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polak · 11-21-2012, 10:46 AM

Time to bring some contraversy to this thread...

I was having a discussion at wings last night about this with some friends and I came to the conclusion that I think David Guetta is a better "Genius" in this sense, then Kroeger.

He took a genre that was far off the mainstream (a lot further then Nickelback's style of rock) and almost single handedly made it popular. No dj was selling out stadiums in the states before he started blending his house style with hip hop. Not even Daft Punk or Tiesto. Today you're not considered a "huge" dj until you regularly play to 7,000+ crowds in the US. Thats an insane transformation. 5 years ago Tiesto could barely sell out Flames Central even though he only came here once or twice a decade, now he sells out the BMO Center on a yearly basis. Hell, first time I saw Guetta was at the Whiskey and I only paid $20. One year later, he explodes and I was paying $80 to see him at the Big 4. It's grown a lot since then too...

P.S. fyi I think most of Guetta's pop stuff is crap. He still puts out decent house on occasion though.

11-21-2012, 10:46 AM	#88
polak In the Sin Bin Join Date: Aug 2012 Exp:	Time to bring some contraversy to this thread... I was having a discussion at wings last night about this with some friends and I came to the conclusion that I think David Guetta is a better "Genius" in this sense, then Kroeger. He took a genre that was far off the mainstream (a lot further then Nickelback's style of rock) and almost single handedly made it popular. No dj was selling out stadiums in the states before he started blending his house style with hip hop. Not even Daft Punk or Tiesto. Today you're not considered a "huge" dj until you regularly play to 7,000+ crowds in the US. Thats an insane transformation. 5 years ago Tiesto could barely sell out Flames Central even though he only came here once or twice a decade, now he sells out the BMO Center on a yearly basis. Hell, first time I saw Guetta was at the Whiskey and I only paid $20. One year later, he explodes and I was paying $80 to see him at the Big 4. It's grown a lot since then too... P.S. fyi I think most of Guetta's pop stuff is crap. He still puts out decent house on occasion though. Last edited by polak; 11-21-2012 at 12:39 PM.