Here is why I DIS-respect Deadmau5

* His beats are generic and every song sounds the same.
* He is known to be rude, including to fans.
* The melodies are simple, boring, and don't develop.
* His production is not "innovative" as people have claimed. He just produces house music. This has been done for years.
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It's funny because all those points are the same, except him being a dick (but I mean come on, dudes a cokehead). It's not your style of music. I personally like mellow/chill house music over ecstatic dubstep and whatnot. Do they all sound similar? Yes. But whats to expect with electro? It's one of the hardest genres to innovate on. And some people (Skrillex) just try too hard and..... Well.... End up with what sounds like Optimus Prime having an orgy with the Decepticons.
 
He got famous from making generic house that appealed to the mass commercial market, namley USA and it caught on. As far as producers go he is nothing special at all. I know local producers far more skilled than he will ever be but they will never break through unless they sell out and make mainstream music. Producers like Deadmau5 will only ever appeal to those who are mostly into genres other than Dance music as any Dance music fan who has been knocking about for a while will know plenty of better producers. This sort music is just a easy accesable, disposible, commercial money spinner for those that would like to dip their toe into the world of electronic music.
 
seeemoresky said:
The majorty of his songs are defiantly not the same especially in his new album. Go roll at one of his shows and then you will appreciate the mau5
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Someone told me that if you went to skrillex you would have a great night if you were rolling. I told him that I could sit in my room by myself rolling tits listening to my own music and have a better time.

Anyway deadmau5 is alright, I'm not sure that I would pay more than 15 dollars to see him. When I saw him at lolla I ended up disappointed and kinda angry. He ended early. He didn't play strobe which is by far my favorite song of his. I'd still rather see him over Skrillex but there are tons of other artists I would prefer over both of them.
 
Deadmau5 is nothing special. He seems like an alright guy, though he can be a prick, no doubt.

His music is hypnotic though. I started listening to him when I was in a deep LSD phase, and would listen to his music nonstop on the drive from NY to PA. I'd sit in my father's truck, tripping balls, listening to Deadmau5 watching the street lights pass us by, at night when the car lights would trail so far behind. It was really quite beautiful.
 
that term sell out...making "mainstream" music. lulz.. sounds like a bunch of hipsters who got pissed cuz they didnt "make it"....as far as i know joel still makes the music he wants. from the ustream episodes i have seen he doesnt give a fuck when it comes to making music that will sound "mainstream... he makes what he wants to make... runs his own label, basically does what he wants..living life on his own terms... and cuz a few moar people know of his music he is a sellout? doing what you want, living life on your own terms.... sounds like a sellout to me 8(
 
snowboarder7791 said:
that term sell out...making "mainstream" music. lulz.. sounds like a bunch of hipsters who got pissed cuz they didnt "make it"....as far as i know joel still makes the music he wants. from the ustream episodes i have seen he doesnt give a fuck when it comes to making music that will sound "mainstream... he makes what he wants to make... runs his own label, basically does what he wants..living life on his own terms... and cuz a few moar people know of his music he is a sellout? doing what you want, living life on your own terms.... sounds like a sellout to me 8(
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What ever mate, there is a interview online where he said tried playing tracks HE WANTED/something different during a set and the crowd stopped dancing as they did not know the tunes so he reverted back to what ever shit he was playing before and walked off the stage half hour early. All I know is for me music is about the love and you cant beat the underground shit as no money is involved. I have been offered a fair few paid dj sets (£300+) to play electro house but I wont, those that do are sell outs and are in it for the money and not the love. Deadmau5 is in it for the money and if you think otherwise you are sadly deluded. My passion for music over-rides my passion for money. If by 'make it' you mean make loads of money then no I will never make it, however I play the tunes I love and have put several free parties on in the past with 500+ attendance and that for me will do, I will never be a music rent boy. The one major factor I love about the underground is the sound attitude people have, I'll stear clear of the scene kids thanks.
 
Example of a underground artists selling out 'Dizzee Rascal' back in 2001-2004 he used to do even the small raves and put out decent underground music, he then had a chance to make a bit of cash and has gone from making raw underground grime music to childrens pop music and wont do any small scale event. This is called being in it for the money which is what most mainstream/commercial artists are doing. The top 40 music demographic is teenage girls so unless you have the same taste as a teenage girl then you are not making music true to you. All this commercial stuff is made to sell, it's not about the music
 
thats kewl if you want it to remain underground.. not going to dog you for it... i guess i never understood the whole underground lifestyle and the attitude that goes with it. even when i went to raves in 1995 there were people like that... if it gets out of the underground scene, they sold out. To me it sounds hipster ish but that just my opinion. this is my art and only a select few in the underground can experience it...if i was a artist i would love to have as many people as i could experience my art. you sound like a cool guy though darkinthepark... just a difference of opinion i guess
 
Offer me a million pound and i will play anything. Thats the thing -there is a massive difference between turning down a couple of 100 to play records you dont like or being a full time proffesional and making lots of money.
 
i dont get all this hate on deadmau5 music. Yeah he is a douche but his music all sounding the same? and not sounding good? The Kick Hi Hat snare is yes at the start of every song but fuck with house music you have a kick, snare and closed or open hi hat. Obviously you have never listened to the following songs:

