So Leaving From First To Last Was a Smart Choice
 

According to Forbes magazine, Skrillex made 15 million dollars over the past year.

Submitted by mr_raccoon

holy shit

30% to taxes.. prolly another 25% to recoup/mgt/label..

So he only walks away with 7.5 million. Shitty.

What's more shocking to me is that someone, at one time gave From First to Last a $3.5 million dollar deal.

Insane. Good for him though. I was a big fan of his solo work.

Plus his own label that he puts out other music on. But that's probably chump change to what he makes on his own.

Wow.

I want to make fun of him, but I'm not entirely sure how the "we all press play" thing applies to him.
And even if it does, it's not like it's his fault that's what people want.

It makes me laugh how many people shit talk him

- Arguably at the top of his genre, regardless of whether you like it
- Most people who know / knew the guy say he is one of the nicest people (see ETID and others)
- With his record label, he seems to want to help other acts out

Good for him. I'm not ashamed to say I like his music... Nothing groundbreaking and I'm sure it won't have longevity... but for now, I like it.

Also busts his ass. He played 150 shows last year. You figure in travel time and that means he was basically touring for the whole year.

Also, the best part of the article by far was learning that Skrillex participates in Bros Icing Bros. Awesome.

:lol:

What I'm sure the rest of the struggling members of From First To Last are thinking...

honestly if someone told me in like my freshman year of high school that the FFTL dude would become an international superstar in electronic music, I would have laughed pretty hard.

anyways, not really my thing, but good for him

A quick setlist.fm search has Skrillex as #1 in most shows of 2011.

Obviously this doesn't include really small acts or other DJs who don't necessarily have "sets" but still.

wow.. thats cool for him.

That is really shocking.

Jeeeeeeez.

I think his style of music is complete garbage but I respect his hard work and dedication and a congratulations is well deserved to him.

He should give some of that money to FFTL

I gotta give it him though. I've followed his music career for a very long time - about eight years now. And he truly did work hard at every single thing he did. He's a sincere young man who has yet to let fame get the best of him. He doesn't sell the rights to his music to any product who comes knocking and he really does seem to do it just for the fun.
Whether or not people enjoy his hybrid brand of dub-step, you've got to admit that he really did earn every penny of his success.
Congrats, Sonny.

PS. Throw FFTL a couple of bones. I really want another album from them :P

why?! He earned it, not them.

When you can make most of your music while on the bus, why the Hell not? He has the perfect system.

All joking aside, good for him. He deserves it.

This surprises me considering BMTH only did shows for half of last year.

I think he deserves the money he gets, he's really good at what he does — only question I have is: where are we going to end? Why are bands being so ignored? What's wrong? How could we get to the point where people would rather see a dj instead of a hard working band?

I don't like his music at all but his interview on Pitchfork made him seem like a very down to earth guy

Still, I'll never forget how god awful his set was on the AP tour back in 07 or 08 where he was just "Sonny"

Because electronic music is being accepted by the mainstream. Mainstream is what sells. Doesn't matter how hard a band works. If they don't get on the radio there isn't a whole lot more they can go up.

I don't know about Matt and Derek but Travis seems to be pretty entertained by the whole thing based on his facebook/tumblr. Frequently pokes fun at Sonny. Maybe he's resentful, who knows.

oh, seriously. i would have laughed my ass off! so crazy.

i still hate FFTL and Skrillex though.

How hard can it be to tour when your music is just a bunch of sounds. you could just run it off your laptop and eat a cheeseburger.

are you insinuating DJs arent hard working?

:clap:

gonna go become a millionaire now

Matt Good and Derek arent the type to get mad about Skrillex's success, FFTL was my favorite band aside from blink. Matts been doing a funky new dubstep project now that D.R.U.G.S is gone, maybe one day he will do a show with Skrillex in the future. I really wish Derek was up to something he was an incredibly talented drummer and extremely underrated.

I listen to his music on and off. I can't tell if I like it or not, or just get random urges to listen to something different now and then.

You are stupid.

I don't enjoy his music (I tend to prefer live instrumentation), but good for him.

He found a niche and exploited it; he also worked his ass off all year. He's smart with marketing and clearly motivated and determined.

It's a fad (albeit a popular one) like most genres.. he should cash in while he can.

sorry if I wubbed you he wrong way

I remember reading this article when it came out a while back, He was #2 behind tiesto because of his rediculous touring schedule. Congrats to him.

Not a fan of the music, but good for him.

Sonny once jumped on the hood of our van and put a small dent in it. can i have 1 mil to fix please?

hahahahaha

Your view of this kind of music as a "fad" is probably how people overseas view country music in america......

Sonny once made me sit through an entire From First to Last set to see Motion City Soundtrack, can I have 1 mil to compensate?

I don't like the music he makes as Skrillex, however when my old band opened for him when he toured on the Gypsyhook EP he was one of the nicest professional musicians I've met. We talked with him in the back/outside of old Emo's (Austin) for at least an hour before the show about anything and everything. He was geniunly excited and grateful that we opened for him and thankful he was getting to play the show. Great guy.

Genres of music are a fad

- ACA

did you add the - ACA when you quoted? Because it made me laugh.