dante3000 Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Interviewing Gregg Gillis tonight. Any questions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hickey Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Ask him how he skirts having to get sample clearance and doesn't have to pay royalties. Oh, also ask him to compare DJing to his former job as some kind of scientist. Lastly, ask him how on earth he is so popular when he has no talent whatsoever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Pitchfork just did a great interview w/ him: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/node/144730 I don't really have any questions of my own though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Lastly, ask him how on earth he is so popular when he has no talent whatsoever. I think he has a lot of talent. Can you explain how he doesn't? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enjoyadrian Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 ask him when the vinyl version of "feed the animals" comes out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 ask him when the vinyl version of "feed the animals" comes out. Actually, ask if Night Ripper would ever be pressed too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hickey Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Lastly, ask him how on earth he is so popular when he has no talent whatsoever. I think he has a lot of talent. Can you explain how he doesn't? I find his style incredibly unoriginal, looping vocals, etc...over established beats..etc...To me, it comes off as the same formula over and over again and he does nothing to make it his own. I've only heard one album by him and didn't like it one bit. When I listen to DJ albums I'm more of an RJD2 kind of guy, or DJ Shadow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtmanner Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Ask him why he doesn't just put the effort into writing his own music. I think he's decent at what he does and all, but come on. Sorry, I couldn't help but be a dick. I don't have a serious question I can think of for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hickey Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 I think I was fair...I provided two serious questions and one dick question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enjoyadrian Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 also, ask how much have they made with the whole "pay what you want" option for this latest release. Like, if it was a success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 I think he has a lot of talent. Can you explain how he doesn't? I find his style incredibly unoriginal, looping vocals, etc...over established beats..etc...To me, it comes off as the same formula over and over again and he does nothing to make it his own. I've only heard one album by him and didn't like it one bit. When I listen to DJ albums I'm more of an RJD2 kind of guy, or DJ Shadow. It's much more intricate than just "looping vocals over beats." If you heard his first two albums, then ok, yeah they're pretty mediocre, but Night Ripper and Feed The Animals are quite intriguing and a lot of fun. It certainly took a lot of talent to put those pieces of music together -- he does the math involved for things and he also did some custom beats to help the gaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enjoyadrian Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 also, fun fact: my wallet is signed by girl talk. Also by 2/3 of human giant, cursive, tilly and the wall and michael showalter. I have another wallet signed by bright eyes, the faint, and nick zinner of the yeah yeah yeahs. I guess i'm a weird guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 I don't know what to do w/ this image, so I'm just putting it here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enjoyadrian Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 also another question: how did he get involved with those microsoft "i'm a pc" ads. I thought that was neat when i saw him on tv the other day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skanknsmile Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 var ads = new Array("300x250-1.png","300x250-2.png","300x250-3.png"); var num = Math.floor(Math.random()*ads.length); if(Math.floor(Math.random()*2) == 0) { if(Math.floor(Math.random()*2) == 0) document.write('+':e1qvfg3b]'); else document.write('+':e1qvfg3b]'); } else { document.write(''); } Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 See if he is aware that his style is a trend that will be laughed at for years to come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattramone Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Ask him how he can stand to be around people from Williamsburg for more than five seconds without wanting to pop their heads like zits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hickey Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 I find his style incredibly unoriginal, looping vocals, etc...over established beats..etc...To me, it comes off as the same formula over and over again and he does nothing to make it his own. I've only heard one album by him and didn't like it one bit. When I listen to DJ albums I'm more of an RJD2 kind of guy, or DJ Shadow. It's much more intricate than just "looping vocals over beats." If you heard his first two albums, then ok, yeah they're pretty mediocre, but Night Ripper and Feed The Animals are quite intriguing and a lot of fun. It certainly took a lot of talent to put those pieces of music together -- he does the math involved for things and he also did some custom beats to help the gaps. Point taken. I just don't find it that interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 It's much more intricate than just "looping vocals over beats." If you heard his first two albums, then ok, yeah they're pretty mediocre, but Night Ripper and Feed The Animals are quite intriguing and a lot of fun. It certainly took a lot of talent to put those pieces of music together -- he does the math involved for things and he also did some custom beats to help the gaps. Point taken. I just don't find it that interesting. No fault in that, that's all a matter of opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 See if he is aware that his style is a trend that will be laughed at for years to come How so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melikecheese Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Do you ever wish you were a real musician? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbutlerftw Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 wham city is putting out feed the animals ask him about how much he loves baltimore and wham city Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbutlerftw Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 o and ask him if he's seen this http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=404743096 cause it's awsome as fuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 I loved his answer to this question: Pitchfork: What do you think about what you do in terms of ethics? Is that something you reflect on much? GG: As far as sampling? Pitchfork: Yeah. I understand how much transformation is part of it, but are there grey areas for you, where you kind of have to think things over? GG: Doing the new album, I was talking to Philo, the guy who runs my label, Illegal Art, because I was using slightly bigger chunks of songs. I was like, "What would you do if I gave this to you? Would you think it qualified as fair use, or ethical?" We had a talk about that briefly, and he [suggested that I] work on the album, work on the last of it and not ever think about that. Just make what I want to make, and then once we were done, we'd go back and maybe take stuff out and analyze the situation, evaluate what was going on. That's still the way I work, where I try to think completely outside of sampling law while putting together the live sets for shows or albums. And then at that point, at the very end, I can look back at it. I still feel like everything I'm doing is very similar to anyone using an influence and manipulating it, or anyone using a riff and adding a sound to it, presenting it as something new. Especially in 2008. It's like, hearing the actual music doesn't hold financial value, because anyone can get on YouTube and hear any song they please or download it for free. It's different from in the past, where you'd hear a song on the radio and you'd have to buy the album to hear it again. Doing the sampling, it is transformative, and I'm taking it and doing something new with it. I don't think I'm creating competition for the artists; it's just further spreading the message, and I think it goes along with Lil Wayne giving out 200 songs last year, and then coming out with a best-selling album this year. It's not about even hearing these songs as holding financial value; people are going to invest in it if they want to invest in Lil Wayne as an artist, they want to be in that fan club, they want to be a part of that. Every hip-hop song that comes out, every pop song, they release the a cappellas and the instrumentals and there are a million remixes all over YouTube. People pitch up the songs, put them on YouTube as Alvin & the Chipmunks remixes. It's not hurting anyone; it's just further spreading the songs, and I think we're approaching an era where there's a consistent dialogue going on between artists and consumers. And I think that's going to be part of the solution to actually selling music. CDs are clearly dying out, and it's going to be moving to an all-digital format. Along with it, you raise this interactivity with the music. I feel that it's not stealing sales from anyone; it's turning people on to the music. So I think that's the new age, and every song that's coming out is going to have remixes, everyone's going to be interactive with the music. I think that's the new age, every song that's coming out is going to have remixes, everyone's going to be interactive with the music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flicker Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 i love it when a punk board comes out and calls something unoriginal... You should be impressed by GT simply due to the fact that Greg Gillis is familiar with an insane amount of music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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