Why Deadmau5 Hates Dubstep

[@DJtrainman261]

I love the way people don't even realize that he's hating on where dubstep has gone, not on the concept of the genre in and of itself.

[@nathhenn8966]

+DJtrainman261 Or that dubstep was pretty new then, and just the horror game "jump scare" of EDM

[@Robert-fc9xz]

+zkrjebril92 KDrew has some nice songs.

[@Malvado692]

+reshi pn love me some Benga, The Bug is awesome too.

[@AbleToCum1]

+DJtrainman261 taht's why we have Bassnectar, Skullex dropper LOL. Skullex gone too main stream and gone off with 'new' style of 'dub step' but Bussnectar on the other hand, pure art...

[@AlmightyNoobful]

+DJtrainman261 If anyone is struggling with good dub these days you will not be disappointed with Ago & Numa Crew. Take my word!

[@vintyprod]

video starts at 4:20

[@IlayarajaS1997]

thanks a lot mate 1 min in i was searching for this

[@blulynx2619]

Woah, I thought you were just trying to revive an old meme with that but that's actually it lol

[@energy_waves]

ody vxnt Thank you, was looking for thism

[@everythinggaming8269]

ody vxnt s

[@OmaEdits]

ty lmao

[@Blastphemer]

He says dubstep has no dynamics? Omg.. Good dubstep is one of the hardest shit to produce.

[@Ohaigh]

and what is good dubstep to you?

[@Blastphemer]

zomboy abusing limiters and has no dynamics? oh my fucking god, if you dont know shit about anything in music production you should shut the fuck up and listen to zomboy again. get a lesson boy really thats not even funny man

[@Jabbathefrukt]

***** Stfu, I work in studio everyday too and everything you said is total bullshit. Zomboy was a sound engineer before he started making music and he can really make the sounds that he want to just by listening to another sound. Just because dubstep uses alot of screamy, distorted sounds doesn't make the whole song screamy, distorted and non dynamic, the kicks, snares, chords and everything else are just as dynamic as other genres.

[@Blastphemer]

even IF you would work in a fucking studio you dont know shit about anything. I hate to talk about myself but just check my profile to see that I know shit about music and production and by the way...Im waiting for a recreation of a skrillex or zomboy song....pick the "easiest" even and show me your mixing skills bro

[@Blastphemer]

yea, especially zomboy song sounding clean as fuck...Im not saying he makes better heavy electronix music than skrillex but he has a better nose for sounding clean as fuck

[@benhenze]

I love the fact that he is so attentive to the engineering side of things, and making sure everything fits together sonically. I think a lot of the edm world can be really lacking in that area.

[@CHXNGRXM]

Animal look up g Jones or must die! And hear that the mixing of those songs is the artists expression meaning it’s done on purpose the way it is. And yes it does fit together sonically, there is bad dubstep and good and if ur a producer u can tell which ones take skill

[@BlastinRope]

@@CHXNGRXM you think a deadmau5 fan is going to like g jones on a video where deadmau5 says he doesnt like dubstep? Lol good luck.

[@turbominator]

starts at 4:15

[@Playahstation]

+turbominator you sir, are a saint.

[@huyle2057]

stupid deadmau doesnt know what the fuck is dubstep

[@droid6551]

+REVOLT Huy dead mow cinco

[@lplympton]

Thanks!

[@jasonjain8204]

Thanks

[@UnrestrictedTraceur]

He doesn't hate dubstep. He hates the escalating loudness of it. It continues to get worse.

[@robertmiles3951]

There's an escalating loudness in music, several studies have been done on it, and yes, it's very irritating.

[@UnrestrictedTraceur]

Robert Miles I like loud music as much as the next guy, but there are boundaries and thresholds

[@UmiZoomR]

You can say that again

[@kylegunby1532]

I started watching this, but then I quickly realized I don't care why Deadmau5 hates dubstep.

[@moonofnanites9514]

love you

[@MoreDenseThanRationals]

Normally people realize this before trying to watch the video. Are you applauding his slow reaction?

[@coffeedude]

Kyle Gunby I don't even listen to Deadmau5 lol

[@Auto.mind.fm.]

Kyle Gunby this is so true

[@frankieroandgerardwayaresl6434]

Kyle Gunby same I'm only here cause t was in my recommended cause I watched the video of the song he did with Gerard Way in it

[@DaftROBOT1]

Daft Punk for the win. They inspired everyone. EVERYONE!

[@thomasdockinsky6375]

top kek

[@chadnolan9659]

No they didnt they arnt even really edm more like electronic rock

[@snoopyguy21]

CoolGuyMagilacudi if you wanna go that far you should say people like A guy Called Gerald and Marshall Jefferson and 808 State. THOSE guys started House music.

[@sufjanfloofens]

chad nolan They ve founded the way how deadmau5 or Daft Punk are producing their songs. Kraftwerk were the first eloctronic musicans

[@chadnolan9659]

yes i agree gucci bro but i listen to daft punkt and its like remixed gutar

[@shrekogreton6405]

Actual producers/engineers agree with him.

[@snake_pot]

Shrek Ogreton are you saying that dubstep producers aren't actual producers? Are you too deep for dubstep?

[@shrekogreton6405]

Wil Dodge Found the non-producer. No, we aren't saying they aren't "real producers". What deadmau5 is referring to here is their lazy method of mixing and mastering, where instead of getting a solid mix with good dynamics and then doing tasteful mastering to better solidify the whole song, they just do a lazy mix, then throw a fucking L1 on it, slam the threshold down, and put it straight on sound cloud. You're destroying your dynamics, destroying subtly, and slapping every serious engineer in the face, but hey, it's loud, so most dumb kids won't care anyway.

[@squirrel2770]

It's easy to jump on that bandwagon though, but truth is not every dubstep producer is that stupid and dynamic range is treated professionally in many tracks..but the twist is that it still sucks lol. It's not just the differences that a person experienced in audio can distinguish. Deadmau5 is just giving a politically correct reason that resonates well with the "truheads" he aims at. If you pick a dubstep track he hates though, a proper mix isn't going to make him love it.

[@shrekogreton6405]

squaku s Of course they're "not all" like that, but it's a big enough trend to make the statement valid.

[@shrekogreton6405]

***** Always the ignorant ones being the first to call others so. Never before or since dubstep was there such a trend of lazy use of mastering limiters to cheaply get a mix sounding loud. Everyone who was actually a part of the scene and knew anything about production when "brostep" blew up around 2010 will tell you that; and it makes perfect sense, seeing as it was more or less the first time electronic music production was such a massively accessible thing, meaning young amateurs were putting out tracks left and right. To call deadmau5 a "lazy" producer is the epitome of ignorant horse shit. Listen to deadmau5' "While 1

[@RhythmAddictedState]

He's saying that he hates the sound engineering of dubstep, not dubstep itself. I'm saying this just in case another person decides to make a stupid comment on his appearance or whatever. I don't even listen to his music, but his statement is pretty true. Mainstream dubstep around 2012 used to be overcompressed for "easy listening" and loudness, therefore creating a mushy sound and eliminating the dynamics of the tracks. Since dubstep was very hip, people, especially kids, were listening to dubstep everywhere, on crappy speakers or mediocre quality earphones, so producers had to adapt and compress everything and suppress the dynamics, as it's customarily done on the radio.

