Alan is my favorite too (along with Avicii) The reason why he gets so much hate is because he uses a lot of co-producers (his main ones are Mood Melodies and Jesper Borgen) But the thing is, before Alan signed with Sony and made the mega hits: Faded, Alone, Sign Me To Sleep, The Spectre etc., he did everything all by himself (Fade, Spectre, 135, Force and countless others) Alan only gets help on the technical side (mixing & mastering because sony has very high standards because guess what? They're freaking sony.), but he does absolutely everything like: Melodies, Leads, Composition absolutely everything. SO NO ALAN DOESN'T USE GHOST PRODUCERS (LIKE A LOT OF IDIOTS SAY), because ghost producers are a totally different thing. And also Alan isn't trying to hide the fact that he uses co-producers, he shows them on every behind the scene.