does anyone ever get embarrassed because they listen to dance music...

TranceAddict Forums (www.tranceaddict.com/forums)
- USA - West Coast / Las Vegas
-- does anyone ever get embarrassed because they listen to dance music...
Pages (3): « 1 [2] 3 »

Posted by djillicit on Jan-19-2007 03:35:

Re: does anyone ever get embarrassed because they listen to dance music...

quote:
Originally posted by MR STROKE
anyone ever get embarrassed listening to trance outside of your friends? Everyday someone comes by my office at work and I get-"what is that gay shit you are listening to" or "what is that euro dance crap?got any extacy?"

maybe I should start listing to country

Oh HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL NO!! If they don't like it and respect it because you do, they can piss off! Respect is a 2 way street. It's part of who you are, dude!

On the FIRST day I walked into work and noticed the sheer retardation of silence, I was like "well, guys, I'll be bringing in my boombox next week."

On this first day of music, the radio played the lesser of all evils... KROQ. Anxiety settled. After hearing the same emo tracks 103984 times in the same day, it was realized that EDM was the answer. And it was all good for a while.

Until one of the co-workers whined for singer-songwriter crap... like James Blunt and other wussy whininess. A little compromise? Fine. But when it's incessant, I don't think so! She opted to bring in XM Satellite radio for something a little more "univerally accepted and people friendly." People friendly? How the hell is some lame dude sitting and whining about some chick he can't get people friendly? Boohoo, let's cry and make a support group at work now...

This lasted shortly, until we came to an unspoken agreement.

Today, the happy medium is UPOP--pop tracks from around the world. Yeah, there are some tracks that are... "interesting"... like italo-disco, British RnB, and Pussycat Dolls remixes. But at least we can hear commercial versions of Fedde Le Grand - Put Your Hands Up and Supermode - Tell Me Why and all those "radio edits" of EDM tracks that are everywhere but never heard. Put your hands up for Detroit!

Posted by Junior Chavez on Jan-19-2007 03:51:

quote:
Originally posted by buchnaner
I only get embarassed if I get caught masturbating listening to trance

that's horrible.

quote:
Originally posted by dj_bas
I tell them to shut the fuck up and turn it up. They can kiss my ass. Nothing like bumping some Digweed or Eric Prydz at work and having everyone say "god turn that stuff down!" And I'll say, "sorry! NYE flashback...brb".

Got any hip-hop?

Posted by Jeffree on Jan-19-2007 04:00:

quote:
Originally posted by Junior Chavez
that's horrible.

Got any hip-hop?

No? Not even any BEP?! You're a shitty DJ! Geez!

Posted by R!CH on Jan-19-2007 05:12:

quote:
Originally posted by buchnaner
I only get embarassed if I get caught masturbating listening to trance

not me...

Posted by Electrophile on Jan-19-2007 05:18:

Re: does anyone ever get embarrassed because they listen to dance music...

Posted by Miss Julia on Jan-19-2007 05:49:

Re: Re: does anyone ever get embarrassed because they listen to dance music...

quote:
Originally posted by djillicit
Boohoo, let's cry and make a support group at work now...

Posted by Allayla on Jan-19-2007 05:50:

Hell no.. not even ten years ago when i was blasting venga boys and aqua in my car.

Posted by jcluvsu on Jan-19-2007 06:03:

Re: does anyone ever get embarrassed because they listen to dance music...

Posted by R!CH on Jan-19-2007 06:08:

Re: Re: does anyone ever get embarrassed because they listen to dance music...

quote:
Originally posted by jcluvsu
Educate that ignorant jackass. Tell em to drop 2 and call you in the morning.

and fuck no am not embarrassed to bump a little Digweed in front of a hip hop club. I've made it my mission in life to push this gangsta shit.

Consider yourself special, shit spread the gospel. uns,uns,uns...

Posted by jcluvsu on Jan-19-2007 06:12:

quote:
Originally posted by buchnaner
I only get embarassed if I get caught masturbating listening to trance

OMFG! I am gonna try that right now while driving.

Posted by gypsygirl on Jan-19-2007 06:17:

not at all, in fact my assistant principal asked to listen to some of my cds but he wasn't that into it. that's okay. and lol, in my review this past week with him he asked me how my clubbing is going? and i was like fun as always at lunch in the staff room many of the teachers ask me about my weekend and i give them the PG-13 version but they are still like, man, i don't know how you party like that.

guess i just have lots of energy

and lots of you know i play EDM in my classroom every chance i get. try to convert them early...........although i sure as hell don't want them going to any events i'm at

Posted by TSG on Jan-19-2007 07:34:

quote:
Originally posted by jcluvsu
OMFG! I am gonna try that right now while driving.

So how did it go?

Some yrs back when cruising was still kinda going on around the Crenshaw area, my b/f & I would get daring... We'd drive by all the cruisers and those standing on the sidewalks and then crank up the music in my car. We'd be listening to Nick Warren or some Oakie (Game Master)! hahaha....

Posted by R!CH on Jan-19-2007 07:39:

quote:
Originally posted by starboy
Hell no.. not even ten years ago when i was blasting venga boys and aqua in my car.

ehhh

Posted by CReddick on Jan-19-2007 08:24:

I share an office with one other dude... we subscribe to about every EDM podcast in the entire world and try to hook up with as many live web shows as we can. At first, some passer bys were like... "uhh.. i didn't bring any glowsticks today" among other crap. I too am forced to provide a short lesson when all EDM is referred to as 'techno', but I think it does help bring a small level of awareness to folks who would never know otherwise.

I occasionally get random emails at work from other peeps in the company who stumble across the Shake Down podcast and have no idea that i'm into that style of music... always elicits a hearty laugh out of me.

The occasional idiot will decide to argue with me "that isn't music.. its the same thing over and over again..." or "it all sounds the same". Well dipfuck, every MyChemicalRomance song sounds the same to me. Maybe music as an art form is subjective, and one person can like whatever they want. not sure where i'm headed with this, but it brings me to one final point: Trance is music, and music is art. Let it represent the soundtrack of your soul, and that's something no one should be embarrassed about.

Posted by djillicit on Jan-19-2007 09:41:

quote:
Originally posted by gypsygirl
although i sure as hell don't want them going to any events i'm at

hah sarah... "teacher! hi! can you give me a light show?"

Posted by Stealth on Jan-19-2007 18:54:

I love putting peeps in their place when they try saying something negative about EDM. I especially love it when rockers say something. Fans of that gay emo waynes world guitar crap should really be the last people to be talking sh*t on any type of music. After I turn the tables on them and point out some things about their precious guitar music they usually STFU and never say sh*t about EDM again!

Posted by bas on Jan-19-2007 19:19:

I love the "it's not real music", "it all sounds the same", and "the computer is doing it all for them" arguments. So generic, and so easy to shut down.

What is "real" music? Because it's not from an instrument it's somehow fake? That's funny...ELECTRONIC music has been around since the 60s. So all the bands/groups/artists you listen to play on real instruments? Nothing is electronic? Well then tell them to put down all the vocoders, electric guitars, samplers, and studio equipment and make everything acoustic. Hey...they're REAL instruments right?

It all sounds the same....so you only listen to music that has verses? No chorus? Not a single repetition throughout the whole song? Wow, that's impressive. That I would like to hear.

The computer is simply the tool. The computer doesn't spit out beats, melodies, rhythm, syncopations. I think the person does all that fucktard. And guess what, he's doing it ALONE. He doesn't have a drummer, guitarist, bassist, another guitarist.

Give me an 808 over a guitar any day.

Posted by slkvin on Jan-19-2007 19:19:

quote:
Originally posted by gehzumteufel
never. i am not embarassed to say i listen to it but i do try to give them a mini-education every time if they refer to EDM as TECHNO.

+1

I have a good laugh when people think its wierd I listen to EDM. I feel sorry for the uncultured masses, they dont realize all the fun they are missing out on....

