Zitat des Tages von Kaskade:
I'm not the best singer in the world, but the albums have always been personal. They're stories about me and what I'm going through.
Mix CDs are interesting. I'm known more for my artist albums and less for my mix CDs.
People know my lyrics; they know the stuff I've written, and it's all about life, love, happiness, and these big euphoric moments. It would always bug me when I'd go to a club, and they're playing some chick on a stripper pole on the monitor behind me. I'm like, 'So that's not what I do - that's the other guy.'
I've always had a passion for music, but I never saw me as a musician for a living. I never thought that I could make a living. It never dawned on me.
Music evokes a lot of different emotions and triggers different senses.
Club culture is about leaving your cares behind, and I am trying to create that environment.
I DJ'd for years. I DJ'd in high school, and I think my parents thought it was a passing thing. And then when I was in my second year of college, I was like, 'Yeah, you guys don't need to send me money anymore. My DJ gigs are good enough. I'm selling music; I think I'm gonna have a record deal. I can pay my tuition.'
I think people in electronic music are trying to get these big features: 'Oh my gosh, I'm gonna get the biggest pop star to feature on my track.'
People don't listen to terrestrial radio. They don't find their music that way. They don't get their news that way. They go to blogs. They go through Sirius/XM. They go through all these different places.
The art of DJing is sharing music with one another... The technology's definitely taking it into a new direction to where it's really becoming performance-based.
I do feel like there's a level of ridiculousness going on in electronic music... It's getting borderline absurd out there.
I've always been a big advocate of making shows affordable because a lot of these bottle-service clubs and events are geared toward really expensive experiences. Club music is for everyone, and it drives me crazy that people are getting priced out.
The producers and writers of dance music are becoming the stars, not so much the DJs.
I don't feel that electronic music has to stand on the back of urban artists or anyone else to be recognized. It's great music.
Blending tracks and weaving and manipulating prerecorded music to create this mood, some people do it much better than others.
A lot of people see electronic music as a flavor of the week, but it can be more than that - has to be more than that.
