The internet woke up to a new deadmau5 Twitter beef this morning. The time, the target of Joel’s ire was producer/songwriter Glenn Morrison. Now, you might not recognize the name, but Joel and Glenn have had at least a working relationship for the past 10 years.
In 2008, Joel co-wrote a track with Glenn Morrison entitled “Hydrology,” and it was released on Mau5trap.
Since then, Glenn’s role in dance music has been a little more nebulous. On Soundcloud, he has a respectable 80,000 followers, and if you listen to his recent productions, they’re good work.
It seems that, somewhere along the way these past years, the two grew apart and, according to Glenn, deadmau5 has not been kind to him. That became all the more apparent yesterday morning when Deadmau5 basically accused Glenn of not writing his own tracks.
you insecure little troll. im fairly certain your "new album" is regurgitated ideas from 2006. you are a tired waste of an artist
— Glenn Morrison (@glennmorrison) February 8, 2017
The beef continued to this morning, with insults being hurled back and forth between the two.
shut the fuck up glen. https://t.co/aVwav6dp5P
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) February 8, 2017
fine. that. to your face. shut the fuck up glen. @glennmorrison
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) February 8, 2017
you going to buy me a black diamond like you bought that other one who ran away from you like the plague ?!?!?!?!?!?!?
— Glenn Morrison (@glennmorrison) February 8, 2017
dodged a bullet and saved a few million bucks fo sho. sounds like a win in my books. 😀 https://t.co/7C6EcvcpbX
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) February 8, 2017
is he just mad because he can't afford to buy more tracks from you
— Boo! (@GhostysRevenge) February 8, 2017
he never paid for them the first three times 🙁 https://t.co/M0jgfYRFE9
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) February 8, 2017
@deadmau5 hahah i don’t have your popularity or marketing power that’s for sure mate but you live a cunt life & you can go fuck yourself
— Glenn Morrison (@glennmorrison) February 8, 2017
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) February 8, 2017
@darrell88 @deadmau5 i’m tired of his shit talking for years its horrible how he conducts himself & im not the first to lose it on him
— Glenn Morrison (@glennmorrison) February 8, 2017
Then finally, in a sort of coup de grâce, Madeon stepped into the conversation and tweeted, “@deadmau5 Oh that’s the dude I ghost produced when I was 16! He’s horrible.” The tweet was swiftly deleted – but this being the internet, it was immediately saved and reshared countless times.
STOP BULLYING! https://t.co/x06ynNmqpe
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) February 8, 2017
— Gapo (@GapoLah) February 8, 2017
Madeon is currently 22 years old, so age 16 would have put this situation 6 years ago, right around the time that Glenn released Contact / Hydrology on mau5trap. “Hydrology” above doesn’t necessarily have any Madeon characteristics, but “Contact” could be argued to feature a distinctly French vibe.
Following this whole ordeal, Glenn took to his own Twitter page to reflect on what had just happened, and his past relationship with Joel and how it degraded over the course of 10 years.
I was really bullied / insulted / made fun of by Joel for 10 + years & we were good friends once. I'm a musician and composer (CONT.)
— Glenn Morrison (@glennmorrison) February 8, 2017
Classical pianist got my ARCT & musically that's where I came from. I was tired of so many years of this happening
— Glenn Morrison (@glennmorrison) February 8, 2017
It's hard for me to even read this twitted wall because its total insanity, nothing to do with my life, music successes or career.
— Glenn Morrison (@glennmorrison) February 8, 2017
For everyone who knows me too, I am quiet, reserved, not hostile. I just lost it after so many years and I'm glad I said what I said.
— Glenn Morrison (@glennmorrison) February 8, 2017
We encourage you to check out Glenn Morrison’s Soundcloud below.
Photo via Matt Barnes
