Many young producers looking for (or who might have) an older mentor also in the production game, so when producer BT went on a long tiarade about his experience mentoring and helping Porter Robinson in his rise to popularity this morning, it seemed poignant. It’s a very interesting read and cautionary tale on how quickly relationships can disappear when fame and success come into play.
As is often easiest with a large volume of tweets, we’ve compiled them into a Storify story, below:
BT
rants on Twitter about how his mentoring of Porter Robinson went south
after Porter went big - and why it sucks to be the mentor left in the
dark.
- Today I'm going to tell a long story. Prepare for about 100 tweets (no but seriously) @porterrobinson you should begin reading at this one
- So about 3 years ago my then agent asked me to check out a MySpace. It's was @porterrobinson. I listened & was blown away. Actually inspired
- So I contacted @porterrobinson & we began to strike up a friendship. Talked on the phone, talked to his parents, talked CSound, whatever.
- Told everyone I knew about him. Started playing his music constantly on #LaptopSymphony. Told @siriusXM about him. Anyone that would listen.
- Here's the thing. When I was coming up someone helped me a similar way @sashaofficial. He gave me an opportunity that can never be replayed
- Your a real talent @porterrobinson and I did then and do now want your music to be heard by everyone that will listen. It's awesome.
- Even Tiesto chimed in to note his own observation of the same phenomenon:
- @BT you are so right...there's not much loyalty out there!
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