The hardest thing to so is convince someone that prog is good music.. most of my friends arent into house music or trance and even the trancers friends dont like prog that much (n00bs).. whenever i get into that argument.. which happens whenever someone hears what i listen to... i just whip out some pics of Bal en Blanc... after many "oooos" and "aaaahhhs" at the beauties dancing, i say... "so ya.... they're listening to prog...."
im with jon on this one... acquired taste all the way... and MaxQ's sex analogy... cant go wrong with that.. thats what house music is about... sex... down and dirty...
dont get me wrong... you'll still see me at trance parties (altho i passed on tijs recently) but i switched over to house last summer when i went to see Sasha thinking he'd be playing trance...he laid down some dirty prog, i was forced to listen to it and it just got under my skin and started moving my bones... thats what did it for me... its all about the beat... dirty fuckin house beats... just what the body needs... (as i listen to some antoine clamaran)
course, there is some prog that is *boring*... theres just as much trance thats *boring* too... bottom line... people have different tastes... if you can bash prog and like trance, you're just as wrong as the person that bashes trance and listens to country...
you cant convince someone that a certain genre "sounds good"... it either sounds "good" or "bad".. if something sounds like shit you're not gonna lie to yourself.. its either good or bad... but what is "bad" to some is "good" to someone else.. one man's trash is another man's treasure...
nuff said..
oh ya... there's something else about prog... its hard to appreciate prog for what is when you're listening at home.. most dont have the massive sound systems we hear at clubs... and since prog is more about the "beat" than trance.. (which is more about the melodies)... home speakers arent as good at delivering the full effect of a prog beat...
on home speakers its like... "boom tik boom tik"
on club speakers its like... "boom-tik-a-boom-tak boom-tik-a-boom-tak"
"Bal en Blanc" that's Barbara Brown right.... AKA Mistress Barbara.
I know she has mix under that title, are you referring to that or something else?
Sorry I'm new to all of this, I know it's sounds stupid, but just curious.
Jun-18-2004 20:15
The Highroller
ad hoc and ad lib
Registered: Oct 2002
Location: Flying over the cuckoo's nest
quote:
Originally posted by 404 Science
oh ya... there's something else about prog... its hard to appreciate prog for what is when you're listening at home.. most dont have the massive sound systems we hear at clubs... and since prog is more about the "beat" than trance.. (which is more about the melodies)... home speakers arent as good at delivering the full effect of a prog beat...
on home speakers its like... "boom tik boom tik"
on club speakers its like... "boom-tik-a-boom-tak boom-tik-a-boom-tak"
anyone with me on that one?
i definately agree. if you don't have pretty nice sub, prog sounds like shit.
Jun-18-2004 20:28
Tordan
Anti BS Alliance
Registered: Jun 2002
Location: Toronto, Canada
quote:
Originally posted by loconet
"acquired" like you acquired an STD or some african disease? nahhhh i'll pass
African disease eh?
Is that trance • "progressive" • techno I see in your sig??
Carlos, looks to me like you're already infected with ebola or something.
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Jun-18-2004 20:32
loconet
de la puta madre!
Registered: Jul 2002
Location: San Francisco
quote:
Originally posted by Tordan
African disease eh?
Is that trance • "progressive" • techno I see in your sig??
Carlos, looks to me like you're already infected with ebola or something.
Ehhh... well ok I only like it on Big stereos where it sounds better than my home speakers
The relevance of this thread never ceases to amaze me
nahhhh i'll pass 
