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Is liking Trance an embarassment where you are???
It seems that admitting to liking (or god forbid spinning) trance here (Seattle area) is like admitting that you have lepracy.
Personally I love trance, and all electronic music honestly, and have no problem with anything anyone else enjoys. But its seems like the local pastime around here is trance bashing. Almost no one admits to liking it (or EVER liking it, even tho its the music that brought them into the electronic scene most likely).
Am I alone in this? Are other parts of the country similar?
Just for example, most of the parties around here a couple years ago were almost all trance, now you can't find one that has a trance dj on its line up. Obviously there are exceptions, but for the most part I think i'm correct, Seattle peeps speak up and let me know if i'm just blind, or if you've experienced it too.
I'd also love to know where the most "trance friendly" area of the US is, or the world for that matter.
Even a lot of people who used to like trance thinks it's an embarassment. If you like trance nowadays you're a trancecracker and a tool.
This is exaggerated, but still has a fair amount of truth to it. Long live the elitism. Now bashing trance more than the regular "trance isn't music"-people.
not saying some of their points aren't valid.
Thats the thing. I know and understand that people grow. Especially when it come to tastes (music, food, people, etc).
But, not one person has ever said that to me. Most people just say: "trance is gay" or "Drum and Bass is the best." And its not just party kids, a lot of intelligent people (even some friends) can't tell me why they hate/dislike certain styles of music. I'm sure peer pressure has a lot to do with it, i mean conformity is natural.
Its just frustrating I guess. [/rant]
What really makes me laugh are the "jaded junglists" who are mad, but they don't know why they're mad. But they listen to DnB so they gotta be pissed at something! lol kids 
Most people around here think trance means everything with a 4/4 kick, so they pretty much hate most of it, yep.
I love it when the first question I am asked when someone realises or knows I like trance is, "Oh my gawd, do you do ecstasy?"
lol, most people here don't even know what a 4/4 is.
I just remembered one of the best examples of what I meant earlier: A guy I used to work with was into "techno." So I talked to him a bit, he asked what I liked, I told him "trance." He got this disgusted look on his face and said, "omg, I hate trance!" Well long story short, every song he liked was mainstream trance. From Darude sandstorm to atb, to armin van buuren...
omg i hate trance! 
Most people here who used to like trance just like house now. Thats why i hate house so fuckin much. All that trance needs to be liked is radio play. Like when Cocaine and Zombie Nation made the charts here, all of a sudden everyone loved it now when shitty Armin van helden and others released some house tracks they all say trance is crap.
Yes. It's referred to as "video game music". I doubt most of the idiots realize what trance actually is, but I can't care anymore. They suck.
"where you are"
You mean in my house... in my town... in my country...????
In Holland a lot of people are dissing on many famous dj's while at the same time all of them still visiting those party's.. looks like people are trying to be cool by dissing on trance.
Where I am? It's not so much an embarassment so much as it is an oddity. I don't feel shy about saying I like EDM at all, and people don't denounce me for it. They just don't understand it much at all and really only like it at a club. And even there they don't really like it, they just like the bassline because they can dance to it.
I'm never embarrassed, I just like laughing at the ignorant people who know crap about it.
im the only one in my college block that likes it... all emo and skaters kids
Ignorance and peer pressure. It's no big secret that most people don't have the slightest idea what trance is. And for those who do - well it's the "cool" thing now to hate trance.
Some of the people I know like trance, some don't. At the end of the day people like what they like and if some people can't accept others' tastes then they're not worth the time of day imo.
a couple of years ago I could say "i like trance" without people taking notice. now I rather dont want to say that I like trance because of the orgy of cheese the trance scene has become. If you tell someone you like trance they will reply "oh you like Tiesto and Armin and that cheese?"
Dont want to be associated with those guys :Q
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| Originally posted by RebeL9 a couple of years ago I could say "i like trance" without people taking notice. now I rather dont want to say that I like trance because of the orgy of cheese the trance scene has become. If you tell someone you like trance they will reply "oh you like Tiesto and Armin and that cheese?" Dont want to be associated with those guys :Q |
Most of the time when people ask me what music I like to hear, I say Electronic Music (and then say Trance, House...for example)..and I get those annoying "how can you stand the boom boom boom" question or "it ain't real music, computer makes it, I can make it" sentence...
I just laugh to myself and keep on, but nowadays people became more tolerante to EDM, cus of the cheese orgy Rebel9 mentioned earlier...
Try being over 40 and say you like it
I tell them I like it, then try to skip to another subject quickly because I know one ignorant person is going to say 'oh, me too, have you heard the new DJ Sammy song?'. I don't mind talking about it, I just hate talking to someone who thinks they know about it and don't have a clue.
Most people here listen to RnB or emo or something.
Dance music here has a pretty bad reputation for being 'ned music' (neds being the people who dress in tracksuits, drink on the streets, pick fights and generally cause trouble.) They mostly listen to cheese, happy hardcore etc, so as a result most people associate any kind of upbeat electronic music with them.
So when I tell people I like trance they're maybe surprised because I don't seem the ned, or even clubber, type straight away, or they just say something like "trance is shite" or "all that dance music sounds the same".
I wouldn't say I'm embarassed by it, I'm proud enough to go around listening to trance. I just think it has a bad reputation here, and most people just listen to what's shoved down their throats or popular at the moment (the latter point is probably true in pretty much any area, but still)
I have to say, yes, i am a bit embarassed about that, because trance is considered to be the cheese of EDM.
now i usually say i listen to techno and house, and sometimes trance.
Let me just say this... I Live in DETROIT.
The "birthplace" of Techno...
Trance scene in US?
Hi, Neph here, just wanted to respond to origional poster's question..
Yes, there are parts of the US of A that do have active trance scenes, with actual people that actually appreciate and spin 'trance' records. Whatever those are. The San Francisco (soon to be officially the San Jose..) Bay Area has had a flourishing trance scene since the beginning.. Plenty of record shops like Skills & Spundae carry all the latest and greatest. It's because of the people I assume. The Bay is a cultural mecca, its hard to think of a creed, culture, or style that isn't represented here.
From what I understand, the scene is still active in LA as well, although not to as much a degree. Someone from down south can confirm or deny this for me..
Hell, I myself have been distancing myself from what I though of as 'trance' a few years ago.. It's not so much that i don't appreciate it anymore, more-so that I just would like to diversify my record collection. I really like avenues artists such as Technasia, Mauro Picotto, Dave Clarke, Dj Hell, Johannes Heil, & Chris Liebing has moved towards in rescent years. Its a breath of fresh air, when compared to the staleness i get from listening to the latest 'trance' releases (as indicated by the on-line record shops buttons)
Live free, or don't; it's entirely up to you.
Neph, el Brujo
There have been a couple of occasions when ive been at some "trendy" bar thats playing the house de jour just talking with some aquiatances and it comes up that i like to dj blah blah blah i always hate saying i play trance in these occasions cuz i get the same response every time "oh......oh right " so there are times when ill just say i play prog and breaks, but other than that its pretty well tolerated in the uk.
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| Originally posted by hybridh22a1 lol, most people here don't even know what a 4/4 is. |
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