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There has been this explosion of interest in electronic dance music. There has been a boom in corporate tie ins. I imagine you're making more money now than you ever dreamed. Do you think things are sort of getting a little overheated medium. I thought that like five years ago that like this can't get any bigger and it keeps getting bigger and bigger and more crazy and more crazy I think. We have not seen the highlight yet especially in North America. Now that all the big brands are sort of jumping on top of all the big events so it's a little bit like you know we knew we knew this was going to happen. But I've got to say it's pretty remarkable if you get off a plane . I remember being in New York for the first time in 2001 and the promoter is super happy that I sold 800 tickets and now I get off the plane and you hear like oh yeah we sold eighty thousand tickets. It's just crazy it's a whole new generation growing up of young people listening to this music. It's their lifestyle . It's incredible. I mean it used to be sort of a thing for cool club kids a lot of Euro kids and a dog you started what age 12 in Amsterdam now you've got preppy white college kids they're listening to hip hop they're listening to Armin Van Buren. Are you surprised when NBC calls you and says Hey can you come to the Preakness Preakness have to do with EDF. Well they wanted to have a bigger attendance at the infield as well too. And I got to be honest with you I thought you know the Preakness is such a established event probably be a lot of people there for the horse racing not for the music. Yeah. So I expected a few older people to be there. Like who's this Armin Van Buren guy . But how wrong was I. That was like so many people there. It was an incredible day was sunny and I played for a fool infield and it was like a crowd my crowd was there and that was amazing . At the horse races. So it was this really really amazing experience. You know you will have made it when you get invited Dax. What's the most money you've ever made on one gig the most money ever made on one gig. That's not that's not that crazy actually. I think our thousands. But the problem is the amount that you see in several different press releases they're all very very gross amounts. I mean with the growth of EDF comes another problem. People expect more from a deejay. It used to be the fact that you just show up with your record case and you got paid money. That's it. Right now what's happening is you but you got to work for it. I bring a crew of five people for every gig. So we have a visual show you have to have visuals for every show you need to buy your own fireworks sometimes because the promoter only supplies so much. Usually I bring life talent with me to do a track live. So you know not only has to be events become bigger but also the deejays has to step up their game. So the amounts that you hear sometimes in the press are gross. Gross gross amounts and on top of that you know I just pay taxes like everybody else of course. And I'm not from the Netherlands but I pay taxes here in the U.S.. So to be honest it's not. It is a lot of money but it's not as exciting as sometimes you will see in the press. What do you say to the critics who say look deejays can't even read music . It's not like they know how to play the violin. They're just not worth more than 10 million dollars. Well I can tell to the critics that a few weeks ago I was actually conducting a string orchestra from my new track with Mr. props. Another you so I was actually you know in the studio conducting because I had a certain melody in my head that I wanted them to play. So you know it's a whole new craft. I mean I remember when the Beatles first came up and the parents of my parents they were like against the whole Beatles rage. And what's Ft. I look at what the Beatles are now. They're considered to be legends. And I think what's happening right now with dance music is sort of the same thing. Our parents don't like it but there's a whole new generation that's growing up listening to this music and it's really a cultural movement. That's the way that I see it. So I know you believe in music for the masses but a lot of these festivals in part because they have these huge corporate tie ins right now the price tags are four or five hundred dollars. What do you say to people who say you're making music for the 1 percent . Well the problem is is that the crowd is also demanding more . You know the shows have to be more spectacular. The LCD walls have to be better. The fireworks have to be more impressive soundsystem has to be better and the deejays of course have to bring their own crews and you know everybody stepping up their game and unfortunately that costs money. Are you now making more money from performances or corporate sponsorships performances. Definitely still. But again I have to press it . The amounts that you hear and see on on TV are the gross amounts . Yeah. And like I said I bring my own crew sometimes we have to get private jets not because we want to show off but because otherwise it's not possible to make the next gig. So I only get a private jet if it's necessary. Otherwise I just fly commercial. And you know you really haven't shown any good growth plans. I'm gonna go first. Yes. Yeah I'm not going to lie I have spoiled myself a little bit. Yeah. And honestly I do this because I love it. OK. I'm not going to lie. The money's great but end of the day and you do it just because you love what you do .