1. Somehow gets exposed to trance music, either at the club or through a friend. Likes one particular track and asks for more tracks like it.

2. Furiously searches for and then downloads trance songs, mostly cheese. Finds online community full of snobby veterans who makes fun of his newb tracks.

3. Newbie listens to the advice of the veterans and downloads better tracks. Starts to see beat patterns in trance and really enjoys the music for what it is. This stage is like a baby... pure and innocent.

4. Starts to share music with friends, and they make fun of the music because it all "sounds the same." He doesn't understand why people would be so closed minded and listen to the pop trash on MTV. Not by accident, his newer friends like trance too.

5. After some time, our trance listener becomes a veteran. He posts on forums making fun of newbies for their primitive tastes. He becomes upset when his favorite tracks become mainstream. Starts to call 90% of all music cheese.

6a. Starts listening to other genres and see's the light... posting on how trance is dead, how it's not the same, how tiesto sucks, etc. and how techno/house/progressive/tech-trance or jungle is the best kind of music in the world.

AND/OR

6b. Decides to become a DJ

7. Reaches a level of zen where he doesn't care about genres or what other people like. He listens to music for the emotions and states it puts him through.

Roosh

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wow, aren't you the little sociologist
welcome to the 103478437670356th thread of this nature

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Originally posted by Az wow, aren't you the little sociologist welcome to the 103478437670356th thread of this nature

you are in stage 5

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I'm at 6a

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im 6a and b

however i still like some normal trance prog and does my head in.

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Originally posted by roosh 1. Somehow gets exposed to trance music, either at the club or through a friend. Likes one particular track and asks for more tracks like it. 2. Furiously searches for and then downloads trance songs, mostly cheese. Finds online community full of snobby veterans who makes fun of his newb tracks. 3. Newbie listens to the advice of the veterans and downloads better tracks. Starts to see beat patterns in trance and really enjoys the music for what it is. This stage is like a baby... pure and innocent. 4. Starts to share music with friends, and they make fun of the music because it all "sounds the same." He doesn't understand why people would be so closed minded and listen to the pop trash on MTV. Not by accident, his newer friends like trance too. 5. After some time, our trance listener becomes a veteran. He posts on forums making fun of newbies for their primitive tastes. He becomes upset when his favorite tracks become mainstream. Starts to call 90% of all music cheese. 6a. Starts listening to other genres and see's the light... posting on how trance is dead, how it's not the same, how tiesto sucks, etc. and how techno/house/progressive/tech-trance or jungle is the best kind of music in the world. AND/OR 6b. Decides to become a DJ 7. Reaches a level of zen where he doesn't care about genres or what other people like. He listens to music for the emotions and states it puts him through. Roosh

spot on man.im at stage 6a and 6b.

i'm stage 5...

genre? what's that

FFS STFU NuBS!!!

Looks like I just did two steps in reverse. Does that make me backwards?

*edit* and what about the girls!!! -1 for no PCness

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I'd say I'm a 6a without the ignorance. Although I can't stand PvD.

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I'd say I'm at level 7, although I don't think I ever really went through level 5 or 6, that is, I never made disparaging comments about newbies that I meant, and I don't really care if stuff stays underground or not. Plus I don't think of people that listen to stuff on MTV as closed-minded, I think of people that percieve trance and/or EDM as the best musical genre ever as closed-minded. And I've never really gone through a "trance is dead, Tiesto sucks" phase.

Music is music whether or not it's EDM or folk music. There's good music and there's bad music, I listen to it all from all genres.

im at 7

i like my music, and thats all that matters.

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