PVD & Ferry Corsten Interview @ ADE 2008

ferry corsten's spot on like can't believe that PVD doesent regard himself to be in the trance scene, but thats germans for ya


beautiful is a mint track as well

I'm not sure about the point about downloads.

People were still making tunes BEFORE the hardware and software became massively advanced, so saying you have to support digital downloads OR ELSE this will be threatened is a bit off.

.... i doubt any money AT ALL is made from this scene unless you are at the very top, or at least half way up there. I wonder how much of the 99p or £1.99 you pay for a track from beatport or audiojelly actually goes into the pockets of the producers.

For the majority of small time producers and dj's - you only do it for the love of what you do, and not the fact that its even going part of the way to finance it.

your right, but can you imagine it from their side? the cash that ferry would of been making with his earlier stuff with gouryella and system F as opposed to this current age where his new album to download illegally for free is but a google search away? as with any track/album/film/DVD (within reason)

tbh - EVENTUALLY in years and years they'll think of some way around music piracy and people will have to pay. either that or someone turning the internet off.

they could certainly fuck it up a bit by shutting down sites like rapidshare, megaupload etc etc etc - but i am under the impression that the servers are held in mad countries with no internet regulation in consideration to copyright law? fuck knows.

in 20 year's we'll all be going "ah remember the day's when all tunes were free"

you can't get something for nothing without there being reprocussions, at least thats what the rule states.

Im not even sure its much of a problem .... if you take the piracy of albums out of it for a moment.

Theres 2 types of downloading i do for dance music .... its either livesets which are free and legal.... or its tunes for mixing, which i get legally and legitimately from beatport or audiojelly....

... Perhaps im different to alot of people - but i cant see the point of pirating single tunes if you want to play your music out, or (in my case) do the odd mix for shits and giggles - my experience with alot of pirated music i USED to download a good 4-5 years ago were that the quality and pitch variations you used to get made it a waste of time in the end.

I reckon DJ's have perhaps 1% of the problem that most artists in the mainstream music industry have where so much of their stuff is ripped off, and if it IS bought legitimately the end percentage going in the artists hands is a fraction of the retail price.

.... It all comes back to the fact that perhaps DJ's (ones who make a living) should be happy that they make their living through working for it ... travelling around the world and playing their music live.

i know! i still seem to download loads of stuff i own for some strange reason

the fact remains that the only reason that this has come about is because that older producers arent making as much coin as they used to, which goes to show that all of the stuff that is being banged out recently isnt 'for the money' - it's more (and ignore the cliche) 'for the music/scene'

for example kearney seems to enjoy banging his tune's out for free - he's just gave out his most recent out for nowt (however this might be because of a leak) but still he's done it a few times before - plus other artists are doing it too (the thrillseekers just has, and a few others). i think it's mainly to do with the labels being a bit arsey over leaking and stuff and not making money - but in the digital age, do you really need a label to get massive (as apposed to rich/making money off the back of a single)?

also - it seems quite hypocritical that alot of artists have radio shows too, which can be downloaded, as brid says, legally free - and that could be put towards the argument that it's killing album sales, but at the same time increasing interest of that certain artist live?

i cant really come to the conclusion fully that it's killing the 'scene' i just dont think it's as profitable to be a low end producer than it used to be. illegal downloads has just seemingly added a few other levels to making mass profit - that is, if you want to make millions - you have to climb the almightly ladder to the top like armin, tiesto and most of the DJ jet set that are going about these days.

it seems to have added more competition into the whole race, which can't really be a bad thing can't it?

FFS - i've just sort of went agaisnt my own arguement a few times there.

Beatport is fucking boring. It gives me a headache.

I just rapidshare everything I might like and buy it if I want it for my CDJ's & Allen & Heath Xone 92 4 channel mixer.

tbh proudy - like it or not, that's the way it's going to be from now on i'm afraid

however talking recently, and I KNOW it sounds like botting - but Jnr:G was the last night that i ever anticipated going to, and i know a fair few people who used to as well. it was the underground feel that had everyone by the necks. it was class.

FIU on boxing day had the bleakest crowd going, about 80% didnt even know what was going on/turning up for halliwell alone. hence downey's set's crowd being unfortunately bleak. thousands of miles away from the appreciative crowd of promise years ago.

The fact of the matter remains - Allen & Heath Xone 92 mixer or not, if people don't supply the producers, demand will dwindle and they won't put any good tunes out.