by McDirty » Mon Mar 11, 2013 10:45 pm
No. What I'm saying is Skrillex is a music producer. And quite frankly, he's actually a really good one in that. But there's a difference between producers, songwriters, mixers, and composers. What a music artist in the industry would do is work with song writers and they would provide ideas for the artist to approve and work with. Composing is also done by a separate contractor that works with the artist in recording. Stems and split tracks are made and are sent to audio mixers. It's all union based and you most likely won't work on a project unless you are a part of a musicians union for composers, songwriting, mixing, or producing. When I say Skrillex is a producer, I'm saying his work depends on the efforts and work of other artists and technicians. However, his music also sells from his stardom, hence my point made that all he has to do is attend shows. There's a lot of money made at tours. Honestly, the music studios can't invest the money and time on Sonny to sit in studio and write music throughout the year when they make more by having him tour across the country. If you asked me, does Skrillex have nothing to do with the songs that are released under his name, I would say no. But if you also asked me, does Skrillex write and compose the songs all by himself, I would also say no. It's just that there's a lot of people who put a lot of hard work and effort to get people like Sonny into fame, who end up getting fucked over. That's show business.