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What made you choose edm over other genres of music?

What was it that made you a fan of edm?

I enjoy listening to it. And despite being possible, it was becomming difficult to find any groups that were actually doing something interesting with guitar, bass, and drums.

The Prodigy.

the beats and the variety of amazing sounds that come out of it

when i first heard MARRS - Pump Up The Volume in 1987....

Curiosity, Fascination with computers and electronics, Dissatisfaction with popular music, all the stuff I read from rave websites, napster, chat rooms, people I encountered over the internet who I started looking up to and realizing later that those ppl enjoyed EDM, Qbasic beeping melody programs, Orchestra class in 6th grade, Tron, hyperreal.com(and one of it's old projects, technomusic.com), mp3.com, so much more...


When I look back on all the influences it makes me think that it was just meant to be.

It was dirt cheap. Only $2. Couldn't let this good of a deal go to waste.

I don't think I had a say in choosing what kind of music I like. It chose me.

i wanted to be underground

Because if theres one thing in life I understand...its good music, and EDM is where its at.

i was the biggest fan of "2 Unlimted - Get Ready For This" back in the day.. when i was like... 6

then when i hit 14 i heard "trance[]control" and that sealed the deal between me and EDM

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Originally posted by D-res then when i hit 14 i heard "trance[]control" and that sealed the deal between me and EDM

yeah T[]C kind of got me started . i pretty much really started getting into edm because it was the only thing i could dance and move to, really.

I never really had a say in the matter.

Seriously though, I first became a fan of EDM because it sounded precise and clean, as opposed to r&b, rock, and others, which to me don't.

The first composition that I can remember was Herbi Hancok's Rockit during the breaking days. Eventually I moved onto rock, reggae, punk, early techno like LA Style, and Eon, and went to a few raves in '92.

I pretty much ignored all music for about three years until 1994 when I tuned into a small local college station (KFJC, Los Altos Hills, CA) and listened to Mr.Goodwrench's Just Desserts program, a smorgasborg of electronic music! He played ambient like (Banco de Gaia, Omicron, The Irrestistible Force, and Autechre), detroit techno like Cybotron, and a bit of trance.

His show exposed me so much to electronic music and reawakened my interest in the clean sounds of electronic music. Since then, I've never looked back and have eventually settled on trance. It just speaks to me. Its positivity, melodies, and tempo most of all. Anything else now is too slow, negative or boring.

Trance will be playing at my funeral.

I chose edm for a variety of reasons over other genres.

Some of these include:

I enjoy going out, and going to raves and dance parties. I fit in much better with similar minded people and feel out of place at rock events with people with limited vocabulary and black t-shirts.

I also like to dance, in fact I love to dance, and this is the best music in the world to dance to. Rock music and other genres can allow people with no co-ordination to simply shake their head, jump up and down, and act like complete dicks on the dancefloor.

R&B music, and similar rap and urban varieties seem to attract people that think they are something they are not, and along with stupid clothes, this seems more about ego than having a good night. Idiots on a stage talking about how good they are doesn't do anything for me either.

The variety of edm is also a major attraction for me. You go see a rock band and you know the songs they will play. With edm no two nights are ever the same, and some tracks can make you feel like dancing like crazy, some can make you feel in love and some can make you feel like being yourself.

I love the smell of vinyl. I love the lights at dance events. I love people on drugs compared to those that drink alcohol, more love less hate.

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Originally posted by Furor Aquila I don't think I had a say in choosing what kind of music I like. It chose me.

Ditto... if I had a choice I'd probably choose anything but, since I've never had any friends into it and I've probably lost out on a large element of social life because of it. But alas, it agreed with me the most, christ knows why.

Epic trance shanghaied me like a crimp.

Grooveradio in LA got me started. Tracks like, Robert Miles - Dreamland, and Olive - You're not alone.. not to mention a PVD set on MOS Radio. I really can't describe the feeling the music can give me, it just makes things better if somewhere around the corner, there's a quality peice of music waiting for me.

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Originally posted by ieko Grooveradio in LA got me started. Tracks like, Robert Miles - Dreamland, and Olive - You're not alone.. not to mention a PVD set on MOS Radio. I really can't describe the feeling the music can give me, it just makes things better if somewhere around the corner, there's a quality peice of music waiting for me.

