Tomorrowland will be broadcast 7 hours a day on Youtube

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Watcha doin' between July 27-29th? I'll most likely be sitting on my butt all weekend watching this free Tomorrowland broadcast as I try to stay cool with my AC unit. If you didn't get a chance to go to Tomorrowland this year then this is the next best thing as Youtube will be streaming the festival live 7 hours a day. My hope is that they will offer 3 live feed channels as they did with Coachella this year so I can quickly switch to my preferred DJ. I doubt that will happen but one can hope!

(Source: Dancing Astronaut)

Axwell will focus on up and coming talent rather than working with established pop stars

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Axwell stated in a recent interview with the Daily Record that he would prefer to focus on new talent rather than work with R&B artists that have jumped on the EDM bandwagon:

He said: “The big names are not the future. There are more American R&B artists wanting to meet people like us and wanting to learn our world. They want to come to our world and that is all fine but, for me, that’s not what I’m chasing.

“I’m introducing what is new and what new producers and completely unknown singers we have. I’m interested in the new Adele, the new Gotye. Who is the next guy? That is really the future. Just meeting big name people for the sake of it is not what I’m looking for.”

Out of the three members of the Swedish House Mafia I will be following Axwell the closest as I believe he has the most potential to give us something new and fresh to listen to.

(Source: Daily Record)

Deadmau5 interview on CBC

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Deadmau5 sat down yesterday with Jian Ghomeshi for an interview and here are my notes:

  • Deadmau5 admitted that he only had a handful of 'A' list DJs in mind when he criticized the EDM scene with his  'We all hit play' tumblr post. 
  • He was asked about the whole 'I can teach anyone in an hour how to DJ like me in the cube' and he re-emphasized that you have to know ableton and midi first. By the way my guitarist/indie/rock friend used both arguments above yesterday to basically dismiss the whole EDM scene which ultimately escalated into a 40 minute debate. Thanks Joel.
  • He didn't back down with his remarks on Madonna. Good! 
  • Admitted that he 'sold out' when he produced his singular dubstep track as he flirted with jumping on the trend bandwagon. Hi Gareth. 
  • He <3 Hans Zimmer and strongly hinted that he'd like to do something in his sphere one day.
  • Joel finishes off the interview by actually answering his mobile live on radio, lol.

(Source: CBC Radio)

A small movement can turn into a big thing with time

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More Skrillex but this time via Rolling Stone:

When did you realize that the music you were making was part of a movement?
It was underground when I first started, especially bass music. In L.A., no more than 200 people came to local dubstep shows – this was around 2006, 2007. At Smog in LA, it was a big night if 150 people came. I feel like it started out without any major marketing promotion, singles, pop songs or anything.

If I was a young producer/DJ I would get a lot of inspiration from that answer. Do not be afraid to find your own sound and create a small scene around it that might someday catch on to a wider audience.

(Source: Rolling Stone via Reddit)

Skrillex Interview: He's losing money with the Full Flex Express Tour

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Found this article from the Toronto Sun via Reddit where Skrillex talked about his Full Flex Express tour:

"I'm making no money on this tour," claims Skrillex — born Sonny Moore — in an exclusive national interview. "I'm losing money to do it. I'm doing it because it's just a fun thing to do.

The Full Flex Express train also has a special studio car:

"We have a studio car. And we're all musicians. So we're just going to be jamming and listening to music, getting to know one another, connecting and building the community of the Full Flex Express... I wish we had a bigger train. That's next year. If we do well, we can get a bigger train, and expand and do stuff. But for now we're punk-rocking it, you know.”

I hope Skrillex creates a special video tour diary because it sounds like one of the best train trips ever. It will be pretty amazing if this cross Canada train ride creates some amazing music collaborations as well.

The more stuff I read about Skrillex the more I realize that money isn't really an important factor for him as artistic integrity and independence. I saw that first hand when Skrillex was as enthusiastic to play infront of 200ish people at Ritual as he was pulling the much bigger dollars doing the same thing earlier in the night infront of tens of thousands.

(Source: Toronto Sun)