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:
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Tenaglia had always been an ambivalent person, a diva. Finally this recording and all other recordings just support his standing and spreads his name and his work. That is kinda PR work to pet fans and to generate a new clientele. Is that really something he could complain about?
Personally I hold the view of everybody having a right to privacy, doesn’t matter if you’re a celeb or the bum next door. This is also my philosophy when I am away on photo session. I wonder why other "professionals" prefer to behave paparazzi-like.
Like I said already - I agree that sets should not be recorded without permission. Period. But think about fans: Not everyone can go and see him playing live for many different reasons.
He should put out some podcast or studio mix every now and then just to make his fans happy and satisfy their "DT craving". I'm sure everyone would appreciate that. Including myself.
If he argues that "the essence of an event cannot be captured or portrayed on video", why does he even bother about videos on the net?
Come on DT, you are bigger than that my friend, stop bitching and keep up with the music that is what you do great, if they caught you on camera SO WHAT!!!!
After watching that video you can tell why he doesn't want ALL moments caught on tape.
I think Danny needs to get real. Does he get permission from every artist of every record he plays out? It's the 21st Century, and he needs to realize that he is part of the media revolution,good or bad, and that he (and no one else) has control over it. Once you put a media device in a cell phone, the war is over. You can fight it, but be prepared to be lost in the past.
There is no reasoning with someone elses rights. Stop YouTube-ing Danny Tenaglia.