Danny Tenaglia: Stop disrespecting us!

Legendary New York-based DJ and producer Danny Tenaglia has recently posted some thoughts on his blog about him being "YouTube-d" and the unauthorized recording and distribution of his DJ sets.

According to Tenaglia "the essence of an event cannot be captured or portrayed on video, and it greatly diminishes what people are experiencing live". He also points out that in most top DJ's contracts today, one of the first things on the list is "No Recording Without Permission From the Artist," which is often violated.

As an example, he brings up his July 2006 performance at Monegros Desert Festival in Spain: "I agreed to the first 10 minutes. They recorded more than one hour and played it on the radio in Spain! Could I sue? Yes! Is it worth my time, money, and all my good energy being spent on such nonsense - no".

Tenaglia's party concept, "Be Yourself," presumably means not caring what you do and how you look like; so what's wrong with being "YouTube-d" then? "I think most of the time I would not mind, but there are some times that I get extremely upset because there are certain moments that were simply not meant to be recorded," comments Tenaglia. "Why do some people feel they have a right to publicly broadcast ME? It's truly unfair and extremely disrespectful to me, and any artist or person," he added.

To wrap things up, he says that "something needs to be done amongst all of us DJ's soon to make a strong statement together to say: Please stop disrespecting us!"

I agree about recording the sets but the video stuff is a bit petty. Tenaglia is a celebrity to many clubbers and should calm down about "being YouTube-d". And by the way.. I'm wondering what Sven Vath has to say about all that YouTube-ing. I suspect he doesn't mind at all.

Please do not Youtube me anymore! [via Dtourism]

Video: Danny Tenaglia at Monegros Desert Festival 2006: