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Originally posted by noikeee i'm the other way around, i don't understand how the hell i still listen to pretty much exclusively EDM only. when sometimes i get bored of it, i get bored of music altogether.

+1 .If i don't feel like listening to EDM normally i don't want to listen to anything.Yeah i really never get tired of EDM.

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Originally posted by Project-K I'm not sure if I'm just going through a phase or if I'm done for good here. I don't go to parties, I don't go to dance clubs either. Haven't touched my CDJs in months. The main reason I got into EDM in the first place was because I was tired of all the samey sounding pop-rock that plagued the airwaves, and this music provided me with fresh sounds I'd never heard before. But I've listened to so much of it in the past few years that no ammount of ingenuity or originality ever surprises me anymore - I feel like I've heard it all. Overall it's been a great learning experience. I discovered so many new sounds and musical concepts that thought me to listen to music with a fresh set of ears, but there's just nothing left for me to discover anymore. Been through pretty much every sub-genre of it. Collected all sorts of it - out of my latest batch from beatport, only about 10% I ended up really liking, the rest was below my expectations and I got bored of in a matter of days (even though I chose them carefully). There's barely any EDM left on my mp3 player save for some old mid-90s prog house tracks, an old Funk D'Void set and some LSG tracks. Lately I've been getting back into accoustic music (something I hadn't touched in ages), digging up stuff from the 70s mostly. Has anyone else gone through this? Or just long periods of being bored of EDM?

Heresy!!!!

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Originally posted by AustralianGQ never been bored with trance and i wont till im about 50 or so lol....

And for how long have you been listening to it, exactly?

well... lke others have mentioned, you can take a break and then come back to it natally. sometimes it happens to me with music. i'll listen to a whole bunch or rock then slowly transit to crunk and make another transit back to trance or house. i make cycles sometimes.

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Originally posted by Project-K There might be millions of different tracks but it's not like they each encorporate something unique and original. Save for a few rare exceptions everything is more or less based on the same musical frame.

What "frame" is that then?

Maybe you should check out the non-dance side of electronic music. I don't wanna say IDM, because that's a gay name. But listen to some earlier releases on Warp Records. Because that's what I've been doing lately. Plus I also started listening to a lot of indie rock stuff, especially post-punk (Joy Division, Life Without Buildings, etc) and post-rock (Talkdemonic, Mogwai, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, etc). I too have gotten tired of going to EDM events where douche bag frat boys just come for the "scene" or to pick up girls, make retarded dance moves as if they are dancing to Chingy, and don't care what dj is playing as long as it is "banging". Plus the sound systems are set up to get the most bass and kick out of music and draw out the small details of tracks' structures (part of the reason why I didn't enjoy Digweed set that I went to). The worst part is when a dj finishes his set and everyone starts yelling "one more track" and then they go crazy when he merely pushes a play button.

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Originally posted by ibizzzaaa The worst part is when a dj finishes his set and everyone starts yelling "one more track" and then they go crazy when he merely pushes a play button.

But dude! They're excited because he TOTALLY did it for THEM!!

I have a friend you should meet... His name is Tom Jenkinson. But he goes by Squarepusher.

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Originally posted by Orpheus Is Dead I have a friend you should meet... His name is Tom Jenkinson. But he goes by Squarepusher.

Fuck yeah! I've listened to his first two albums just recently. Sounds really good when listened to at the right moment.

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Originally posted by ibizzzaaa Fuck yeah! I've listened to his first two albums just recently. Sounds really good when listened to at the right moment.

When things seem to be too redundant go abstract

"Go plastic" is good too.... "Do you know squarepusher?" is pure carnage, "ultravisitor" is just...well...genrecide... Probably one of the most inspired and well produced albums I've ever heard, mixing IDM, Jazz, and Ambient; Live parts and produced...Just amazing

when in doubt,silence is golden ; )

Re: Getting bored of EDM

I've been getting a little bored of EDM myself lately.

So I've been listening to ambient and experimental stuff along with classical music.

These things go in cycles for me. I'll overexpose myself to a certain kind of music and then have to cut back on that type for a while.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles These things go in cycles for me. I'll overexpose myself to a certain kind of music and then have to cut back on that type for a while.

Agreed completely - though for me, however odd it may sound, the one group of music that I never really seem to tire of is electronic music, which I have to assume is just because of the broad number of flavors it comes in, but generally I can find some style of house almost any time that will suit my listening needs.

With almost everything else I listen to regularly from folk to jambands to jazz to rock, I will usually get to the point where I need a break for a bit.

With all the shit produced today....no wonder.

Sounds like you need a new hobby, not new music, so you can become passionate about something else.

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Originally posted by PaulSn With all the shit produced today....no wonder.

I don't really think that's it.

It's just that if I listen to dance music enough, it starts sounding too "samey" to me.

It's kind of weird how that works for me; when I first encounter a kind of music that I have little precedent for, it kind of all sounds the same to me, but when I dig deeper I realize how diverse most genres really are. But then if I listen to it exclusively, I'm back to feeling like it's all the same again.

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Originally posted by weymouth Sounds like you need a new hobby, not new music, so you can become passionate about something else.

Nah, there are lots of kinds of music I'm still enthusiastic about. Just not really dance music at the moment.

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Originally posted by AustralianGQ never been bored with trance and i wont till im about 50 or so lol....but i do listen to other forms of music such as hard rock, but trance is #1 for me i love my euro/freestyle but since its a dead genre pretty much, i dont listen to it as much as i use to.

Replace trance with EDM in general and I'll defenitly agree

"All edm is based on a framework" yeh bullshit... I think all music in general is based on a framework. Seriously theres some really retarded and elitest comments in this thread.

I doubt with such wonderful genres as varied as :
modern classical
dnb
psy
trip hop
progressive house
techno etc

I doubt I'll ever get bored of edm in general.

Mr mystery is the perfect example of old and jaded seriously.

Although admitably Funk and Soul are two very good non edm genres.

Modern classical is part of EDM?

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles Modern classical is part of EDM?

Talking about stuff like Rob Dougan-Clubbed to death and more to the point his following album furios angels. Also theres modern classical influences on Juno Reactors latest album etc

Dougan is more like film music than classical.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles Dougan is more like film music than classical.

I know... thats kind of what I meant by modern classical. It's film music that is electronic based (yet still sounds very classical and has a classical vibe).

Clubbed To Death samples an Edward Elgar composition.

I'm listening to EDM since 98, let say in 2000 i started to listen to the real underground trance. Sometimes i have listen to it 16 hours a day. And i can say i love the tracks i loved 8 years ago still as on the first day.

Yes, i'm sometimes also bored of todays trance. How boring and lifeless the tracks sound. But then i put some old favourite on and i'm again in heaven and i feel how much i still love this music. How much it means to me.

I just know in my heart i will listen to this music until the day i die and i will love it and every single track that i love like i did on the first day and i do now. Why? Because this music is me...the emotions in my favourite tracks...this is me...i can't explain it other way. Trance is my personality.

I got hooked on trance @ about 2001. Then I ventured into all forms of electronic music and never truly looked back -- except for some crud.

Then, I never got bored of it. I'll let you in on the big tip... you ready??

I LISTEN TO MANY FORMS OF MUSIC! ...almost randomly... There's a whole world of music out there...

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Originally posted by Alien Yoshi I'm listening to EDM since 98, let say in 2000 i started to listen to the real underground trance. Sometimes i have listen to it 16 hours a day.

16 hours a day?!? Am I just a casual listener when I think that is mindnumbingly insane and even irresponsible? I like trance, but sheesh...

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