News has it that Sonny Moore aka Skrillex has been producing a good amount of new music lately, however, he took some time away from the studio to participate in an engaging 7-man panel at the Billboard Touring Conference to discuss their thoughts musical philosophies and just about everything else that has to do with it.
The conference featured a case study centred around the popular rock band, Grateful Dead, who’s diehard fan base has created a groundbreaking whiplash of sustainable businesses which were merely impossible to accomplish during a time when social media wasn’t prevalent in the 70’s. The panel continued for a few minutes and Skrillex was able to freely speak his mind on the various topics which were brought up.
As his turn at the mic came, Sonny had the opportunity to voice his views on what live music performances should entail. It was quite interesting to hear what Skrillex had to say about live performances as he finds his footing in a pretty different genre and style of music as compared to that of Grateful Dead’s. However, despite those differences in musicality, they both share one common trait: fans around the world pay big bucks to see their live performances.
As he continued his speech, he brought his close friend and fellow DJ/producer, Deadmau5 and his live shows into the discussion. He said that their performances are immensely different, stating that the mau5 has a much more ‘press play’ type of functionality whereas on the other hand, he mixes every track then and there.
Skrillex said, “I don’t just hit play on the space bar and let it play the whole set. I mix every song–and I do mess up. I’m changing my set every night and producing new records on the tour bus to test out — so it is very much in the moment. Deadmau5 has a programmed set, with MIDI triggering all of his lights. It’s a beautiful show, but his show is the most “press-play” show there is because he’s running Ableton Live. I’m not against it…But people like to see him, because he’s Joel. He’s an artist and he has a personality. I think that’s the superior part about being an artist”.
In our opinion, the whole conference is well worth a watch, check it out below!
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