I’d like to think I wouldn’t get booed off stage if I chose not to wear the head – I did gigs prior to having the head made and never had any problems. I’m aware though that, as a gimmick, it can create its own little monster as a brand. Deadmau5 Read Quote
I have back-and-forth feelings about everything a lot – it’s not limited to my albums. Deadmau5 Read Quote
I was just trickling releases out slowly and building the Deadmau5 brand slowly. There was never this big marketing machine behind it or anything like that. Deadmau5 Read Quote
Virtual reality, to me, seems to have a number of different tiers. Entry-level-tier VR is this experience: on a phone, some simple head-tracking, and some quick and dirty, game-engine-quality stuff. Deadmau5 Read Quote
With my previous record deal, it’d be like, ‘OK, so I have this track then, EMI – do you know any singers, maybe? Do you have any singers on your little label there?’ And funnily enough, they didn’t. But I prefer finding unknown singers myself anyway. Deadmau5 Read Quote
You have to have a certain amount of grit in your sound, and having real synths and talking certain elements outside your computer can help with this. Deadmau5 Read Quote
I have a very varied taste in music from Boards of Canada to Radiohead. So I just love making music and being in the studio. Deadmau5 Read Quote
The way I see EDM right now, it’s a healthy industry for sure – minimal work for maximum profit. Deadmau5 Read Quote
I really like the grittiness of early Amon Tobin – I’m a huge fan of his old music, and I tried to borrow from it, not emulate it. I don’t love my own original work. Deadmau5 Read Quote
