Here’s the original post by 3lau:

And apparently he didn’t even get paid and covered his own travel costs:

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    28 days ago

    apparently he didn’t even get paid and covered his own travel costs

    Holy shit that’s bad. Can’t even try to claim the excuse of “a job is a job” and claiming there’s no politics to it.

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      28 days ago

      He ends that last reply with “no more spending taxpayer dollars, that era is over!” which is a pretty good indication that there very much is politics to it (so I agree with you, but also he isn’t even trying to hide it, so I don’t see him trying to defend himself by pretending he doesn’t support their politics)

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        28 days ago

        That was a good way to round out the original post, which just mentioned the “POTUS team” and pretended like it was acceptable human behavior.

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      28 days ago

      but the exposure!

      I’m sure all those right wing zealots will be lining up to give him lucrative gigs after this. After all, they’re known for their love of edm and the culture surrounding it. They certainly don’t despise everyone in attendance at the average gig (aside from the hot girls on molly they still despise but want to sexually assault)!

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      Supposedly, none of the musicians who played at the inauguration were paid for it.

      Really tells you about the caliber of these people. Both the artists and the administration.

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    The era of wasting tax payer dollars is over? I honestly don’t understand how someone is this dumb.

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      Yeah, those balls are paid for by donating by sympathetic billionaires. It’s the perfect opportunity to demand ridiculous fees because you know they have the money. (If you were inclined to DJ at a Nazi event).

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    Trump received over $170 million in inaugural donations, primarily from companies and the extremely wealthy.

    Yet, this artist didn’t get paid?

    And the artist believes they were saving “tax payer dollars”?

    And the artist seems to be catching blowback from his industry for the association?

    This seems like the standard playbook for “working for Trump”, just in a 30-minute DJ-set format…

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    [Some person is getting devastating flak from industry peers for association with Trump]
    […while also getting screwed by Trump]

    Begun, the second Trump administration has.

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    Deadmau5 used to stream on twitch about his touring setup video system. He’d sit in his studio and craft wonders in TouchDesigner.
    Fascinating to watch

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      I never really followed him, just not my personal style, but I remember seeing clips of those streams. It was seriously impressive. Dude seemed really in his element, and had an awesome setup all around.

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      Hopefully he’s changed a bit since then, because he got kicked off of Twitch for making some racist comments, and he made some disparaging comments about trans women around the same time.

      But even if he hasn’t, a broken clock and all that.

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          28 days ago

          I only know because it was circulating last night on Bluesky in regards to this comment.

          Nobody knew if he still held those opinions and wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt since it’s been like 6+ years since then, but it’s still good to keep in mind.

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    Judging by his own reply he’s actually a Magat, not just a dumby who wanted to do something big.

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      26 days ago

      Judas wasted taxpayer silver. SAD that hardworking Romans had to pay out to get a JUDEAN TROUBLEMAKER put to justice.

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    Never heard of 3Lau and I’m not going to bother to look up what is probably shitty music to give him what he wants. But this is how morons get famous through angertainment. As they say, bad press is good press.

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      The songs of his that I have in my rotation are:

      • On My Mind (with Yeah Boy)
      • How You Love Me (with Bright Lights)
      • Tokyo (with XIRA)
      • Hot Water (with Audien and Victoria Zero)

      I guess I only like his music when he’s tempered with a collaborator.

      I doubt this news will change my listening habits, but it does provide more evidence I should buy and save my music instead of streaming it, so I can avoid further funding my political opposition while still appreciating their art.

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      What the other commenters said, but if there was drama it’d probably be due to the fact that deadmau5 used to be one of the biggest assholes in EDM. He might be nicer now, but back in the day I’d never heard of someone having a pleasant interaction with him.

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    why waste taxpayer dollars

    Translation: They offered me the gig with no pay and I was too much of a pussy to negotiate or just, y’know, say no.