i think to sum it up... Breakdowns are boring without the return of the bassline, and without a breakdown, all you'd have is a repetitive bassline...

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yeh bassline would be more important than a breakdown without a bassline i don't think you got nothin.

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There are much great tunes without a breakdown, while I don't even know any average tune without a bassline... Basslines are an essential element of trance!

I also play double bass in a live electronic act that plays everything from trance through to drumnbass
( www.thebirdweb.com)
and it does not seem to matter what bassline I play, as long as the sound system is good the crowd digs it. Im starting to think that the actual sound of the bass is more important than the bassline I play.
As long as its groovin with the beats then it does not matter if it is in tune with the other instruments.

When I think of a bassline, i think house. Most house(any type) tracks have really fat basslines. I think it is more important than the breakdown. Most breakdowns are the same(unoriginal) but when a really unique one comes along, its very satisfying but does it rival a fat bassline? Maybe, but i think not.

This is the questiion> what is MORE necessary in a track? Both are obviously neccesary but without a bassline, you have no track. If you have a bassline and no breakdown, you have a boring track.

i dunno. This all i can think of. Hope it helped.

notice Ferry Corsten is the only producer that seems to have mastered both of these in my eyes ;]

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