[@lupsik1]

RhythmAddictedState Many people still do it. Skrillex fkn dies it in all his tracks, look at the 2 new ones Mumbai Power and Fuji Opener, he compressed the crap out of them... but it still sounds good anyhow, so maybe thats the art haha PS: i love how KZbin will remind you of that comment you forgot you posted 2yrs ago

[@TheTechhX]

@@lupsik1yeah that second drop on mumbai power is so blown

[@lupsik1]

TechhX 99% sure thats on purpose, sounds like heavy distortion not just clipping but im not a producer so maybe smn else could chip in all i know is i love that moment for some reason

[@dhruvmallipatna3467]

@@lupsik1 Ya I agree with you. Of course dubstep nowadays is in your face and stuff but thats how the artists want it to be. Yes a lot of sounds are mistakes and just sin waves following patterns of effects where you don't really have an idea how it'll exactly turn out, but even when you get the sound you like you need to clean it and shape it the way you want it to be. Take an artist called Eliminate for example. In many videos he agrees when he's sound designing he doesn't exactly know what he wants and exactly what he's doing, but when he gets a sound he still need to incorporate it well in the song. Otherwise it wont go down well. I feel dubstep is also the ability to build an atmosphere. I am someone who enjoys producing dubstep but its bloody hard to get the sounds I want. And I'm not that new in the area of sound design, its been like a year and a half for me. Sorry its so long. I'm just super passionate about electronic music. And all music in general actually.

[@gonzalogomez8508]

@@dhruvmallipatna3467 year and a half is nothing man, keep it up! 💪

[@AlexNiedt]

All these butthurt people in the comments who have absolutely no idea what he's talking about or what a limiter is. He's right, regardless of what you think of him or his music.

[@GilbertsV1]

ok... this is 2012. The guy is shit and produce shit since that, so your comment, his, are a big FAIL ! He is the worst DJ i ever seen live... people walk out early and he do nothing special to his shows except his big goofy mouse head and his stupid rubik cube. He basically play CD and do nothing else.

[@AlexNiedt]

Gilbert Noreau Thank you for proving my point.

[@jlong5987]

Sorry Mr DJ. I forgot only 1 in 1 million people are actually DJs ... not.

[@AlexNiedt]

Who are you calling a DJ?

[@KableTdi]

Alex Niedt omg you know what's s fruity limiter and sausage fattener. Weldone

[@dacypher22]

I can't really disagree. I think if you really narrow your definition of dubstep down to what is really dubstep and you take out the big acts who actually have engineers and technical know-how, he is right. That said, I still find dubstep infinitely more interesting than his music. To me, I heard all of deadmau5's tracks in the 90's and I can't figure out why he is so popular beyond the mouse head.

[@dacypher22]

I mean that I agree with what he is saying about dubstep (at least the most narrow genre definition of it) in that it has gotten into a "loudness war" like what happened in rock 20 years ago. That said, I don't like Deadmau5's music. It just sounds very behind the times, like music that was common in the 90's and speculated that his success is largely about the highly identifiable mouse head.

[@dacypher22]

Dude, it has nothing to do with the music and whether it is complex or not or good or not. And yes, there is a loudness war in dubstep. Its not an opinion. Anyone can throw tracks onto a visualizer and you can see it. I love Barely Alive. I love dubstep, much more than I like Deadmau5. For some of the larger dubstep artists it is likely that it isn't even the artist who is mastering the track loud. But it does have an impact. You have a finite peak level on any recording. To push it beyond that peak, certain engineering techniques have to be used which reduce the overall clarity of the song. Believe me, I am not saying I like Deadmau5 more than dubstep (I pretty much said so in my original comment). I just wish more artists/producers/engineers would leave the volume level to me and master at lower amplitudes so their tracks were more crisp.

[@dacypher22]

I am still not sure you know what I mean by "loudness". It has nothing to do with the song being mastered. You can over-peak an ambient track, or even just a recording of someone talking. If you are listening to a bunch of different tracks, and then suddenly the next track sounds very loud even though you didn't turn up the volume and it causes the sound to get kind of crackly sounding, that is what I mean by "loudness". It is a mastering technique, not anything to do with the song.

[@TimpBizkit]

His music is quite boring on bad speakers, fun to listen to on my dance system

[@zohaiblateef6554]

Xtrullor- Beautiful chords, perfect sound design, phenomenal buildups, and GODLY drops,

[@WeAreNowConnected]

He's talking about the dynamic of dubstep music..hes not saying its shit, just that it generally sound cheap because how they mix and master, hes an audio engineer, get some respect.

[@Mibmu]

Wow, a guy has a negative opinion about something, let's call him arrogant, pretentious and other stupid fucking things because we don't share the same opinions, wah wah, cry me a river. To be honest, he seems like a normal guy with very good self-esteem and self-confidence, as an artist should have, and I agree on his views on dubstep to 100% mainly because I'm used to the old-school sound of '07-'09 before this wave of this grindy, "filthy" dubstep came up and kind of "ruined" the whole sound of dubstep.

[@wdbaudio]

Thank you good sir! the truth has finally been spoken. and yeah, deadmau5 is awesome

[@timaeus22222]

WorldsDeepestBass If only he doesn't smoke (or curse). :/

[@kboyd9325]

So what if he smokes and curses? How does that make him arrogant, may I ask?

[@timaeus22222]

K Boyd Those aren't my criteria, actually. I just in general don't like people who smoke or curse. I lose respect for them because they couldn't make better life choices. Whether or not I think he's arrogant is unrelated.

[@kboyd9325]

***** Cursing gets a little on my nerves, and smoking (celebrities-wise) makes me worried for their health :/ I don't want him to get cancer :( But I do agree with you.

[@azoique]

Commercial American Dubstep* The real original dubstep is the complete opposite.

[@Werlerfer]

balleur Yes we know, WE ALL FUCKING KNOW! HOLY SHIT!

[@buffmywifi3839]

balleur I'm sick and tired of these people who separate "Real Dubstep (Chillstep)" and Brostep. They're the same broad genre, just different styles

[@billharpum6600]

They're really not the same broad genre. 'chillstep' is an American word for any dubstep that doesn't sound like optimus prime farting....it's not a thing in the UK here at all, because it's not chilled out in the slightest! It's super energetic, and minimal. It's important for us over here to make sure that dubstep doesn't get forgotten about amidst huge commercial success with brostep across the pond.

[@joeyg1315]

Damn, you scare people away when you present information like this.

[@xanderchanning]

@@billharpum6600 I live in California and you're 100% right. I wish dubstep was known for the UK deep heavy bass minimal sound instead of brostep...

