Because they sell themselves like crazy and because they know people.
They're willing to work with anybody and everybody who will propel their
career and expose themselves to more people.
I know a guy who has been voted in the "alternative" newspaper best club DJ
in town for, I think, 3 years running. The guy can't mix two beats to save
his life and he's never worked with vinyl - CDs only.
How does he do it? He's got a massive mailing list and promotes himself,
is seen at every rock show (he spins rock/pop music mostly), etc.
I know he loves the music he plays but the way he gets voted is by being
ubiquitous and playing to the crowd. It doesn't hurt that his dad is a
used car salesman and he's learned a few tricks in personality from working
the sales room himself. He exudes confidence and he can sell himself. He
plays weddings, parties, etc. Where ever he can when ever he can.
Check Tiesto's bio (I went to his webpage because I didn't know sh!t about
him)
"Born in Holland, Tiësto became a DJ because he 'liked to share music with
other people. When I was younger, I'd listen to a radio show called the
Soul Show, and to Ben Liebrand's mix show, where he would remix and cut up
different tracks, and I just thought - I wanna do this!' Starting out with
a mobile show around the country, he progressed to student parties, and
then to three nights a week in a club, learning and perfecting his craft."
so he was playing three times a week and played student parties - how many
of us would want to spin the type of music they want to hear @ student
parties? I'm sure during his stints with his mobile DJ job and doing the
student parties he learned what they wanted to hear pretty quickly.
Also, he learned that making music himself and controlling the output (he
started a label) he could raise his profile. He probably met some people
through a gig and got a radio show and kept pushing it further from there.
According to discogs - in 1998 alone - his label put out four mix CDs.
That's a huge amount. Seems that's the way so many of these guys push
their profile too. It's not their own music - they go into a studio (or do
it in their own) and assemble a mix in ProTools. Then they license the
tracks and bam! Their name is slapped on front of the CD as "mixed by" and
they get a bigger profile. More money, more gigs, more clout. But what
did they do? They worked the system.
That is until they have to actually play live (*cough*oakenfold*cough*) and
they suck and people stop liking them.
They know they aren't going to be popular forever so they license their own
tracks to just about anybody who wants it (BIG $$$) and that spreads their
name around. Pretty soon their songs are huge just because people have
heard them enough times. It plays into the Top 40 radio phenomenon - play
a small selection of songs enough times and people will like them and
request them even though they might have just heard them less than 4 hours
ago.
Now if you're asking why people like them - I have no clue. Bad taste?
MEK
"P. Lasell"
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Subject
RE: (313) DJ Mag Poll
Why do you all think guys like Tiesto and Van Dyke are so popular?
P
www.peterlasell.net
--- Nik Stoltzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Magda only just made it into the list by the skin of her tea-th.
>
> Arf arf.
>
> N
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: /0 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 01 November 2005 14:28
> To: Cyclone Wehner; 313 Detroit
> Subject: Re: (313) DJ Mag Poll
>
> hawtin being #12 probably had something to do with the emails
> minus.com
> (and plastikman.com? (and paxahau.com?))sent out asking everyone to
> help
> fight the fight against "bad" music by voting for hawtin and magda.
>
> I didn't vote for anyone, but I'm there in spirit
>
> -Joe
>
>
> >
> > From: "Cyclone Wehner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: 2005/10/31 Mon PM 08:13:57 EST
> > To: 313 Detroit <313@hyperreal.org>
> > Subject: (313) DJ Mag Poll
> >
> > Another year, another DJ Mag poll! I am glad to see Tiesto knocked
> off
> and
> > Paul Van Dyk on top - his music is not my taste, but I've always
> felt
> that
> > he's sincere and principled. Is Hawtin at # 12 not a triumph for
> good
> music?
> > No love for Detroit in there overall, but that ain't nuthin' new!
> >
>
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