Deadmau5 recently bought a huge mansion for $5 million, and it looks like he's going to follow that purchase up with another landmark investment. According to a tweet by the EDM star, aka Joel Zimmerman, he's putting money down for a 45,000 square-foot studio complex for "actual musicians," Your EDM notes. The building will be in close proximity to the artist's home, too.
where im putting EDM money. less club gigs, a few epic stage shows, a 45,000sqft studio complex for actual musicians. pic.twitter.com/GKxXVKwBau
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) November 22, 2014
Not much else has come out about the venture. As far as the "actual musicians" line, that could be in reference to DJs in EDM since they catch a lot of flak from artists and fans of other genres. There's a very low probability that Deadmau5 himself would be slamming his own genre and making a studio complex for bands. But no one really knows at this point.
Skrillex announced last year that he was turning an 11,000 square-foot space into a creative complex inspired by Andy Warhol's Factory.
"There's nothing in L.A. that's like that for our generation," he said. "We have our own team and our label's going to be in there, building an actual physical infrastructure. Up until a couple months ago my team was all over the world, and everything was by email, but I think people tend to forget that when everyone's in the same room, everything goes 50 times faster. Ideas keep pouring out, and you get a lot more done."
"So [I'm] building a home for our culture and our scene and a place to even document it and show people what it is. Because it's more than what most media thinks of electronic music — there's so much more behind why it's there, why it came out of nowhere."
Both seem like great ways for young artists to hone their talents. Kudos to both EDM artists.
