Jack Recider

The thing is, Professor Dubstep enjoyed listening to early Dubstep tracks, but that wasn't the driving motivation for all this.

The thing is, Professor Dubstep enjoyed listening to early Dubstep tracks, but that wasn't the driving motivation for all this.

I feel like that's a stretch. You could go on YouTube and watch people making music and learn from them. You can hang out at groups and circles, other garage bands or whatever the case is, and be like, how are you doing?

I feel like that's a stretch. You could go on YouTube and watch people making music and learn from them. You can hang out at groups and circles, other garage bands or whatever the case is, and be like, how are you doing?

The entire project files were in these folders. All the effects, samples, everything that was used to make the song. See, most of this music is made in a DAW, a digital audio workstation. So that might be tools like Ableton Live, Adobe Audition or Pro Tools or something like that. These were the tools that you'd have to use to view how these songs were made.

The entire project files were in these folders. All the effects, samples, everything that was used to make the song. See, most of this music is made in a DAW, a digital audio workstation. So that might be tools like Ableton Live, Adobe Audition or Pro Tools or something like that. These were the tools that you'd have to use to view how these songs were made.

And Professor Dubstep had these tools to examine it all. Not only could they break apart the song, isolating tracks and sounds to see how it was composed, but there were different versions of the same song too. They could see how the song evolved over time. What an amazing thing to explore for someone who wants to make electronic music as their career.

And Professor Dubstep had these tools to examine it all. Not only could they break apart the song, isolating tracks and sounds to see how it was composed, but there were different versions of the same song too. They could see how the song evolved over time. What an amazing thing to explore for someone who wants to make electronic music as their career.

To be able to study how the pros do it in such detail, you never get to see these behind-the-scenes bits. I mean, even me as an up-and-coming podcaster, I would have loved to get my hands on the full project files for This American Life or some show that I was really inspired by.

To be able to study how the pros do it in such detail, you never get to see these behind-the-scenes bits. I mean, even me as an up-and-coming podcaster, I would have loved to get my hands on the full project files for This American Life or some show that I was really inspired by.

It would have been huge, and I bet it would have helped me understand the complexities and details of how all this gets put together. But not only that, but to see such a variety of songs and musicians' project files, it really puts them in a unique position to have such a close and upfront understanding of how all this music was made.

It would have been huge, and I bet it would have helped me understand the complexities and details of how all this gets put together. But not only that, but to see such a variety of songs and musicians' project files, it really puts them in a unique position to have such a close and upfront understanding of how all this music was made.

Just imagine Professor Dubstep in some music class where the teacher's like, here's the proper way to use this effect. And they're just like, no, that's not how Skrillex does it, or Diplo, or Major Lazer, or Excision. Oh, yeah? Well, how do you know? Oh, never mind. Carry on. Anyway, it took them a lot of convincing, but they were finally able to get the legal team to fix all the problems.

Just imagine Professor Dubstep in some music class where the teacher's like, here's the proper way to use this effect. And they're just like, no, that's not how Skrillex does it, or Diplo, or Major Lazer, or Excision. Oh, yeah? Well, how do you know? Oh, never mind. Carry on. Anyway, it took them a lot of convincing, but they were finally able to get the legal team to fix all the problems.

I've been thinking for a good word to use here this whole episode myself. Thief and stealing isn't quite right because the original copies are still there. I feel like for it to be stealing, you need to rob the person so they don't have that thing anymore. And if you post something online and someone makes a copy of it, that's not stealing. That's just downloading a copy.

I've been thinking for a good word to use here this whole episode myself. Thief and stealing isn't quite right because the original copies are still there. I feel like for it to be stealing, you need to rob the person so they don't have that thing anymore. And if you post something online and someone makes a copy of it, that's not stealing. That's just downloading a copy.

And that's what they did, often just downloading copies of things that had public links to it. Was it supposed to be public? No. But was it? Yes. So the term I think that best describes this is exfiltration. They exfiltrated files that were not meant for public consumption, but weren't very well protected. To me, this has the right ring to it. Professor Dubstep, professional exfiltrator.

And that's what they did, often just downloading copies of things that had public links to it. Was it supposed to be public? No. But was it? Yes. So the term I think that best describes this is exfiltration. They exfiltrated files that were not meant for public consumption, but weren't very well protected. To me, this has the right ring to it. Professor Dubstep, professional exfiltrator.

So you're saying a lot of Skrillex's music today is made by someone else, and then Skrillex just puts their name on it?

So you're saying a lot of Skrillex's music today is made by someone else, and then Skrillex just puts their name on it?