[@ViridusMusic]

I used to hate dubstep too but somehow something changed and now i love listening to it and produce it xD

[@ashtontanner6460]

To hear it: , then go to 4:45. To see it: Pause the video, then drag the red scroll thingy at the bottom to 4:45. You're welcome xD

[@nc818]

I learned guitar at 9 years old, self taught myself the piano at 14, how to remix in acid x press at 15, how to produce rap/trap in fl studio at 18, how to play the violin in my 20’s and to be honest making dubstep is the most difficult endeavor that I’ve embarked on.

[@DeceptiveRealityMusic]

As someone who was a classically trained cellist but also a drummer and pianist I would agree that dubstep is one of the most difficult genres of music to produce. Writing a symphony is creating the emotion with the instruments provided, but with dubstep, you have to make those instruments yourself from the ground up. Not for the faint of heart.

[@ianhinz7639]

Aright let’s get back to topic gentlemen. Stop making it about yourselves

[@noxure]

He doesn't hate Dubstep. He hates shitty producers that are bad at their job and then make false accusations about Deadmau5's sound getting 'special treatment' during a show and stuff like that. :D

[@austinwiebe3801]

0:50 Those biceps though...

[@11123fsd]

Hah

[@TheMerryPrangster]

+Austin Wiebe Its called drugs

[@JayJaycubbs]

And those tattoos.....?

[@Eddster6]

He's huge

[@CONNNE]

+Eddster6 CocoBiceps

[@scubasteve6175]

when will people recognize that music is so subjective someone else's opinions shouldn't hold any impact whatsoever

[@firezera]

never

[@Psionz]

Opinions should always hold impact. Without opinions there would be no change

[@alexhicks8594]

I like how he has a reason to dislike dubstep due to his roots. Instead of everyone else's usual complains of "ew its dubstep".

[@Werlerfer]

Alex Hicks Yeah. Or better yet, he wasn't the people who were just like: "Meh it's just all noise!" People say the same about heavy metal...

[@veritasabsoluta4285]

+Organized Chaos Well heavy metal is actually complete shit, same with dupstep.

[@helpfulapple3125]

Veritas Absoluta Dubstep is ok,and has some hidden gem artists such as Xtrullor and Canonblade

[@poob2063]

John calm the Fuck down. Kpop fan

[@PengyDraws]

@@jcaique No u

[@mauztheproducer7342]

My friends are like "dead MOW 5 makes the awesomest Dubstep music" It's sad

[@kwakedesigns]

dead mau five is his name harse

[@EasyAno]

kwakedesigns that's what he's saying. His friends pronounce it like that.

[@2kzoltan]

Even though i don't like dubstep, i find Deadmau5 to be a musical snob.

[@DarXiar7]

***** technically that is exactly what dubstep is wobbles crushed thru a limiter... i made some good wobbles once and was actually amazed of how easy it is... like, its wayyy harder top make good ambient house music than filthy dubstep.

[@cjspeed01]

He's not a snob at all, he's just incredibly realistic. His views haven't been altered and narrowed by being famous like everybody else has. He still believes everything he's always believed, he still has the same views and opinions on the world and he isn't afraid to keep them secret from people. In his eyes he's just a normal guy that makes music that a lot of people buy and listen to. He's right about dubstep, and DarXiar's right about it being easy to make. Plus, this horrible high-pitched screechy dubstep that is usually related to Skrillex is even worse and even easier to make. The good stuff, the stuff that could be done very intelligently (Fabrication - Emalkay a good example) has died out. It's not hard to be a dubstep producer anymore.

[@spian]

I find him to be full of himself and a complete hypocrite when answering the question on whether or not he likes being treated differently

[@DestinyAwaitsChannel]

DarXiar7 Dubstep requires more than fucking 2 wobbles any good dubstep song has hundreds of different sound effects and sounds.

[@yordyreyes2676]

Here after Deadmau5 was headbanging to Subtronics’ remix to “Escape”

[@C0LDWiR3]

that was so epic i actualy teared up, deadmau5 was my first love when learning about edm in general and subtronics is one of my favs at the moment

[@alonsohv]

You guys gotta realize that dubstep has changed alot. Its not as it was in 2012.

[@Bonez767]

And this video came out 2012 so idk wym bruff

[@playercore7444]

And that it existed before that and was competely diffent, deep, dark… go find some old artist skream or coki I would recommend.

[@AeStelle7]

​@@playercore7444 Now dubstep turned to riddim.

[@illiyakorniyenko]

he wears the same clothes as an edgy 12 year old

[@westonvail3011]

Him and the people around him created that style

[@StarchieHalo]

Illiya Korniyenko just as your comments make you look like one

[@typower2247]

nah lol edgy 12 y/os wear the same clothes as him

[@happyhardcoreee]

Sponsorships. He's more than likely getting paid to rep these brands, so who cares really.

[@Nocoloco_]

Illiya Korniyenko hE WeArs THe SAmE ClOtHs As aN EdGy 12 YeAr OlD

[@FireElFreak]

Dubsteps with good melodies are where it's at.

[@buffmywifi3839]

Not a riddim guy, I see?

[@bobeeir1416]

awww yeah tell me more.. kids these days

[@funkychorizo56]

seven lions ftw

[@PepperTheBirb]

Warmice That's why I'm here too

[@AZCaveMan480]

I can only listen to some Chillstep stuff. I hate when they overkill bass drops and like glitches and random shit. It needs melody and just a pinch of soul.

[@chriswellz5993]

People are so nice to him because they show him the best of themselves right out the gate. That's just what happens when you meet someone like Deadmau5. It would be an honor to meet the guy one day.

[@TheColorfulVibe]

I find it funny how he says that pretty much dubstep producers have no clue about music.... My personal opinion, Dubstep is the hardest electronic Genre to producer. Why? Because of the sounds, it may takes hours just find, and make one sound, that you might only use three times in the whole song. I suck at dubstep, I've attempted once at making it. and it fucking sucked, so I stuck to chillstep. I'm a huge fan of Deadmau5, so I'm not hating on him, I just disagree with his opinion.

[@ThyDemented]

Its really not hard to make a dub step bass synth in massive. literally takes ~5 minutes per sound. If you are working with FM8 up to ~15 minutes. Just realize that it takes a long time to learn a synthesizer and what to do to make each sound specific to each genre you may work with.. and once you are comfortable with it, its super easy. Anyone can argue that any genre is the hardest to produce, but that is mainly due to personal lack of experience in the area.

[@RauhSkye]

IDM, please. (inb4 idm is just random shit thrown together) If you say that, I could say the same thing about dubstep >.>

[@ImKaso]

dubstep is way to easy... house is way harder, because of melody, dubstep is just many bad voices thrown together, and burned, meanwhile the produsers add a little kick, and kicks, those are problems

[@xIRODRiiGO]

He never said that. Watch the video again.

[@ThyDemented]

ImKaso No. To you, probably, sure. But literally it comes down to personal experience. I didn't start producing and was able to come up with melodies that were layered across three different synths that I knew exactly how I wanted each one to sound before I even had the melody in a piano roll - it came with lots of practice and enjoying every second of it. What I'm saying is that melodies don't justify difficulty. Also, even if it did, dubstep truly has some kickass melodies. Obviously there are sub genres to both (dub step and house), and in some, the melodies are less impressive but it focuses on different elements of the sound. As I said in the beginning, TO YOU, IT IS LIKELY 100% TRUE. But it is all SITUATIONAL and OPINION. This is the only reason I reply: I don't like listeners (and especially fellow producers) to believe that their opinion is truth for all. Make sense? Kk. Cool. Good talk.