Tau V2
Mr G
Soma
Lack of a better name
HR 8938
Slip
Not Exactly (brillance)
Brazil

Yes he has a lot of bad stuff but he is the only electro/house prog whatever you want to call it that I listen to. I am a minimal techno fan. Honestly never heard anyone real close to deadmau5 so please enlighten me. Sell out maybe, but still has had some brillant stuff ^^^ rest of the stuff is rubbish and to electro for me..
 
wombus erectus said:
i dont get all this hate on deadmau5 music. Yeah he is a douche but his music all sounding the same? and not sounding good? The Kick Hi Hat snare is yes at the start of every song but fuck with house music you have a kick, snare and closed or open hi hat. Obviously you have never listened to the following songs:

Tau V2
Mr G
Soma
Lack of a better name
HR 8938
Slip
Not Exactly (brillance)
Brazil

Yes he has a lot of bad stuff but he is the only electro/house prog whatever you want to call it that I listen to. I am a minimal techno fan. Honestly never heard anyone real close to deadmau5 so please enlighten me. Sell out maybe, but still has had some brillant stuff ^^^ rest of the stuff is rubbish and to electro for me..
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I have also never snorted a line of salt, why? -Because I know it will be a shit pointless venture.

Edit -just flicked through those tunes and it as was expected, generic housey electro boring minimal bollocks with no energy. Nothing special there (in my opinion). Not a single interesting element in any of those (again in my opinion) It just does nothing for me. Dont get me wrong I do some minimal type stuff but not this. This on the other hand is epic, bags of energy and makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up when played in a club and it's 13 years old.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBOrsMSJuyI
 
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darkinthepark said:
I have also never snorted a line of salt, why? -Because I know it will be a shit pointless venture.

Edit -just flicked through those tunes and it as was expected, generic housey electro boring minimal bollocks with no energy. Nothing special there (in my opinion). Not a single interesting element in any of those (again in my opinion) It just does nothing for me. Dont get me wrong I do some minimal type stuff but not this. This on the other hand is epic, bags of energy and makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up when played in a club and it's 13 years old.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBOrsMSJuyI
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After listening to that tune I now get it. Must be a generation gap. That music sir is
More acid house. In fact very acid house. Old Skool rave music. I am only a fan of a very few selective acid house songs but I'll be honest have not really dug to deep.

You can't really compare the music because it's changed so much. There are how ever far less sounds in this track then there is in one of the tracks I posted. Which you may prefer. I'd rather techno any day and a slower bpm.

Do wish I was around for the proper rave scene though.
 
I think Deadmau5's success is due largely to his ability to market himself and as a DJ. His logo taps into subconscious childhood memories of mickey mouse/kermit the frog. I wouldn't be surprised if I found out he use to spray paint that shit up around town! His name is something everyone who's ever used the internet can understand...and his personality is aligned with all the 4chan and other stuff most people aged 13-30+ can relate too. He found a market-desire and filled it...He has some really good songs, and a lot that blend into obscurity...just like most artists I enjoy. I certainly wouldn't claim he's the best, but he has some music that's really enjoyable.
adam&eve said:
I didn't have a big problem with deadmau5 , wasn't great but not the worst...untill I saw hill at a festival in belfast where he played a mediocre set but the worst thing was how he finished it. He built this choon up for literally 10 mins, I was really excited by this point (1st time all set) but then just when I thought he was gona drop it something serious he stops the music and just walks of stage.

Wanker
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LOL! how about that for some real life trolling...that would probably piss me off to.
 
Deadmau5 admits, "We just hit play"

It's about time someone said it

"We all hit play," begins the entry. "It's no secret. When it comes to 'live' performance of EDM . . . that's about the most it seems you can do anyway." Deadmau5 continues to say that given one hour of instruction and basic knowledge of the music production program Ableton, anyone could do what he does on stage. He further explains his live setup, revealing the heavy data transfers in sync with the light show only allow him a certain limited flexibility. "There's a good chunk of MIDI [Musical Instrument Digital Interface] data spitting out as well to a handful of synths and crap that are / were used in the actual produciton . . . which i can tweak *live* and whatnot . . . but doesnt give me a lot of 'lookit me im Jimi Hendrix check out this solo' stuff, because I'm constrained to work on a set timeline because of the SMPTE [Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers timestamp]."

Deadmau5 also stressed the importance of production and studio releases. "My 'skills' and other PRODUCERS skills shine where it needs to shine . . . in the goddamned studio, and on the fucking releases. That's what counts . . . because this whole big 'EDM' is taking over fad," he says. "I'm not going to let it go thinking that people assume theres a guy on a laptop up there producing new original tracks on the fly. Because none of the 'top DJs in the world' to my knowledge have. Myself included."
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More and more, I'm becoming confused by the notion of these studio artists trying to bring a stage performance to work that really has no stage element to it. I mean, people are facing a stage and there are lasers and a big screen and other such pageantry.. but other than enjoying a tweaked up version of your favourite mix tape, I see no point in having it resemble a live show. Contrary to a DJ who actually mixes music on the fly, I fail to see why the artist's presence is needed at all.
 
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