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Originally Posted by TweakHead
A point was made with the piano video. The cover is actually pretty damn close to the original and the original happens to be - arguably - his most famous track of all. The differences are not in the melody itself, it's in the sounds that perform it: and Skrillex managed to compose it and present a big chunk of it with his own processed voice. It's his voice and synthesizers, mostly and the level of production on both accounts is paramount! Regardless of one's own taste, don't know how anyone can claim otherwise.
What made him famous was precisely this: he can make wonderful sounding, cheesy even melodies, he can use his own voice and make it sound like some pop star - but he's the one to credit for both melody and voice, isn't he?; then he can turn things around and bring the more edgier, aggressive mood of (kind of) more banging electronic music. And he does all that with as high as it gets level. He does it all on his own, from composition, to mixing, to mastering - and it sounds as good as it gets in any sound system in the world!
Not a fan either, btw. But been into this music thing long enough to be able to recognize the obviousness of the truth: while there's haters everywhere, the majority of people that actually make it big have earned every step of their way with pure talent!
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As I said, Skrillex is really good at what he does. So is Deadmau5 and both earned what they have. And there is a possibility that Skrillex could sit down at a piano and do way more than I've ever seen him to, I don't deny there's a possibility I could be wrong but I have heard him say things in the past that support my theory. If someone has a video of Skrillex proving my statement wrong it would be interesting fodder no doubt. Admittedly I have not searched for that at all. Nobody should be rubbed wrong by what I said if they are a Skrillex fan -- it's really not an insult to him just a statement that he is more of a producer than a musician.