[@jc8153]

Not gonna lie, dubstep songs that are 99% screech are complete garbage. It's like as if someone put your head next to an active blender full of scrap metal with a container made of shitty aluminum. Songs like Flinch's "Light it Up" are okay OKAY, UPDATE PEOPLE. I don't GENERALLY hate dubstep. It's actually one of my favorite genres. I just dislike dubstep songs where it screeches out of melody for the entire duration of the song

[@nokkusuu]

Gonna go resample that now xD

[@SebastianPoortman]

Than sir, you've probably didn't search good enough and have never heard of the artist Tristam.

[@nokkusuu]

Sebastian Poortman TRISTAM IS AWESOME

[@user-mi9hw8rm8q]

it's equally as bad as that really obnoxious trap music, dang man what the heck you combined really edgy rap music and dubstep, ouch

[@jc8153]

Sebastian Poortman Dude I'm talking about dubstep songs that can hurt your ears with their overly reliance on high pitched screech. Not really dubstep in general

[@kmacadaeg7]

Deadmau5 actually hates everything

[@elliotterodriguez]

I do too lol

[@user-yr1bb5fo7w]

Wtf shut up

[@neo967]

Well you hate this video

[@zamonian9525]

Lol tru dat

[@SIlentZedrikMusic]

I Hate Dubstep because it sucks

[@Signal_in_the_noise]

Man.....dubstep is garbage now,,,,about 5-10 years ago, that shit was FIRE though....I'm talking about that REAL REAL, before Skrillex came along. It was great stuff to see live and it was something different in the scene. Then, like everything else, it became too popular for it's own good so everyone and their mom tried to make it, everything was just copies of copies, and all garbage. The evolution is over....time to innovate something new. Next!

[@louiscarpenter7144]

Mmmmmkay, you just ignore all of the GOOD dubstep still being made, and just par attention to the things that went mainstream.

[@athemalive]

Maby IDM? Ah. It's too intelligent and complex for typical kid. For serious... Mainstream music will minimalize itself, for masses. You'd run deep search for the best...

[@ky93le]

Every DJ in clubs just remix a song that has been remixed a dozen times prior... it's sad, yet crowds 'love' it somehow........

[@VoidPlugger]

when dubstep first came out it was HEAVY, now all drops are too soft :( its gone down hill

[@Jabbathefrukt]

The fuck? As if House, Bigroom and trap issn't just copies of copies.

[@elshowdeguero]

It all depends on what kind of dubstep do you hear, clearly, Joel only listen's to commercial dubstep

[@thomassynths]

I like Skreamizim Vol 1 for chillax dubstep.

[@ShaneHornMusic]

guero osvaldo it's funny because 99% of people associate commercial dubstep with skrillex, but he ain't dubstep at all

[@DrWiki-po1hk]

+Ludo Pisces And that's funny because 99% of the people who say Skrillex isn't Dubstep have no damn clue on what he supposedly produces.

[@MrRawrgers]

brostep

[@RJRJ]

It was clearly a comment on the majority of commercialised dubstep music, which is an important commentary to make. I'm sure he still appreciates that there are good artists producing quality music within that genre.

[@aarotoivari02]

Lol kinda ironic. The greatest dj of all time hates dubstep

[@Litruv]

He's a producer, not a DJ, when will people get this >.>

[@cuttersarekey]

Litruv Hes also a DJ..

[@GoldClaw24]

He's not the greatest DJ of all time. Nobody is, and if someone were to be, it would either be Tiesto or Armin van Buuren.

[@NPGLAMB]

not the greatest but one of the most well known.

[@aarotoivari02]

***** what? so now im not allowed to listen to deadmau5 and comment? also i played minecraft since 1.0 and alpha so stfu

[@Jabbathefrukt]

Just because dubstep uses alot of screamy, distorted sounds doesn't make the whole song screamy, distorted and non dynamic, the kicks, snares, chords and everything else are just as dynamic as other genres/songs. I'm starting to question Deadmau5's knowledge in sound engineering.

[@Astohoriian]

He's talking about your average Skrillex/Zomboy/Virtual Riot track which is brickwalled to death. For example, I selected some random tracks to compare the dynamic range. One from Skrillex (Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites), one from Virtual Riot (Au5 - Follow You ft. Danyka Nadeau (Virtual Riot Remix)) and one from Darude (Sandstorm). Sandstorm had an average of -7 dB RMS at the chorus, Virtual Riot's track had an average of -3 dB RMS at the drop and Skrillex's had an average of -2 dB RMS at the drop. You don't need to have a deep knowledge in sound engineering to understand that a track that has a -2 dB RMS average is brickwalled.

[@Jabbathefrukt]

duskline the - 2 may come from the overly distorted bases and maby because skrillex songs are played on the radio and needs to be in commercial volume. If you are going to compare something compare the melodic parts of the songs and not the drop because I can asure you that they will be exactly like any other genre. And how the fuck can you compare a track that came out 9 years ago with one of Skrillexs first songs which came out like 4 years ago. If you are going to compare it to something do it with bigroom or trap.

[@Astohoriian]

***** "...the - 2 may come from the overly distorted bases and maby because skrillex" Mate, even if you compare it to a thrash metal song (Megadeth - Hangar 18) the track usually is not above -6 dBFS RMS "...maby because skrillex songs are played on the radio and needs to be in commercial volume." Totally false, commercial dynamic range usually is not above -7 dBFS RMS. "...If you are going to compare it to something do it with bigroom or trap." Why someone would do that? Most of them are brickwalled to death, . "... If you are going to compare something compare the melodic parts of the songs and not the drop because ..." I compared, the most "melodic" part of the song (Virtual Riot's one) had an average of 5.2 dBFS RMS, and compared to a track ( KOAN Sound - Infinite Funk) that came out in 2014 (Because you were salty as shit when i selected an old song) had an average of -10 dBFS RMS. I like the genre, but I if someone told me that the tracks are too loud, I would totally understand them.

[@Jabbathefrukt]

duskline Well if you say Bigroom and Trap is also "brickwalled to death" I agree with you, it's not only dubstep making overly compressed songs. But you should really compare Knife Party if anything and their latest album. Rob swire, the main guy in Knife Party is a complete mixing genius, he has worked with everything from dubstep to metal and knows exactly what he is doing.

[@tylerappel3981]

Proof: Direct- Free My World

[@Robotnik75XYZ]

The reason why I like dubstep is because threw my eyes its energetic and *the only way I can describe it as* it opens up the soul spiritual but not calming like shows who you are that's why I like dubstep

[@GinoZump]

hates but makes. raise your weapons.

[@Number9Robotic]

Guess he changed his mind? :/

[@mexican_violin]

Skrillex wrote that for him. he said so in a live stream

[@MVNSTR]

If you knew your stuff, you would know he said "I only made it because dubstep was really big at the time". Still doesn't mean he likes it.

