Ghost Producing: What the EDM Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know

Re:Ghost Producing: What the EDM Industry Doesn’t Want You t... by nicholassmith on Monday June 24, 2013 @05:14AM (#5931841)

This has been an open secret for years and years, or so I thought anyway. There's plenty of bedroom producers smashing out EPs, but when you're working on big, stadium hits it requires a production team to get it right. Or, if you're a biggish name DJ you're expected to drop some tracks of your own but being a good DJ doesn't mean you can produce a track for toffee, you just know what works for your sets.

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Re:Ghost Producing: What the EDM Industry Doesn’t Want You t... by wjnc on Monday June 24, 2013 @06:26AM (#5932027)

Nothing new here, although I am amazed that it is still considered a 'rumor'. Just fly to Breda, the Netherlands and look around in the EDM-scene. Many, if not most, of the upcoming DJs make and share with Tiesto. It's like a local business clique. Many of those guys even have full-time jobs next to producing, to pay for (lol) their hobbies.

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Re:Ghost Producing: What the EDM Industry Doesn’t Want You t... by gbog on Monday June 24, 2013 @09:44AM (#5932787)

I don't know, I have been working in recording studios and for me the need for a production team is half snake oil half fixing bad tracks with existing fat sounds. Both are the opposite of the original impulse of electronic home made music, where all the good stuff come from.

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