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Re: 30 Richest DJs in the World
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:22 pm
by pikeymobile
a fair few people on this list are legitimately good at least

Re: 30 Richest DJs in the World
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:22 pm
by dubfordessert
tiesto is such a cock, i don't think there has been a worse two hours in my life than seeing him "DJing" and half heartedly fist pumping every 3 minutes
Re: 30 Richest DJs in the World
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:24 pm
by yoowan
avicii has made 6 mil from one riff. impressive
Re: 30 Richest DJs in the World
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:26 pm
by wub
dubfordessert wrote:tiesto is such a cock, i don't think there has been a worse two hours in my life than seeing him "DJing" and half heartedly fist pumping every 3 minutes
Interesting fact - when Tiesto was asked to DJ the opening ceremony of the Olympics, he was so nervous at playing to approx. 3 billion people that he stacked the first mix.
Re: 30 Richest DJs in the World
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:30 pm
by Pedro Sánchez
Check how most of them aren't even the better DJ's in their field of music.
Re: 30 Richest DJs in the World
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:31 pm
by dubfordessert
nvm.
Re: 30 Richest DJs in the World
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:33 pm
by wub
Pedro Sánchez wrote:Check how most of them aren't even the better DJ's in their field of music.
Darude is. I played at an event in the States which had him headlining the main room. He was fucking awesome, one of the best trance DJs I've ever seen...mixing was on point, key matched, had a flow to the whole set, fairly sure he was even double dropping some tunes at one point which in trance is faaaaaaaaaaarking difficult to do on the fly.
Nothin but respect for the man

Re: 30 Richest DJs in the World
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:44 pm
by Johnlenham
yoowan wrote:avicii has made 6 mil from one riff. impressive
Yeah its mental hes on the same list as Sasha and Digweed who have been doing it for over 20 years. Then you have ones like steve Aoki which is just

Re: 30 Richest DJs in the World
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:50 pm
by magma
Moby's been holding it down HARD for the anti-capitalists!
Re: 30 Richest DJs in the World
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:53 pm
by thepinupguillotine
.."were late for the show" "hold on my tunes are on the d/l"
Re: 30 Richest DJs in the World
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:55 pm
by wub
thepinupguillotine wrote:.."were late for the show" "hold on my tunes are on the d/l"
This why you always make sure the limo has wi-fi.
Re: 30 Richest DJs in the World
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:58 pm
by topmo3
wub wrote:Pedro Sánchez wrote:Check how most of them aren't even the better DJ's in their field of music.
Darude is. I played at an event in the States which had him headlining the main room. He was fucking awesome, one of the best trance DJs I've ever seen...mixing was on point, key matched, had a flow to the whole set, fairly sure he was even double dropping some tunes at one point which in trance is faaaaaaaaaaarking difficult to do on the fly.
Nothin but respect for the man

such a surprise to see darude on that list.. lol but much respekt
Re: 30 Richest DJs in the World
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 5:02 pm
by magma
Yeah, that's an impressive job of turning one hit single into a major club career!
Re: 30 Richest DJs in the World
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 7:57 pm
by ketamine
How the f*ck is Ferry Corsten worth 18 million...
F*cking Trance / House music man, d*mn... If you're after money its all in 4/4
Re: 30 Richest DJs in the World
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 7:59 pm
by ketamine
Re: 30 Richest DJs in the World
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 8:09 pm
by pikeymobile
ketamine wrote:How the f*ck is Ferry Corsten worth 18 million...
F*cking Trance / House music man, d*mn... If you're after money its all in 4/4
are you worried your mum will catch you swearing or something?
Re: 30 Richest DJs in the World
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 8:17 pm
by Hedley King
Thought there might be a few more underground but long-standing and popular people like Andy C, Carl Craig, Aphex Twin making the list.
Re: 30 Richest DJs in the World
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 8:21 pm
by kidshuffle
wub wrote:Pedro Sánchez wrote:Check how most of them aren't even the better DJ's in their field of music.
Darude is. I played at an event in the States which had him headlining the main room. He was fucking awesome, one of the best trance DJs I've ever seen...mixing was on point, key matched, had a flow to the whole set, fairly sure he was even double dropping some tunes at one point which in trance is faaaaaaaaaaarking difficult to do on the fly.
Nothin but respect for the man

and then there is just the fact that he made the greatest song of all time.
Re: 30 Richest DJs in the World
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 8:31 pm
by collige
I think it's really interesting how half of these people have been in the music game for 15-20 years before getting to where tehy are today, and the other half have been around for less than 10.
Re: 30 Richest DJs in the World
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 8:41 pm
by ketamine
pikeymobile wrote:ketamine wrote:How the f*ck is Ferry Corsten worth 18 million...
F*cking Trance / House music man, d*mn... If you're after money its all in 4/4
are you worried your mum will catch you swearing or something?
Yes.