[@litletortilaboy]

OfficialParagon wich kinda seems like he's a sell out, at that time.

[@MVNSTR]

What does that have to do with this?

[@SUPEROBSCUREBEATS]

quote from EXCISION in an interview back in february of this year..."... every artist I’ve seen, and I’ve seen nearly all of them, have a 100 percent pre-planned set that they literally just press a play button at the beginning of the show and fake it for 90 minutes. F*** that! ..." ___ i can GUARANTEE you're included in that dude

[@DeadWolfRakon]

Evryone like realy EVRYONE does that dude, only groups like C2C and stuff like that don't.

[@M4R1N3]

Probably you should go and check out the guest mixes on the YT Channel Mixmag bro *lol*

[@anomalous_sounds]

its not hard to mix mad crazy noises together though, would love to see him just do a deep dubstep set off the mark, let alone any of the many other genre's that have been wrongly thrown together under the (crap) name of 'EDM', when you've got more minimal sounds on the go it's so much harder to get it sounding nice, i do like excision but his attitude towards mixing is silly... (plus i think its nice that djs take the time to plan it rather than just throw it together at the time)

[@gushergamer]

excision is under the mau5trap label your stupid

[@anomalous_sounds]

gushergamer that has nothing to do with it

[@cull15]

I bet Deadmau5 doesn't hate dubstep as much as I hate the term EDM!

[@HU4evs]

Its not a term its am acronym. Electronic Dance Music. Get over it lol.

[@spikemike3355]

We used to just call it "techno." I agree with Peter

[@tim_urbanhippie]

Nathan McNasty Well technically its an abbreviation, not an acronym

[@Vermin298]

Timmeh Tim It's an initialism, actually. An abbreviation is a shortening like saying "Tim" instead of "Timothy". Also, an acronym is when you say the letters as a word like P.E.T.A. Also, I agree, it's techno not EDM :P

[@HU4evs]

No its not technically an abbreviation, its technically an acronym. Look it up.

[@Grimmx50]

I enjoy the new style of dubstep and the old style. House is something im getting into with this artist named JOYRIDE.

[@Dimastpo1]

Im only really into dubstep as for electronic music, but man hot drums is fkn good xD

[@cr4zyw3ld3r]

by old style you mean 90's dubstep?

[@Grimmx50]

mostly every thing before 2012

[@NVDVS]

i love joyryde as well! you should maybe check out people like JAUZ, EPHWURD, Drezo or Moksi if you like that kinda style :)

[@MrSimonnyberg]

bro check out ghastly hes amazing

[@Famizen]

I wonder what his opinion is on Liquid Dubstep

[@CombuskenKid]

That's a good question actually.

[@skrillex9090againAJ]

liquid isnt really that hard soo i think he thinks its alright :P

[@SaggyGerbils]

DeepFriedBass What about filth/grimestep? Talking Ry Legit, Chrispy, D-Jahsta, Rekoil, Barron, you know, the more undergroundish side of most labels such as firepower and spinning.

[@Classicknobull]

Liquid is smoothe and the producers do a good job at mixing and mastering, so im sure he'd dig it

[@SaggyGerbils]

***** Filth djs put more than twice the effort into mixing. Filth music is much more complete. There's almost never nothing happening. The effects to even modify any form of dubstep wobbles take a long time to master, and a lot more skill and knowledge than house and trance ever will. Dead just likes simple sounding stuff. Mixing and mastering is not what he forms his opinion by. Most people like commercial rap but underground chopper rap takes a lot more skill and is usually written in a more clever manner.

[@tylershaina1890]

I don't think he's talking about Dubstep as a whole as much as he's talking about the result of the impact. He's got a point and even though I am a huge brostep fan, what he is saying is correct. I feel this is sort why Big Room got so big as well, cause it's all about that aggression, that power, that "Everything louder than everything else" concept

[@TheGamezCorner]

funny how he says he hates dub step yet he made a dub step song

[@sylgar45]

if you listen to what he said, he doesn't hate dubstep

[@Phughy]

***** One Tricky Pony (feat. Sofi) :) You're welcome

[@drzeusimusicvideos2626]

Raise Your Weapon as well, you just have to get to the end.

[@dav3fk]

Dubstep is something waaaay one one side of "music". You can use aspects of it, or aspects in common with it, or that divergently evolved from it, in perfectly legitimate music. That doesn't change the fact that dubstep, in general, sort of sucks. It's like the difference between conway twiddy, and old crow medicine show.

[@ExtricateOfficial]

he's doin it right

[@roxman49]

His dubstep for 4x4=12 is pretty much what he talked shit about.

[@romanvillegas1776]

I don't give a shit.

[@spitstainoof2475]

Exactly, now Deadmau5 plays noisia’s remix of raise your weapon. ( it’s dubstep not dnb)

[@rickjames3034]

>Hates dubstep >Doesn't know what dubstep really is

[@trollingisasport]

Bitch!

[@eddbarros2821]

I love both you guys.

[@thevictimofawhale1684]

I love how most dubstep is harder to make than a lot of the shit he makes, had Deadmau5 ever been in the studio watching a dubstep producer? probably not. Has Deadmau5 ever attempted to create and release a dubstep track? no. I understand you do get dubstep artists who's workflow consists of opening a sample pack and just using 92% of those samples to create their track, but there are also underrated dubstep producers who create and put a lot of thought into their sounds to create music that sounds original

[@thevictimofawhale1684]

Culprate, KOAN Sound, Posij, Teknian, Emperor, Joe Ford. I don't expect you to like all of these artists, but at least give them a try

[@MrMaf00]

You are everything wrong with the dubstep culture. Shut up

[@thevictimofawhale1684]

Hahahaha what? why?

[@reallyryan_]

hardcore is harder than dubstep search for angerfist - tonight

[@thevictimofawhale1684]

Wow, and you asked me if I was dumb. 1. It is dubstep, not dub step. 2. A dubstep song is not called a dubstep. And 3. the point I just made is that there are dubstep producers who put thought and skill into their music

[@cazeroone86]

"OMG OMG OMG DUBSTEP IS SOO SOO SOOOOO AWESOME! DEADMAU5 SUCKS DUBSTEP SHITS ON DEADMAU5 OOOOHHHH YEAH! SKRILLEX IS WAY WAY WAY WAY BETTER!" ~no one Everybody hates dubstep. To me, dubstep isnt even music, its just messed up sounds blasting into your ears.

[@Jee_oon]

If dubstep isnt a music, why it became a mainstream back 2012? Why skrillex, knife party and other dubstep makers became mainstream. I know dubstep is for gaming. But dubstep is something unique to other songs

[@NoobFLProducer]

steven coloscos 2012? bro you mean 2008. listen to the old dubstep it's much better than the overused shit sounds today

[@jono_high]

"Everybody hates dubstep" hah.

[@cazeroone86]

***** well, i guess not everybody hates dubstep, i just seem to know a lot of people that hate it.

[@jono_high]

Cameron Grant Just because you know a lot of people that hate it doesn't mean that EVERYBODY hates it. I mean, Dubstep has a thriving fanbase and is still continuing to grow as a community.

