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Morales: Mariah's no diva
Ibiza revellers could be in for a treat this summer if David Morales gets his way.
The DJing, remixing and producing legend is hoping that his singing pal Mariah Carey
will make it over to the White Isle for an exclusive guest appearance. He said:
"She wants to do it. We're discussing right now the possibility of her performing
with me in Ibiza this summer. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we can make it
happen. She's brilliant."
"Mariah's a great woman. I remixed her last single It's Like That and we've been
working together for 12 years." As for claims Mariah's a diva, David's not so sure.
"Is she a snob? No. Is she someone that likes things the way she does, cause she
can afford to? Why not?" he said.
"What woman isn't a diva? You don't have to be famous to be a diva. You can be a
diva in your own house. She might have flowers, candy, honey in her dressing room.
I'm sure she never started that way. But it's no different to when I work in a club
and people ask what I want and I say food, soda, bottle of champagne. Being a diva
means mistreating people and being nasty and treaing people like slaves. That's what
a diva is."
After working with the superstar for years David revealed that she's a wonder to work
with. He said: "I've never seen Mariah be unkind to anyone. She's the best person
I've worked with on remixes. She's the one that I've spent the most time with."
Record labels have sought David's magic remixing touch for more than 10 years, in
the hope of adding that special touch to their artists' tracks. From Tina Turner
to Eric Clapton and Julio Iglesias to The Spice Girls, David's worked his magic on
their releases. "Aretha Franklin was the one where I sh*t in my pants the most," he
said.
"Julio Iglesias is another phenomenon, he was very funny and very nice. I've never had
bad experiences with singers." But David says that at one point he almost became
disollusioned with the DJing scene. "It was interesting for all those years, until
they started making everything into a house track. Then suddenly everybody wanted to
make every record a house record. It was like 'take a ballad make it a house record,
take a mid-tempo record, let's make it into a house record.' That's when it became
boring for me to mix records. To always make a house beat, it just became boring."
"When I had a big hit, everybody wanted a record like that. They'd say: 'I want
something like Finally Ce Ce Peniston; give me something like Dream Lover Mariah Carey.'
But I said everything's got its own individuality. It's no different to now when
something new comes out and everyone jumps on that because it's a tried formula that
works. Everyone nowadays says 'you gotta put a rapper on it' to appeal to the younger
generation. Then everybdoy's got a rapper on their record."
Despite being an international DJ, remixer and producer - not to mention being co-owner
of the Def Mix record label - David's not driven by the big bucks. "I'd still do a
cheap DJing date. I wouldn't say 'oh I'm a top-paid DJ and I've been doing it 30 years.
Unless you've got what I want then don't call me.'"
The Grammy award winner says he'll never forget his Brooklyn roots and how he started
out. "I don't forget where I come from," he said. "I would still do it for nothing.
If I walked into a place and there's a great party going on, if I had my records and
someone said 'hey Dave do you want to play some records?' I'm not going to say well how
much will you pay me? If my mate's playing and says come on Dave, play with me let's
get together then of course - it'd be my pleasure."
"When I was doing it years ago it was my second job. It supplemented my income. Even
when I was a promoter aged 20, I was doing parties on a Friday night and I was making
$1000 a night. It was like wow! I could have quit my job. Now, I'm at the point where
I can survive. I can buy a house, a fancy car. I have my son with me right now on tour.
Here we are in Ibiza and I'm like, check out what we're doing. We're relaxing, having
dinner by the marina and I'm like, I'm getting paid for this. It's a joke!"
"When people ever ask me do you think you'll stop. I say stop what. This is natural
for me. I think I will cut back on the travelling. That's where the work comes in.
As great as it is flying round in a jet, you don't have to worry about connections
and delays, lost luggage. I'm 43 now, DJ for another ten years. I'm in good health.
As long as I can contain my good health I'll keep it up."
(The Sun)
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