DJ Ron Slomowicz: I just finished talking to Junkie XL, so it seems like the Dutch producers and DJs are doing very well. Why do you think all you great Amsterdam producers and DJs are doing so well right now?
Tiesto: Well it's a good question. I think its because the Dutch people are very stiff in general when they go out, they're not like Latin Americans or Eastern Europe, so we need to put extra energy in the music to make them loosen up. That's the main reason why our music is so successful.
RS: In Search of Sunrise 5 is coming out and the first thing I noticed looking at the lineup is that there isn't a Tiesto track on it.
Tiesto: There is no Tiesto track on it because I haven't had time to produce any new tracks. I've been on the road for the last year and a half, so I haven't made any new music. I've finished a couple of tracks with BT but I thought it was too soon to put them on the album so I wanted to save them for the artist album.
RS: What was it like working with BT?
Tiesto: Working with BT is amazing. He's full of energy and the whole day he's running around. We produce music together and then he goes away to do a movie and an interview and he's just all over the place. It's great to work with a guy like that, very inspirational.
RS: Talking about touring, I hear you've got a big Asia tour coming up?
Tiesto: Yes. The kick-off was actually last week in Malaysia and I played in the Grand Prix party. It was amazing - twenty thousand Malaysians going crazy. After the Winter Music Conference I go back to Manila and then do the rest of Asia.
RS: Very cool. I also heard that you're going to be doing a US tour of smaller cities. Is that in the works?
Tiesto: Well, I wouldn't say smaller cities but I'm going to do a full US tour in the month of May. So from the 2nd to the 29th May I will be playing almost every night and I do a lot of big and small cities.
RS: So in thirty days you're doing thirty gigs. How do you keep yourself up for that, night after night?
Tiesto: It's a different state of mind and I love to do it, especially in the US because it's so nice to travel here. It's so convenient and to play every night it gets me in a different state of mind, I love it.
RS: Do you fly around or take a bus?
Tiesto: I fly around because it's easier. I like the bus idea, but most of the time you're on the highway so I prefer to fly to get there quicker.
RS: I heard you're living in LA now?
Tiesto: Yes, partly. I really live all over the world.
RS: So what inspired the partial move to Los Angeles?
Tiesto: Well I'd been there a couple of months and there's just amazing musicians over there, not only the famous ones but there's a lot of talent bubbling under. I met so many great vocalists and people to work with and inspiring people, LA is full of that. LA has a dark side too, everybody talks about the Hollywood scene but there's also a really creative scene of beautiful people. In LA, you can find whatever you want. It depends on your own personality, what you get out of LA, and that's why I love LA.
RS: Speaking about great vocalists, I heard you worked with Jes on a track and she's performing with you down here. How do you two work together?
Tiesto: I'm a big fan of Jes, her voice is of the greatest voices of all time. Whatever she sings, I love, so to work with her was a big honor. We worked the lyrics together and she's so full of energy. She was with me in Malaysia as well on tour and the crowd loves her because she gives the energy to the people and it's great.
RS: I haven't listened to the new CD yet, but the last four ones start and they really grab you and mix trance and classical. Is the new CD that same kind of journey?
Tiesto: It's definitely a journey, because after I finished it I listened to it a couple of more times. It's a journey of Tiesto 2006. You can't compare it to the first one or the second one, because those are different times, different trance, and difference music. So I think I moved on and I developed my own sound. I'm really proud of this CD, because it's a double CD but it's one journey. It starts off with a really slow housey beat, like you're lying on the beach and it's like being in a club. Yes, it's a whole journey and I'm really proud of it.
RS: Did you record it live or was it in a club or did you record it in a studio?
Tiesto: I recorded it in a studio in LA - in my apartment over there.
RS: Hence the subtitle Los Angeles.
Tiesto: Yes, definitely. The last one I recorded in Latin America and the third one in Panama, etc.
RS: How do you choose songs for a CD like that?
Tiesto: That goes pretty natural, because when I choose songs I just choose songs I like. I don't even have the boundaries that it has to be trance or it has to be like this. There are a couple of house tracks on there, so people are going to be surprised. I choose songs if I like them and they do something to me, and then I play them out for the crowd to see how they react.
RS: The crowds love you and you were number one in the DJ pool for many years. Why do you think trance DJs do so well in the DJ pools and why do you think there's such an affinity for them?
Tiesto: We used to be called trance DJs and I am still a trance DJ but in a different way. I have my own sound - Tiesto trance. Trance lovers are so dedicated and they are really interested in it. They want to know everything about it - the words and the melodies. Part of the dedication is their voting. People who like house music, the ones who go to the VIP parties, they love the music but they're not going to vote. So I think that's why the trance DJs always ends up in the top five because of the passion - the trance people vote because they care.
RS: What kind of advice would you give an upcoming producer/DJ who wants to start touring and get out there?
Tiesto: I don't know, it's hard to give advice. I mean there's so much you have to do before you become big. You have to be willing to sacrifice your life for at least ten years and be dedicated to the music. It's twenty-four hours - you need to breathe music, think about music, play music, produce music, and listen to music. It's everything - that's the only way you can make it, one hundred percent dedication.
RS: What would you like to say to all your fans out there?
Tiesto: I would like to say that I'm really happy that they supported me all these years and that we're still going strong. I became a big DJ but I still feel very connected and close to my fans.
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