[@K0sm1cKid]

Truthfully I think modern dubstep is good BECAUSE it is sort of a "fuck you" to engineering. It's the same mentality behind other unrelenting genres of music. I like to think of it as the death metal of electronic music in some ways, it isn't always produced to sound clean and organized but it's meant to be unrelenting. I think if you took an unrelentingly aggressive dubstep song and gave it needless dynamic range it would only hurt the song. But that's my opinion. :P

[@Brandonbraun]

Industrial techno is definitely the death metal of techno...

[@zachstevens6233]

I couldn't agree with you more. Nice comment.

[@K0sm1cKid]

Brandonbraun Naw, Industrial Techno is the industrial techno of techno. :P

[@FlaffPaff]

You can't really compare death metal and dupstep, well produced death metal is far from a "fuck you" to good production and engineering, it might not be produced to sound clean and organized, but its not produced to sound loud and raw with no dynamic range either. If you produce a record thats just supposted to sound loud in a genre like death metal, the instruments will have no clarity to them, it will just end up sounding like a loud wall of sound.

[@K0sm1cKid]

I don't know man, all of my favorite Death Metal Albums are mixed and mastered to basically be a wall of sound. I think it's a challenge to make every element of the recording have it's own space. Clarity is a challenge with metal, but I would say the same for modern dubstep too. A lot of distorted "dubstep growls" occupy about as much sonic real estate that a heavily distorted guitar does. Sometimes even more. Deciding what to cut and what not to cut can be a challenge in both situations. I'd say it's comparable, but "dubstep" as a genre also is so ambiguous at this point. A lot of the dubstep I listen to definitely has metal influence in how it's mixed. But that isn't necesarily the case with everything. There are some really heavy modern metal albums that have a different approach to mixing that doesn't involve a lot of limiting and shit on the master fader, but there's plenty examples of those that do too. I personally really like the "wall of sound" style of mixing as long as there's enough clarity to hear what's happening. But everyone is different.

[@demetrisgavrielides8878]

Thelegend27?

[@ryanmichaelpower]

Who is the Legend27 ??

[@gabegirard3662]

Demetris Gavrielides I get that reference

[@MrKristian252]

haha, this is becomming a meme. or.... You're a bot.

[@b3nn377]

yes

[@oiux5749]

Is it true you can hurl a bolder further than a catapult?

[@Wikkedbrisbane]

This dudes done alot of drugs!

[@geneeshays]

He's one of the most anti-drug people in his industry....

[@Wikkedbrisbane]

Gene McBeats LOL if you actually believe that i feel sorry for u man.

[@geneeshays]

Wikkedbrisbane Watch his other interviews. He gets pissed off whenever someone mentions them and doesn't want drugs at his shows. He MAY have had a history in the past, but he definitely hasn't in years

[@Wikkedbrisbane]

Gene McBeats Thats why i said, "this dude has done alot of drugs" not this dude "does alot of drugs" .......

[@crazydudesunited1349]

Deadmau5: I hate dubstep. Skrillex: Burns holes through deadmau5's ears with his cigar.

[@alio2269]

CLICK BAAAAAAIIT

[@Werlerfer]

RobinHood East No the content is in there

[@ImVeryBrad]

Organized Chaos maybe

[@CaptainJacksIsland]

*For the people who don't understand:* he didn't say he doesn't like the music. His problem is with dynamic range compression. Search for it on KZbin, but it's the difference between not liking a movie and not liking bootleg movies recorded in theaters.

[@londonk323]

WAIT THIS IS THAT DIRT MONKEY SAMPLE OMFG

[@squarezone9747]

Honest to god I'll never stop pronouncing his name as 'Dead Mow Five'. Not intentionally, it just happens.

[@puella_meiberu]

Guys, if some of you think dubstep has no soul, go look up Vexare. Namely: The Clockmaker, Still Remaining, The Silent Majority and his remix of Robert Miles' Children. Dubstep may be loud as hell, but it is with a purpose. Vexare has shown me that intense music can come with even more intense emotion.

[@bandito1000]

that's why i like trance the most :D

[@Lajcepsty]

The Clockmaker - nothing new, nothing interesting. Typical pop dubstep with this "unpredictable" wide coooool bass!

[@carrotzone6298]

How about Rattlesnake?

[@puella_meiberu]

Colin Parks Forgot about that one, I think Rattlesnakes sounds very unique. A purely fascinating emotion emitting from it, nothing specific though.

[@puella_meiberu]

Lajcepsty >The Clockmaker >Typical pop dubstep Really? Let me explain to you. It has near nothing in common with anything else. No growls, pure melody, unrivalled complexity, the longest melody line in dubstep, ever, and the second drop has an absolute crapton of harmonious melodies, resulting in an absolutely overwhelming but beautiful feeling.

[@Stinkymalinky98]

lot of respect for this guy, his production is glorious

[@ImHyperrrr]

I couldn't stop staring at his abundance of tattoos...

[@audax956]

Deadmau5 sits down to discuss his new record, Album Title Goes Here, reflect on his career, and explain why he hates dubstep. You should fix that...

[@audax956]

Or is that the actual album...

[@17SIDESVR]

GUYS HE SAID THAT IN 2012. Dubstep only started envolving that time. he might have changedd his mind by now

[@DormantGENT]

Why does it say he hates Dubstep if he doesn't hate Dubstep...? .___.

[@MadJack122]

To get people to watch the video, duh. 2.1 mil views = money.

[@sixtycats8652]

"or legitimately it is the art" The savage ass drums that beat from ancient generations to invoke a certain feeling in the early humans didn't care if someone thought the sound threshold was too high. it just was what it was. good interview though.

[@sixtycats8652]

woah hey there pal. just because *you* have to be on drugs to listen to it doesn't make it true. and i bet the flute players called those who played drums savages. but i doubt it. because they respected the purpose for that instrument. (or couldn't think that far into it) musical hipsters are not so forgiving.

[@pwnage844]

Pure ignorance. The bass drops in an organised pattern, it's not just random noise like idiots claim it is. There are some artists like SeamlessR that produce random noise, however if you listen to someone like Datsik, you can no longer say that it's just noise, unless you are deaf.

[@ButterflyBasshead]

Pwnage exactly. There's shitty dubstep just like there's shitty trance, or house or ambient, etc. Every genre has artists that completely wack it up. Datsik is a perfect example of amazing dubstep. Listen to his Let It Burn album and you will get it. And again, not everyone has to like the same type of music. Just because it's sound to you, does not make it so for everyone else on the planet.

