Rant On! about Paris Hilton

After divulging my disdain for Paris Hilton entering the DJ world http://jackhadagroove.blogspot.ca/2012/05/paris-hilton-as-dj.html I feel it is appropriate to give you a pulse of what is being said about her debut performance.

Here are some videos of her show in Brazil:

Well, the mixing was definitely off. She started singing (badly) along to her new song produced by Afrojack called Last Night. The songs included mainstream, non-House tracks like Gotye's Somebody I Used to Know and Rihanna's We Found Love. She also played Avicii's Levels and Alesso's Remix of Pressure, which are very well known tracks in the House world. Not sure what else she played during her set but it didn't sound too good from the posted videos.
Also, did you see her logo? Laden with diamonds floating around her name. And the images of her in the background...shudder! Someone also needs to give that girl some rhythm, seriously. She shimmies her chest forward (bleh) and dances so poorly, I have a hard time understanding how someone without rhythm would ever be able to properly beatmatch. Which is perhaps the reason we see what we do in the videos.
The videos went viral and were posted by a lot of DJs with negative messages attached to them. Basically Twitter and Facebook lit up with people comparing Hilton's DJ set to the end of dance music and even the end of the world. Haha! I know it isn't nice to be mean, but seriously, she truly has no business entering the DJ world if she only started listening to House in 2011, while there are tons of struggling DJs and producers trying to make it big.
This picture has been making the rounds, which lead people to state that she needed help mixing. Some people have defended it as him just adjusting the master volume. Well, maybe.  Lets give her the benefit of the doubt. Still doesn't make up for what we heard in those videos!

Apparently Deadmau5 went on yet another rant, this time about her:

When he says he felt partially to blame, I think he is referring to when he allowed Hilton to shadow him at one of his shows late last year.

Afrojack then went on to try to defend himself and Hilton:

I guess he feels that he too was under fire. He had an exchange with a Twitter user where he basically said that it was not right to hate on someone (the haters) didn't know, and not know Paris Hilton's motivations for becoming a DJ. He also said he didn't care if his career was tarnished because he has amassed enough money to take care of his family 2 years ago, and so all he wants to do is have fun making music. Wow, so Afrojack is insanely rich. Well, good for him I guess. Maybe he is so rich he has forgotten what it is like to struggle as a producer and get noticed. He since deleted his exchange so I couldn't get a screenshot.

However, he did change his tune the next day after watching the videos posted above:

 The picture he uploaded was this:

 And he actually entered the definition of facepalm according to Wikipedia as his bio:

So maybe the rumours of them breaking up are actually true. 

http://www.mixmag.net/words/news/afrojack-disses-paris-hiltons-dj-career

Dave Spoon had this to say: 

I agree with what he is saying, but seriously, I still wish Paris Hilton had nothing to do with House music, or DJing.  She is the epitome of everything I dislike: famous for being famous. I don't even know who Bill Gates or Steve Jobs kids are. There are a lot of heirs and heiresses out there that have much more dignity than Paris Hilton. Even Kim Kardashian acknowledges she is famous because of her sex tape. I know that Paris Hilton's empire came with a lot of work, but she also had a lot of backing. It is this same reason I don't like how she got to have a major gig in Brazil after enlisting Afrojack to help her while there are so many producers and DJs out there who may never catch their break. 

Some DJs have stated either that they are tired of hearing about it, or that it isn't right to be mean to her, and to let her do what she wants. I liked DJ Craze's response to that:

Of course you have to consider the source, as he is known for his mixing skills, and is part of the school of thought that Traktor makes DJs lazy. 

Its a lot less about hating Paris Hilton and a lot more about just not wanting her to DJ. For her, its a commodity, not really a passion. I think that is part of what frustrates a lot of people. 

There are a lot of memes going around, one I saw today was on point but nonetheless vulgar, so I won't post it. People are saying that even the negative publicity she is getting is giving her the publicity she needs to be recognized as a DJ. Maybe, but I think the number of dislikes on the videos of her will truly dictate how good a DJ she is.

Imagine her debut was actually good? I doubt I would have written this post, even though I am not a fan of hers. Either way, she doesn't care, as she posted this picture today showing she has yet another DJ gig. 

Once again in the words of DJ Craze: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