Diplo Is So Fucking Cool
Nov 01, 2007 I Muzach.I don’t mean to sound like one of those crazed-celebrity-myspace-stalking types, but, I venture to guess that besides being one of the best DJs of our time Diplo is probably a pretty cool dude. Again, I know that sounds kind of like unbiased ass-kissing but if you don’t believe me, peep this interview he did with FormatMag:
Format: A few days ago, Kanye’s album leaked. Have you heard it yet? Diplo: I heard a few songs. I love the Chris Martin song. The beats are awesome, but “Big Brother?” Who the fuck cares?! I don’t think a lot of kids can relate to Kanye, but he puts himself out there, which I respect. The album feels too similar to his past ones.
I mean, he’s got another girl moves to L.A., L.A. devours girl, girl becomes slut song on there. We’ve already heard “All Falls Down.”
HAHA! superb.
FormatMag Interview w/ DiploMore obsessive-compulsive insights about music culture coming soon to a blog near you. [That was a joke, I mean this very blog m4tth3m4t1cs.com when I say “a blog near you” — in case someone got worried out there.]
LongTailz
Just in case I wasn’t targeting enough niches already, let me point out how genuinely excited I was when the author asked if Diplo was familiar with the long-tail effect and how it pertains to music.
I haven’t heard of it but it sounds very interesting and I agree with that.
WHEW, that was intense. Granted I was really hoping he would go into some rant about niche-marketing and his appreciation for Macs and web standards but that’s okay, a little bit of wishful thinking. If Diplo started dropping Seth Godin Acapellas over some crazy beat I think I would just give up there and die a happy man. I hope my sarcasm is as digitally apparent as it is in real life….
Daft Punk Is Playing At My House
To be fair he probably is familiar with the long-tail effect for the simple fact that his DJ sets are a perfect example of it. Concordantly, more or less all DJs understand the “essence” of the long-tail effect for the simple fact that one of the first things you learn as a DJ is the high value placed on having a remix/cover/mash-up that nobody else has. Nowadays its a lot easier to consume/obtain songs — therefore, DJs need something else to gain the competitive advantage… i.e. Mixing. Peep this quote from Anil Dash who talks about the culture of DJs who are a part of the movement:
I think it’s no coincidence that many early bloggers (and, especially, many people who made blog-related tools) have been influenced by hip hop’s remix culture, or by the multifaceted beat-matching culture of DJing. It’s not just the methods of distribution that are similar; It’s the aesthetic of mix-and-match, more lately referred to as Rip, Mix, and Burn.
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