fastfast Posted December 21 Report Share Posted December 21 for all those okenfold fans....Oakey Dreams Of Ditching The DecksPaul Oakenfold admitted this week that he’s been making a ‘conscious effort to move away from DJing’ for the last 3 years and is hoping to become a Hollywood film producer instead.."I still enjoy DJing, but traveling is getting me down a bit,†the nowadays LA based British superstar DJ complained in an interview with the Glasgow Daily Record, “I don't enjoy spending every single weekend living in airport. It really does wear you out and stress you out."London based Oakenfold peer Judge Jules was sympathetic, telling Skrufff ‘I think being away from home territory every single weekend would be extremely difficult. On average I'm only away about 5-10 nights per month, which is workable.â€â€œThe only way to deal with long haul touring is to have unglamorous two to three hour naps constantly, often during the period when a promoter is offering to take you out to dinner,†Jules added. “I'm always having to turn down the offer of dinner in favour of pre-gig sleep. It worries me that this will be perceived as rude, but the body wouldn't be able to cope otherwise,†he said.As well as moving into movie production, Oakenfold told the Daily Record he hopes to spend more time with his family, a sentiment shared by DJ Tiesto who last week admitted he ‘fantasizes about marriage and children’. In a frank interview published on his own website’s forum, the Dutch superstar spinner chatted about his recent split with his girlfriend of 5 years supermodel Monique and said he’s enjoying being single though hoping to meet a ‘beautiful, intelligent woman’ in the future.“But it should be an independent woman. Who doesn't wait on the couch till Tijs (his real name) gets home,†Tiesto added, “Because often that's at 6 AM. Broken and empty. And I only want one thing: sleep.â€Paul Oakenfold also appeared in the list of Grammy nominations this week, with A Lively Mind making the Best Electronic/Dance Album category, going up against Zero 7 (The Garden), Goldfrapp (Supernature), Madonna (Confessions on a Dance Floor) and Pet Shop Boys (Fundamental). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattm2o Posted December 21 Report Share Posted December 21 Danny Rampling is the first DJ that comes to mind when I think of DJ's retireing. Although Rampling wasn't as much as a household name here in the US as much as Oakenfold, he was wildly popular in the UK and Europe. Ill never forget the farwell essential mix it was like he was dying.Good for Oakenfold though. He was doing alot of music for movies, so this would only be the next step! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastfast Posted December 21 Author Report Share Posted December 21 Good for Oakenfold though. He was doing alot of music for movies, so this would only be the next step!I agree, at least he used his dj'ing career to open the doors to a whole new career, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehype Posted December 21 Report Share Posted December 21 [stewart Copeland, who was the drummer for The Police took the same route that Oakie has done as far as a composer for movieshttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004841/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidskyny Posted December 21 Report Share Posted December 21 Danny Rampling is the first DJ that comes to mind when I think of DJ's retireing. Although Rampling wasn't as much as a household name here in the US as much as Oakenfold, he was wildly popular in the UK and Europe. Ill never forget the farwell essential mix it was like he was dying.Good for Oakenfold though. He was doing alot of music for movies, so this would only be the next step!1. Danny R's EM was insanely great.2. he keeps showing up dj'ing still once in awhile even though "retired" one of the great UK house djs hands down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverbull Posted December 21 Report Share Posted December 21 i missed Danny Rampiling at cielo for his goin away tour gotta get my hands on that essential mix as well. Good luck for paul i wish him well. His current style of music may not be my tastes but his name and reputation and what hes done in this industry gets my respect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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