Evidently, the beat-maker known as Joel Zimmerman took exception to Arcade Fire's antics at Coachella, when the group gave props to "all the bands playing instruments this weekend." That happened on the first weekend; the following weekend, they parodied Daft Punk with a pair of impersonators.
Zimmerman made some good points in his rant, opining that a computer is a "tool" rather than an instrument and saying, "some dudes devote their lives to instruments, others to electronic composition by cpu, dafuqs yer problem?"
He also took some snarky digs at Arcade Fire, "if i wanna watch real artists perform, id pick the opera before wasting a fucking minute of my life with arcade fire. #do youevenscorebro?" He later added, "inb4 some fucking hipster throws a hackeysack at me."
Read Zimmerman's comments below.
shit to remember: A computer is a tool, not an instrument.
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) April 23, 2014arcade fire needs to settle down. some dudes devote their lives to instruments, others to electronic composition by cpu, dafuqs yer problem?
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) April 23, 2014i dont expect to see daft punk pull a steve vai on stage...i expect to listen to some decent music, n see cool robots. no problem.
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) April 23, 2014if i wanna watch real artists perform, id pick the opera before wasting a fucking minute of my life with arcade fire. #do youevenscorebro?
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) April 23, 2014but since some EDM is enjoyable to me, ill go watch them fake it, and enjoy it more than you hate the fact that they cant play guitar.
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) April 23, 2014inb4 some fucking hipster throws a hackeysack at me.
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) April 23, 2014... yes, op can now inb4. new rule.
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) April 23, 2014... but seriously, im just sayin... you should get out to the opera if you ever get a chance, the orchestra pit is a cespool of pure skill.
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) April 23, 2014