[@silenthill3587]

cool

[@ianeshelman4820]

I can understand Deadmau5's position on dubstep. Dubstep and Death Metal are a lot alike in many regards. You can't just slam an E Minor chord and scream expecting to produce great metal. You also can't just turn up your bitcrusher, dimension expander, reverb, lo cut, and layer the Sausage Fattener/Soundgoodizer, put a limiter envelope on it so it doesn't redline and expect to produce great dubstep. ***At the same time*** Slayer's track "Raining Blood" on their late 80's masterpiece "Reign In Blood" had a breakdown that absolutely was an E Minor chord hit rhythmically. Dubstep follows Occam's Razor, which is a paradox, it's counterintuitive and maybe that's why a lot of Dubstep isn't that great. Less is more. Choice frequencies get louder when unnecessary frequencies are cut or if "background" frequencies are lowered. If you produce, have you noticed that boosting the bass, increasing hi cut and decreasing lo cut, layering multiple kicks, expanding dimensions, raising the amplitudes and going more wet than dry, all of that causes things to sound (not only muddy and fuzzy) sort of quiet? It's like you keep adding stuff trying to make it bigger and heavier but it still sounds quieter than you want, and almost "flat" despite your mixer showing you getting as close to redlining as you can without blowing something out. Cut the nonessentials. Your stuff will sound better. I am no expert, but I'd bet Deadmau5 would back me up on this.

[@drwhoeffect]

Now don't get me wrong, I love brostep just as much as the last aggressive teenager, but come on guys, it's just an opinion.

[@Werlerfer]

drwhoeffect Agreed

[@Selcouth831]

I'm a dubstep producer and I would say that it is as difficult as any other genre. All music making depends on getting more in touch with your creative side.

[@mundicox8951]

I completely fell off from Progressive and Electro, but the few things I've always stuck to that have never disappointed me are Deep House, Trance, Eric Prydz and Deadmau5. He's never disappointed, and he doesn't flow with what's popular like every other producer does. He'll always remain one of the greats for me

[@MrCornToast]

i always associated deadmau5 with dubstep..

[@Colgatelicious]

seriously

[@skirtyboi]

Fucking really? He makes anything but dubstep

[@DaklipOfficial]

Most people without much knowledge of EDM do...

[@Colgatelicious]

i hate when someone thinks a song is dubstep when they dont hear lyrics

[@MW2Carlos]

***** wtf does lyrics have to do with a mucic genra?

[@madzmedia2]

I wonder if mau5 knows what the real roots of dubstep are where it was not about distorted heavy bass and was more of a dark vibe, like skream, DMZ, coki, hatcha etc. The shit from 2004.

[@Signal_in_the_noise]

I know , he's just talking about the popularized banger shit.....that's not even what real dubstep is. Clueless.

[@gardoe.c.476]

The real roots of all those genres is rap/hip-hop.

[@Signal_in_the_noise]

The roots go back way farther than that.....hip hop in itself was a genre that borrowed from all of the different genres. The real dance shit started in Chicago and Detroit with og's like Derrick May, and that had roots in disco and early electronic music like Kraftwerk.

[@gardoe.c.476]

Kyle Donaldson Yeah, I know. I forgot bout that, but the EDM culture has evolved over the last few years and that's when they took some rap flavor from hip-hop. Hip-hop's real roots is funk, blues, and soul. Some people might say Kraftwerk and other similar artists, but that's not true. Even though some rappers did rap on some Kraftwerk style beats.

[@athemalive]

Kyle Donaldson Before Kraftwerk, but yes. They did great job as pioneers.

[@Niffie]

Famous, yet very wise and insightful. Live long and thrive even more deadmau5!

[@SonicXRage]

I agree with him. I never thought of dubstep that way. Dubstep was better when it wasn't loud and obnoxious. Requake is probably the closest you're gonna get to old dubstep these days. If you're looking for good old style dubstep, Requake's a great duo.

[@LennyTheCat]

ekhm *DubstepGutter* ekhm

[@thegreengrocer99]

+Lenny The Cat dsg is shit

[@LennyTheCat]

Хоакин ur mother is shit xDDDDDddDDDdddddDDDDd

[@thegreengrocer99]

Lenny The Cat omg i'm so offended, please delete that

[@LennyTheCat]

Хоакин delete yourself okay

[@WittAllen]

Answer is at 4:18

[@boyakasha12]

It is not only dubstep having this issues with loudness, loudness wars are real and I am happy to see such producer as dedmau realizes it and hates it (as every professional should).

[@TrollingCheeseburger]

I'm big on moombahcore and glitch, not so much dubstep.

[@cosmic_gate476]

Glitch is so dope :)

[@gordonremsey8055]

I liked dubstep years ago. Maybe the 2013 era I liked that

[@mrballsad2]

Whenever i watch a video with an opinion in it, there is always at least one idiot in the comment section who thinks that it's fact, and simply has to disagree with it. It's deadmau5's opinion in this video, and he's outlying reasons for his opinion. Got a problem with that? Great! Means you got an opinion too! An opinion isn't fact. Drill that into your brain.

[@reikojons]

I knew that when dubstep came out that it was going be a fad like happy hardcore was, eventually, the big 5 will still be around and dubstep will be a memory.

[@HEYKOR]

Deep Medi is the dubstep people should be listening to!!

[@ridezosmon2306]

I found my favorite genre of EDM: deadmau5.

[@JhonnyRockstar1]

Im not a very big EDM fan, but any artist who chooses to stick with their own style and make music they can feel proud of, instead of whoring themselves of to the mainstream machinery at the first opportunity desereves respect in my opionion.

[@prashantsridhar2171]

Garrix is just a one hit wonder he isn't a technically sound musician like Deadmau5,Kaskade,Tiesto,Aphex Twin and Van Burren or Wolfgang Gartner all he basically does is re-use samples available on FL studio which is quite depressing since it has no effort at all...

[@morgengabe1]

Derpa Herpa So do most people who use those shitty plugins. All the people mentioned in OP use different samples to achieve all the same effects which is just pretentious and boring, so garrix isn't really any worse than them.

[@blvckfiretrvpfire15]

100 Yes Garrix is so overrated it's ridiculous (-_-)

[@pr5pr]

dubstep is so similar with the music he is doing so i dont understand how he hate dubstep lol

[@DestinyBattlefrontUpdates]

EDM is comprised of so many different sub-genres... Dubstep is just one of them... Deadmau5 definitely dosnt produce dubstep...

[@TUMHARANANKU]

are you serious

[@Doezer]

lol wut man just get education before making a fool of yourself in public

[@s.peanutbuterson6733]

Doezer you guys……. do you not see that he has a troll face as his profile pic?

[@KrewellaFrance]

bungla bill That doesn't necessarily means he's INTENTIONALLY trolling.

[@GmRb79]

*isn't this the guy that played applause sounds, jingles, fake giggles and cues at an mtv movie award about 15 years ago?*

[@tudorboca2296]

Why deadmau5 hates everything?

[@cynergy]

He's pretty vocal about it. People hate everything but some are not so vocal about it. :D

[@tudorboca2296]

​@@cynergyhey so i'm 20 now and I get it. I also hate everything.

[@swackymusic]

That’s why Skrillex and DeadMau5 are frienemies 😂😂😂

[@honeybunchickens]

people need to start making more music like deadmau5, enough with this dub step and lame trance electronc music thats made by amateurs

[@triptrippidy1699]

Mate...there are producers out there that are light years ahead of Deadmau5 and the like. If you take fukin Datsik and Skrillex as examples of dubstep music, then you're basically not givin it justice. peace

[@hakskkssbbxD]

Trip Trippidy But..but... Datsik is not bad.. :'(

[@BaddaBigBoom]

Thanks, I'll (beep)kin' look out for more Deadmau-five!

