I have always followed music both from an auditory sense as well as the impact of its stars on the rest of the genre. With this context, one of the reasons I have been a fan of hip-hop is its ability to get music of non-commercially produced stuff (yet!) out on the streets. Also, the level of mentoring that happens in the genre is unprecedented. Whether it was Dre discovering Snoop in a mixtape or Eminem at an interview or even Jay-Z giving Rihanna and Kanye West the chance to shine (I think Kanye West really sucks but he IS successful). Or even when Eminem got 50 Cent on board and has been pushing his old pals D-12 on to the limelight (dragging them along is more like it. While guys like Bizarre and the late Proof are talented, they really never got their real shine in the spotlight).
Now in my other favorite genre, Trance, (it’s one of the few genres that I really like the commercial producers or rather, the top-rated DJs rather than just the underdogs) never really came up with that kinda support for its up-and-coming artists. Except now. In a recent note on his website, Tiesto talks about the DJ Top 100 list where he says:
It’s a big thing for most of the promoters and most of them will book DJ’s that are high on this list. That made me think, because if that’s the case the voting is important. Especially to breed new talent.
There are so many new great young DJ’s out there that I feel it’s time to give them a chance. I appreciate all the love and support I get from all over the world but I won this award three times so if I would win it a fourth time, it wouldn’t make a difference for my career.
For the new talented DJ’s around the world it could make a difference, so I would like to ask all the people who support me to vote for new talent.
A lot of people think that Tiesto has gone old, repetitive and basically not killing it like he used to do with “Traffic”, “Flight 643″, or “Just Be”. But this statement does generate a lot of hope for the new guys on the trance and house block
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