Could ASOT's discontinuation be a big blow to trance?

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Posted by varun on Jan-21-2005 05:52:

Could ASOT's discontinuation be a big blow to trance?

I gave this some thought and wondered. Armin used to hold ASOT once a week for 2 hours and thousands of listeners from around the world would tune in for that time period.
On an average, Armin would play atleast 6-7 new tunes/week and that indirectly means he was promoting 6-7 artists per week. Not to mention, the tremendous amount of support his label provided signing artists off these very forums such as Mike Foyle and Vadim Zhukov to name a few.
In short, the global exposure that trance music got whilst ASOT was around was tremendous. Granted that a lot of this exposure was the same formulaic style of trance, but to a new listener it was just trance and to the rest of us just 'ASOT'.

My question is:

Globally,trance is already in a sad state of affairs. It is not a thriving genre. It is a surviving genre powered by the DJ elite and the budding artists. The tremendous ASOT exposure is now temporarily non-existent.
I feel that this could be a BIG blow to trance music in the long run. Possibly to the point of near extinction. Think about it ppl.

Posted by DjSaline on Jan-21-2005 05:58:

its gonna go back underground to the ghetto fool. don't be dissin on those of us that be trying to keep it real. check youself before u get a cap busted in dem brains

Posted by Boomer187 on Jan-21-2005 05:58:

some wierd people think that the more people that listen to trance the crappier it gets. e.g., if lots o peoiple like a song, then that song was produced for the masses, much like sandwiches.

armin will be back with a similar, don't worry.

Posted by DjSaline on Jan-21-2005 06:00:

u spelled weird wrong u dumbfuck. man, thats exactly what this guy be talking about. don't be breaking radio stations with yo spelling
check yo'self shizzle

Posted by varun on Jan-21-2005 06:03:

quote:
Originally posted by DjSaline
u spelled weird wrong u dumbfuck. man, thats exactly what this guy be talking about. don't be breaking radio stations with yo spelling
check yo'self shizzle

Be gone thug wannabe fuckboy. Go back to school and get some education.

Posted by Boomer187 on Jan-21-2005 06:05:

quote:
Originally posted by DjSaline
u spelled weird wrong u dumbfuck. man, thats exactly what this guy be talking about. don't be breaking radio stations with yo spelling
check yo'self shizzle

theres something about you that makes me wanna jerk off with old banana peels.

keep it up man, cause I am too.

Posted by DjSaline on Jan-21-2005 06:05:

there be 2 things wrong with name of yo country.

u don't bang with no military
and u ain't got big....ok

Posted by DjSaline on Jan-21-2005 06:06:

quote:
Originally posted by Boomer187
theres something about you that makes me wanna jerk off with old banana peels.

keep it up man, cause I am too.

keep it real

Posted by enferno on Jan-21-2005 06:07:

i think that van pushes a good point

however, i don't think this would be the end to trance, but, at the very least, a slight dip in it's history

Posted by beats and beeps on Jan-21-2005 06:12:

Y'all betta chek yo' selvz.

Thaz rite you betta be recognizin.

Posted by Arbiter on Jan-21-2005 06:16:

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...hp?s=&forumid=1

Use it.

Posted by Mystre on Jan-21-2005 07:31:

It threads like this that make me realize how much i love ta spread the love fellas

Posted by bas on Jan-21-2005 09:37:

so wait...ASOT is gone?

Posted by Unknown DJ on Jan-21-2005 10:14:

i think its gona damage his reputation as a dj more. if no one hears him dj any morew. less people to vote for him.