[@BaddaBigBoom]

MrManiak Ah but do you think they're better than sweary Deadmau-five?

[@SocietyUnplugged]

That statement says more about your musicality than about the current state of EDM

[@Ascension646]

Genericmau5 releases new song called repetitive bullshit, becomes instant hit, and every tool loves it! Eh, 3 of his songs sound unique. The rest... I'll pass.

[@johnhill6313]

Its dance/rave music more then it is listen music..for me atleast....or stoned lol

[@rey619yomama]

haha if you think dm5 is "generic" dont get me stated about big room.... do you just listen to ghosts n stuff or do you actually know his songs

[@Ascension646]

rey619yomama Yes I do like Bleed, Creep, and etc. So uh yeah I do know a few.

[@EwesInYourBrainz]

Savant all the way.

[@kylem7708]

I agree so much with his sentiment on the genre of dubstep. Too many artists are garbage and have no structure. First got into classical, then metal, then just recently into some of the good EDM composers. All very structurally similar in many ways, and I love how they all flow.

[@Rastasandrainbows]

4:18 brony musicians in a nutshell

[@Rastasandrainbows]

he seems to be talking about modern spin offs of dubstep with super saw synths and distorted fm synthesis, rather than soft wet wobbles that dubstep tracks utilized pre 2006

[@chaoticmuscles]

he's like kurt Kobain but a dj, if you know what i mean.

[@chaoticmuscles]

***** i dont think you understand my comment

[@chaoticmuscles]

***** umm fuck you

[@fernandoflores965]

He's not a dj, he is a producer.

[@chaoticmuscles]

Fernando Flores thank you

[@TH3PSOfficial]

Peter Werle Fernando Flores He is BOTH.

[@numpy4253]

WHat? Ramble......I found no value in this stream of ? I tried, I tried. SO I came here to hear why Deadmau5 hated Dub. Give me back my 5 minutes of life please. Is there a celestial bank I can Google for that?

[@somethingfunny7691]

If you find one please tell me where it is.

[@robertoesquivel4447]

There's good and bad music in all genres of music, but I feel your pain Joel, when you take away the dynamic aspect of music you take away a huge part of what makes a piece, music. Its so easy for people to make EDM that is pleasing to our ears especially when a shit load of people are under the influence of something, its NOT hard to please someone who is drunk, stoned, pilled out or all three at the same time at a performance. But I will always fight that there ARE good artists in all genres of music and for those few that are out there in the category of EDM, I praise what you do as an audio engineer when you make something that is fresh and original, dynamic, and in the category of EDM, still makes me want to dance.

[@THERUBBISHPCKID]

I'm saving for a mac and I want to make chillstep with garageband am I better off saving further and getting logic or getting logic out of the money I hopefully get once I get my first album out there???? Any help/advice would be great thanx

[@ToastedLater]

I say you should save up because in my opinion Mac's suck

[@Choonchy]

You have no idea how cancer this comment is rofl

[@THERUBBISHPCKID]

Blake Newhouse using garageband and logic aren't the only reasons I want a mac but I don't like any of the other music software out there that I have seen plus I want it for graphics an I can get adobe design suite for £170 with the purchase of a mac for me theres loads of reasons

[@Choonchy]

Don't use garage band. Really. Don't. If you're serious about it get ableton live or logic or something. If you're really serious, get pro tools. Just don't waste your time w/ garage band rofl.

[@Scholarethan]

you don't wanna use garage band...

[@martinalianelli6593]

Dubstep should be illegal, so all the little kids and man kids can hide underground and play it all they want...wait, they do that now, never mind.

[@martinalianelli6593]

+moradierethamster Yea, try and make your situation of man child better.

[@kosmick-9305]

+moradierethamster He tried to troll, but he failed.

[@11123fsd]

Get out troll

[@ifuaintfirsturlast7551]

I love deadmau5 play all his songs while working😀👍👍

[@snake_pot]

I respect his opinion about dubstep. If he doesn't like it, he doesn't like it. That being said, if it's so immature and easy to make, let's see Mau5 put out a song that rivals the sound design of Virtual Riot just to prove his point. My bets are that he can't. If you look back at the last really dubsteppy endeavor that Mau5 took (Raise Your Weapon), putting aside the house part of the song, the sound design is dwarfed by some of today's dubstep producers. I do, however, keep in mind that that was a time before Serum, or even Massive.

[@snake_pot]

ImBooblehead Could he possibly have used Massive on Raise Your Weapon?

[@pratikkc2778]

Are you fucking kidding me?so you're fucking comparing the person who sounds designs not only in digital form but also in analog shit to that person who makes his sound mostly from serum and massive.Don't get me wrong I love virtual riot but I think there is no comparison here.just by using lfo's deadmau5 made a dubstep song that was made before this shitty brostep thing came out or was just starting and it's way better than skrillex for sure check that out and say deadmau5 can't sound design.and by the way simplicity is the key man,complexity is not always necessary for making beautiful and great track.

[@PeteS_1994]

Sound design is interesting but doesn't equal better and isn't everything there is to a good song. I like some bass music in general and enjoy good sound design but I find a lot of times the technicality of a song doesn't make it more musical or expressive than a song that doesn't consist of much sound design and can in fact just consist of basic instruments.

[@dav3fk]

This is totally true about dubstep. (though, I dislike most of it anyway, for just sounding like shit). I've really enjoyed deadmau5 on both earbuds, and laptop speakers. Skrillex sounds awesome on my surround system with huge sub, but is obnoxious and boring on little speakers.

[@TheColorfulVibe]

I'm sorry, but the what's that have to do about the sound (Mixing) of dubstep. Also your speakers must such dick then

[@sunlips_]

Aurora No I totally get what dav3fk said. A genre that has a lot of low bass like brostep sounds AWFUL on your laptop or phone speaker compared to that goliath of a woofer you have in your living room. Why is that you ask? Because the bass plays a major role in that kind of music. Small speakers don't have the capability to thump like your car stereo does or whatever.. God and I hate skrillex for the record. Dubstep is awful now thanks to him.. here check out chillwave and future garage house Washed Out MOUNT KIMBIE

[@umemployedplumber8875]

I always thought this to myself and now i am very positive after watching this video. This dude knows sound engineering like no one else.

[@Hanex94]

Noisia, culprate; cheers :)

[@defaulttvofficial]

He doesnt really know sound engineering. He just knows how to play a drum beat for 2 to 3 minutes before actually using the same bass sound to make a song

[@elmo9450]

*The entire "underground" comunity* "Ohh look at me, I hate dubstep because Deadmau5 hates dubstep, ohhh Im so dumb I hate you Marshmello"

[@EtopiaCA]

Deadmau5 has done and said a lot more condemning things about the scene over the years, most of us just think hes a hypocrite with mediocre music.