Posted by Stealth on Jan-19-2007 19:48:

quote:
Originally posted by dj_bas
What is "real" music? Because it's not from an instrument it's somehow fake? That's funny...ELECTRONIC music has been around since the 60s. So all the bands/groups/artists you listen to play on real instruments? Nothing is electronic? Well then tell them to put down all the vocoders, electric guitars, samplers, and studio equipment and make everything acoustic. Hey...they're REAL instruments right?

One of the main reasons these idiots they think its "real" music is because they are sheep that have bought into all the guitar hype from mtv, rolling stone, and other big media conglomerates.

quote:
Originally posted by dj_bas
It all sounds the same....so you only listen to music that has verses? No chorus? Not a single repetition throughout the whole song? Wow, that's impressive. That I would like to hear.

Nothing is more repetive than a genre of music that uses the same exact sounds(electric guitar, bass guitar, acoustic drums, etc) on every song!

quote:
Originally posted by dj_bas
Give me an 808 over a guitar any day.

WORD!

I posted this on another forum after some rocker fool tried talking smack on EDM. Here's my analogy for rock music...

Lets imagine there is a certain type of techno that, in every single song only and always uses this one particular synth sound. Now, sometimes there are some minor effects added to this one synth sound like distortion or delay, but it's always still the same basic sound. Also, there's always the same bass sound, the same kick, snare, and hi hat used in every song. You would think that would get old real fast right? Lets also imagine that this genre of techno that always uses the same sounds in every song has been produced over and over again for over 45 years, and there was even a hall of fame for this type of techno! That would be pretty ridiculous right?

Seriously, I don't understand all the hype over the last four decades of this thing called rock n roll and people's fascination with the sound that a guitar makes. It's actually pretty stupid if you stop and think about it.

The sky is the limit for creativity when creating electronic dance music. On the other hand there is only so much you can do with an electric guitar, bass guitar, and a set of acoustic drums.

Face it, guitar based music is becoming a thing of the past and electronic music is the future!

Posted by slkvin on Jan-19-2007 19:59:

quote:
Face it, guitar based music is becoming a thing of the past and electronic music is the future!

couldnt agree more!

Posted by Stealth on Jan-19-2007 20:11:

quote:
Originally posted by slkvin
I have a good laugh when people think its wierd I listen to EDM. I feel sorry for the uncultured masses, they dont realize all the fun they are missing out on....

The sad thing is that many of these guitar band musicians have a lot of talent but they are so limited by the narrow creative parameters of guitar music. I can only imagine the great producers and djs that a lot of them could be if they would open their minds to the unlimited creative possabilities that EDM has to offer.

Posted by slkvin on Jan-19-2007 20:24:

quote:
I can only imagine the great producers and djs that a lot of them could be if they would open their minds to the unlimited creative possabilities that EDM has to offer.

Hummmmmmmmmm
Puff Daddy EDM.......
Justin Timberlake and Timberland EDM......
My Chemical Romance EDM.......

Things that make you go burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrh!

Posted by Stealth on Jan-19-2007 20:33:

quote:
Originally posted by slkvin
Hummmmmmmmmm
Puff Daddy EDM.......
Justin Timberland and Timberland EDM......
My Chemical Romance EDM.......

Things that make you go burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrh!

LOL! good point.

Posted by gerard6975 on Jan-19-2007 20:51:

I will never be ashamed of the following:

music I listen to
food I eat
my religion
my race
my beliefs
my family
my friends
what I read
dancing like no one's watching
and more...

just like Audi's tag line - NEVER FOLLOW

Posted by slkvin on Jan-19-2007 20:56:

quote:
Originally posted by gerard6975
I will never be ashamed of the following:

music I listen to

food I eat

my religion

my race

my beliefs

my family

my friends

what I read

dancing like no one's watching

and more...

But would you listen to EDM produced by "My Chemical Romance"?

Pages (3): « 1 [2] 3 »