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Tiesto- I’m Only Human

DJ Tiesto revealed an unexpectedly sensitive side behind his usual trance-by-numbers automaton like persona this week, revealing that he occasionally feels offended by hyper-critical postings on forums.

“In the past I noticed comments from people who were also in the music scene, like other DJs or producers. And when you make one or two small mixing mistakes a night, they write on the forums ‘my whole night was ruined because of that’. Come on- one or two little mistakes during the whole night, big deal! Stuff like that can happen!” the trance star complained,

“Well, that is how I personally think about it,” he continued, “We’re all human and we all mistakes. I see everybody going nuts and that’s the most important thing for me,” he told Scandinavian portal Trance.Nu.

Thick-skinned techno type Dave Clarke empathised, telling Skrufff “I try to deal with criticism in the same way as when I get over-praised, but yes, I'm human and yes, it can hurt.”

“Sometimes I read forums, and yes, of course, I have been criticised, but most of the time the people that do it have false names and the comments are often by people that profess to know me when they have maybe at best had two words with me at the end of a set,” he said.

“Some of the bullshit is legendary, like I had rich parents who paid for everything when I started (was that before or after I was homeless?), insults aimed at my family, crap about my rider that simply isn't true. There are some vicious PR companies out there as well,” Dave added.

US progressive/ house star Chris Fortier said he rarely visits forums nowadays ‘unless someone sends me a specific link’ after realizing he was being ‘distracted from his real work’ by their commentary.

“I think overall forums are good for dance music as they provide more people with more knowledge and information, and that is a good thing; my only problem is how some of the speech can so hateful,” Chris told Skrufff.

“Critical and negative viewpoints are fine, but there really is no need for anything to be vile and hateful and just plain evil,” he said.

“I am sure there have been some negative or critical things about me or my music, and that is fine. My only hope in those cases is to make sure the facts of the circumstances are right,” Chris continued.

“I know I have made mistakes, blown mixes, etc. and it is no problem for others to recognize them or whatever.  I am the first one probably to know that I messed up or didn’t play to my full potential on a night. This is something I don’t take at all lightly either. I want to be my best every night, every gig, every mix.  And I try very hard to be perfect.  So as long as the facts are correct, and a screw up is noted, mentioned or discussed, it is what it is,” he added.

Chris pointed out that most of his errors comes from experimenting and pushing himself harder rather than going through the motions while Dave Clarke pointed out that ‘perfect’ laptop mixed sets can frequently sound anything but perfect.

“To err is to be human; perfection is in the eye of the beholder,” he pointed out.

“’Perfect’ sets where the beat-matching is done by computer can sound incredibly boring because of a lack of energy and tension.”

 Just use the hurt from criticism on forums as a powerful emotion to make good and go even further forward,” he advised.

Article by Jonty Skrufff (Skrufff.com)


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