Deadmau5

Bio

Deadmau5 or Joel Thomas Zimmerman was born in January 5, 1981 he is  better known by his stage name, is a Canadian progressive house music producer and performer from Toronto. Deadmau5 mainly sticks to his genre and if he collaborates with anyone it will normally be with the artists of his own genre, for example, in his album 4x4=12 he collaborates with two artists of the same genre Chris Lake and Wolfgang Gartner who are both house music Dj's.

Album Cover

Deadmau5's album covers always show the icon of the helmet/costume that he wears being the mouse helmet. This icon is everywhere on his albums but also helps for him to be known as no other artist wears this type of mouse related costume. However, there are other artists that wear this kind of costume, for example, Daft Punk wear their own helmets with a design thats suited to the type of music that they do. The use of iconography helps Deadmau5 to be recognised amongst the artist which gives him an edge and a boost compared to the other house artists.




Concert

Most of Deadmau5's concerts involve him in set designed like a cube and he sits at the tope. Seeing as he's a single artist the whole of the set is made for him and centres on him. Deadmau5 mainly relies on lighting to add to the experience and to enhance the song that he is playing. Whilst the lighting is in full swing most of the attention is focused on what Deadmau5 is doing i.e his actions such as a fist bump or actions to involve the audience in what he is doing. This also enhance the experience because it gets the audience more involved with the artist especially as at shows they allow the audience to video or record the show to pass it on to friends or post it on a social media site.