Thats funny cos I used to live there when it started and when it died. On the day it died (98 i think), they just kept playing one track over and over. Funny I can't remember what it was but I was like WTF. And I totally remember Olive. I just had a memory rush.

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'Sneaker Pimps - Spin Spin Sugar' is what Grooveradio played on its last day. I Just remembered.

Re: What made you choose edm over other genres of music?

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Originally posted by t�bias What made you choose edm over other genres of music?

It would be easier to say why I started writing with my right hand...

Nah seriously, I started listening through a friend in school who was into Happy Hardcore, DnB, Hardstyle, etc... and one day he brought in a Hard Trance CD, and I liked this much more. But I only started getting into Trance when I heard the PVD essential mix from '97(replayed on Galaxy 101). After hearing this, I would listen to as much trance as I could, always recording the Essential Selection's from Pete Tong and Judge Jules, sifting through and making lists of the songs I liked.

Around this time we started to go clubbing regularly at Escape in Swansea and I never looked back.

diveristy.

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Originally posted by t�bias I chose edm for a variety of reasons over other genres. Some of these include: I enjoy going out, and going to raves and dance parties. I fit in much better with similar minded people and feel out of place at rock events with people with limited vocabulary and black t-shirts. I also like to dance, in fact I love to dance, and this is the best music in the world to dance to. Rock music and other genres can allow people with no co-ordination to simply shake their head, jump up and down, and act like complete dicks on the dancefloor. R&B music, and similar rap and urban varieties seem to attract people that think they are something they are not, and along with stupid clothes, this seems more about ego than having a good night. Idiots on a stage talking about how good they are doesn't do anything for me either. The variety of edm is also a major attraction for me. You go see a rock band and you know the songs they will play. With edm no two nights are ever the same, and some tracks can make you feel like dancing like crazy, some can make you feel in love and some can make you feel like being yourself. I love the smell of vinyl. I love the lights at dance events. I love people on drugs compared to those that drink alcohol, more love less hate.

That would be a big PLUS ONE for me...although I still listen to all sorts of other music...just EDM most of the time...

I started listening to some old school hardcore when i was about 10-11 years old , i got hooked on the old sh-101 synth sound and the high pitched vocals ,that led me to hardcore and happy hardcore and then to drum 'n bass , i had'nt really liked trance that much untill i heard rank1 - airwave and flutlicht - mutterkorn , after that there was no turning back.

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Originally posted by t�bias this is the best music in the world to dance to. Rock music and other genres can allow people with no co-ordination to simply shake their head, jump up and down, and act like complete dicks on the dancefloor.

megaword, you just can't go mental in the same way to any other form of music!

i went out with my brother to a club in nottingham to see paul van dyk when i was 15 (lol), i wasn't into the music at that time but i certainly enjoyed myself! at the time, i was madly into my hip-hop. i was a massive fan of people like the roots, big L, wu-tang (this was before they turned to donkey shit) blah blah.. but the whole hip-hop scene went down the pan, it all started getting boring and commercialised, it was not what hip-hop was supposed to be about anymore. so with an open mind, i looked about for new music, and happened upon trance and house music, as my mates brother used to go out clubbing. so i borrowed one of his cd's and its all spiralled from there really.

now i hardly listen to anything else (except ridiculous music a la lardchops, and 80's stuff for a laugh), techno has taken over my life, as has DJing and for a time production (which i will hopefully be getting back in to soon when my circumstances change). it has now got to a stage where this music has cost me a fuck-load of money in equipment and vinyl (probably totalling somewhere in the region of �5000-6000).

is it worth it? yes it is!!

what got me into edm music? energy 52 - cafe del mar

Part from that, Ive always found edm to be the most interesting form of music. Have always enjoyed clubbing and raves, and the whole atmosphere that comes along with it.

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery The Prodigy.

Same for me along with 2-unlimited.

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Originally posted by D-res i was the biggest fan of "2 Unlimted - Get Ready For This" back in the day.. when i was like... 6

Same here with "No Limits". My dad had a tape with it on when it came out in... 1993 and I used to love listening to it.

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