching that goes on about Deadmau5, it's not gonna make a blind bit of difference to his career.

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Mau5 has some pretty good tracks like, not exactly, brazil, and strobe, but hasn't made anything good lately. He's a solid producer, especially in progressive house, but his electro and dubstep tunes are nothing special. I'm not all over him like so many others. His latest CD was AVERAGE at best and I sold that shit the day after I bought it. He's over rated, especially as a DJ. You know what you will hear when you see deadmau5 since he spins practically his own CDs on repeat and nothing but his tracks.

I think he's gross. Skinny ass little fucking gross looking guy clapping his scrawny hands on stage like a pussy.

Why do you think he has to wear a mouse hat? Because he's so fucking disgusting looking, no body would jam to a dj who looks like a dipshit albino kid who's actually in his 30s.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not gay, but Tiesto and PVD don't look like little pussies when they spin.

Well I've talked some shit, but if he was a little more professional I think more people would accept him. He is over rated, he's not a DJ, he acts like a little bitch, but I've certainly heard WORSE tunes than his.
 
Couldn't agree more. There are a few songs of his I like but I'm definitely not crazy about them. In my opinion he's pretty mediocre and most of his tracks are just really...flat. Pretty boring. I've also heard he can be a prick and his last show in my home town last month was a total bomb, lots of ppl got up and walked out.
 
Poparopaliss - The only reason the subject of him being a dick was brought up, is that this is a response to the thread "Why I respect Deadmau5". In that thread, reasons like "he used to be a raver" were listed. My thread was just supposed to be an all in fun discussion on why some of us disagree with what has been said in that thread, as well as opinions on why his music isn't anything special. The thought there was just if you respect the guy because he used to be a raver, perhaps you should know that he has said on more than one occasion that he hates the culture.
 
Deadmau5 is turning into the modern Tiesto, with a younger generation of kids following his corny trend, but the only thing is Tiesto was and still is an amazing DJ.

Not exactly, brazil, faxing berlin, those were pretty unique songs with an original stand out style we hadn't heard before. They're great tracks. Combine that with a mouse head (also something at the time new to the scene), with a lot of luck, and there you have it.
 
SuperPump250 said:
Deadmau5 is turning into the modern Tiesto, with a younger generation of kids following his corny trend, but the only thing is Tiesto was and still is an amazing DJ.

Not exactly, brazil, faxing berlin, those were pretty unique songs with an original stand out style we hadn't heard before. They're great tracks. Combine that with a mouse head (also something at the time new to the scene), with a lot of luck, and there you have it.
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According to friends accounts, he's terrible live, not only does he play cheesy crappy songs. he turns his back on the crowd and has a conversation with some other dick.

Wish I could have seen the old Tiesto, the one without the inflated ego.

But yeah, Deadmau5 is horrible, some songs are good and I do love em, but most of them just sound the fucking same, no creativity at all.

Theres a difference between being a commercial artist and making commercial music.

Commercial artists. Armin van Buuren, Paul van Dyk, old Tiesto.
Commercial artists who make commercial songs: Deadmau5, Tiesto, David Guetta.

also, I'm not a trance fanboy. it's just that house has become so commercialized it's not funny. Trance seems to still be somewhat underground, can't see that staying for long though.
 
Macee said:
also, I'm not a trance fanboy. it's just that house has become so commercialized it's not funny. Trance seems to still be somewhat underground, can't see that staying for long though.
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Proper house (chicago house) has not become commercialized. It's pretty underground. In fact I haven't seen a good house dj at a massive rave in years. I don't consider progressive house or electro house to be the true definition of house. Deep house is where it's at.:)
 
Macee said:
According to friends accounts, he's terrible live, not only does he play cheesy crappy songs. he turns his back on the crowd and has a conversation with some other dick.

Wish I could have seen the old Tiesto, the one without the inflated ego.

But yeah, Deadmau5 is horrible, some songs are good and I do love em, but most of them just sound the fucking same, no creativity at all.

Theres a difference between being a commercial artist and making commercial music.

Commercial artists. Armin van Buuren, Paul van Dyk, old Tiesto.
Commercial artists who make commercial songs: Deadmau5, Tiesto, David Guetta.

also, I'm not a trance fanboy. it's just that house has become so commercialized it's not funny. Trance seems to still be somewhat underground, can't see that staying for long though.
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You don't think the whole Progressive Trance movement is just trance slowly going mainstream? Early 2000's/Pre 2000, Progressive Trance wasn't around and trance sounded very different than it does now. Now, a lot of trance songs kind of sound the same since they all go for the progressive sound. :\
 
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