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Trance as "medicine" =]

This will inevitably sound dumb to a degree and has nothing to do with production.

I was driving home from school tonight. And on my way to school I was listening to talk radio, then in between classes I went to get a bite to eat and had z100 on. Then tonight I get out of class, I'm stressed the eff out because if I don't get a B or better on this final thurs I'm not graduating.

Wound up popping in one of my trance cds and noticed something VERY different about my mood instantly. It happened before the music even started to play which is why I suppose I noticed it in the first place.

But this is what I noticed. When I listen to talk radio I THINK. I think about my life, I try to relate, I try to come up with answers to shit. And I usually wind up more stressed out then before. When I listen to mainstream radio I usually analyze the music like "what was lady gaga smoking when she added that lyric?" or "what was the radiostation thinking to add that song..?" and so on.

But what I noticed about trance specifically. It makes me NOT THINK. And tonight was the first time I realized how apparent this is. I put the cd in and the ride flew by, I was home before I knew it, and I wasn't stressed anymore. I had spent 20mins out of my day not thinking, just feeling I guess, going where the beat took me (these are tracks I've heard a thousand times before like mindspring, f-4 and what not) and when I got home my mind had just been completely erased.

I realized I spend my ENTIRE fuckn day thinking about random shit, useless stressful crap. And trance stops that for me, and I wonder if **THIS** is why I started listening to trance in the first place. I will analyze the shit out of a good track when I'm mixing, but for the most part my mind is in another world when I'm listening to my genre of choice, or a *good* song from my genre.

And I wonder if this is the same for you guys? Do you ever find yourself listening to trance as a way of actually coping with life? I know psych textbooks would prob have something outlined about it. But it really clicked for some reason tonight. Trance brings some weird sort of peace into my life, that I can't find from rap, or rock, or anything else really.

I dont really have a point, guess I typed all this because Im just curious how it relates to other people.. but I thought it was cool.

Re: Trance as "medicine" =]

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Originally posted by DJ Robby Rox Do you ever find yourself listening to trance as a way of actually coping with life?

for over 10 years and counting

Yes, with EDM in general. Specifically house and techno

Re: Trance as "medicine" =]

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Originally posted by DJ Robby Rox This will inevitably sound dumb to a degree and has nothing to do with production.

Sounds like a topic for the COR.

awesomeness

Re: Trance as "medicine" =]

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Originally posted by DJ Robby Rox

i agree with you totally.

i dont know if its because i love this trance or something. but it can either relax me or g' me up or whatever i want it too... its weird. if i put on a trance song whilst im trying to chill outside or something it chills me perfect. if i put on someone before im gonna go out it makes me so pumped. or if im driving home it can relax me and make time go WAY faster...

i loveit.

lol here comes another 20 pager rager.

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Originally posted by Nightshift lol here comes another 20 pager rager.

I purposely picked a boring topic to avoid that.

Or at least I think I did..

the music that i listen to in general helps me cope with stuff,

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Originally posted by DJ Robby Rox I purposely picked a boring topic to avoid that. Or at least I think I did..

your threads are never boring robby!


anyway, nothing too new about this. Music has, since it's creation been used in such ways: there's been a number of studies in particular on music during WWII relating to recorded music and it's positive effects on the persecuted peoples, which is the earliest one i can think of. I don't htink it's a stretch to assume that music has always been used as a remedy and mood-fixer though!

live music just as much, or maybe even more than recorded... how good is stuff like reggae even?

trance is obviously good too, as it's melody driven, intentionally created to draw out emotion, similar to classical

so what? you are saying trance makes you not think and makes you forget about lifes troubles?

what happens when the CD ends? what??

Trance is like beer.

It makes you forgets but when it ends the troubles comes back again.

eh?

Yes.

No.

you shouldnt be driving and trancing.

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Originally posted by DJ Robby Rox But what I noticed about trance specifically. It makes me NOT THINK.

Well, that explains a lot.

Come on, Production Forum... does that mean nothing to anybody?

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Originally posted by parafrNalia Come on, Production Forum... does that mean nothing to anybody?

Good thing we got a mod, eh?

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery Good thing we got a mod, eh?

It seems to be worse now, and that's not to slight DigiNut. It's just kind of odd...

we've always had these random topics well since i been here.
cuz i think some of us only go on this forum usually

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Originally posted by david.michael Well, that explains a lot.

I promise if you learn to read one day it will make sense.

yup trance is the drug for me if i go down the mainstream rout then it's tiesto and trance energy.
always chears me up ftw

Trance is very good at making me vomit.

Re: Trance as "medicine" =]

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Originally posted by DJ Robby Rox But what I noticed about trance specifically. It makes me NOT THINK.

One time I had a server headache, I put on my headphones and listened to Gouryella - Tenshi (Original) on repeat, made me not think about my headache, so I listened for awhile, and when it was time for class it was gone

This can happen with anything that distracts you and puts your mind at ease. Some music does that to me, mostly trance though.

Haven't read the whole thread, guess someone mentioned it already.. But its called trance for a reason you know..

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