Avicii earned $28 million last year

[Numanoid]

So they are 'fake DJs'?

One of the top earners distinguish himself by throwing cream pies on the audience, fake or not, he's raking in dosh

[jacqueslacouth]

gone

[Numanoid]

"First comes a full stomach, then comes ethics" [Brecht]

[ZenPunkHippy]

Indeed, some people go much further than Moffitt in describing EDM's impact on Vegas: in a feature in the New Yorker last year, one promoter claimed that casino magnate Steve Wynn had made so much money from the four nightclubs in his Vegas resorts that even gambling was now a mere "amenity".

Think about that for a moment

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/j ... ance-music

Peace,
Andy.

[foosnark]

Seriously??? some lil bitches need to get over themselves. The fact is he does his thing, irrespective of the "die for their art types" he is immensely popular with the punters, he is making a crap load of cash and I'll unashamedly say, I'd trade any artistic integrity for his success. Can't help but visualise the haters as comic book guy from the Simpsons.

100,000 lemmings can't be wrong.

[ZenPunkHippy]

100,000 lemmings can't be wrong.

... or a 100,000 old fogeys listening to rock music?

Same same, but different

[Numanoid]

Each to his own....


























....said Avicii to the Swedish taxman

[Chapelle]

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[lotus2035]

Modern DJs are similar to those old-fashioned street-organ players who used to crank the handle to make music. The only difference is the amount of monkeys jumping around in front of them and the amount of money being thrown at their feet but the level of talent required is pretty much identical.

Disclaimer: I was into EDM for years all through the 90s. I just don't care any more, it's all been done to death. Flog that dead donkey all you want, I'm out.

[valerian_777]

That was the goal?

[Numanoid]

Disclaimer: I was into EDM for years all through the 90s. I just don't care any more, it's all been done to death. Flog that dead donkey all you want, I'm out.

There was no EDM in the 90's, thank God!

It's a term promoted as a buzzword by american music industry in the late 00's

Would you say The Beatles play Britpop?

[lotus2035]

Disclaimer: I was into EDM for years all through the 90s. I just don't care any more, it's all been done to death. Flog that dead donkey all you want, I'm out.

There was no EDM in the 90's, thank God!

It's a term promoted as a buzzword by american music industry in the late 00's

Would you say The Beatles play Britpop?

It's what the kids call it these days and that's fine by me because I really don't care about all those labels and sub-labels anymore, none of it means shit anyway.

[Numanoid]

I don't get the dance part of EDM though, to me it seems these kids like mostly to punch the air, and sway a little, not really dancing.

[Sendy]

I don't get the dance part of EDM though, to me it seems these kids like mostly to punch the air, and sway a little, not really dancing.

In most of that music, there isn't really much of a rhythm so much as a pulse being hammered out by that massive, boomy kick. In my opinion, there needs to be a bit of push and pull, a bit of tension in the dynamics, to really make me want to dance. Footage from those kinds of parties looks like half of them are a bunch of egotistical maniacs basking in their own relevance. We're the beautiful, relevant people in the beautiful, relevant place! It's a far cry from the old raves, where the idea was to forget yourself, what you look like, who you are, etc, and get lost in the music.

[V0RT3X]

I feel old @ 29 when attending those kind of dance parties now. I think I'd rather be up there getting people to dance and get paid to throw food at people.