I have the perfect way to make a song super cool and NOT Cheesy.

Just through into the Lyrics:
"Shout out to the man in the ice cream van" or "Siberia the place to be" and your a sure hit!

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Originally posted by Jackson I have the perfect way to make a song super cool and NOT Cheesy. Just through into the Lyrics: "Shout out to the man in the ice cream van" or "Siberia the place to be" and your a sure hit!

Haha... Scooter forever!!!

Will never be better than DJ Sammy, though.

Iio - Rapture..... r u crazy man? you dont know what vocal trance is man

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Originally posted by Wretched Take the whiny "Baaaaby" out of Oceanlab - Satellite

Thats what stopped me from buying that tune!

3) Lyrical Integrity - the most important way to make your song not cheesy. Some "professional" tracks have lyrics that sound like something off the notebook of that weird depressed girl in 7th grade who wrote "really deep" poetry (in reality it was just gay).


This is my biggest pet peave of trance music...some really great tunes have been totally ruined this way!!!

Example: Armin Van Buren--Burned With Desire
Very decent tune and uplifting melody, then vocals come in with a sweet melody, everything is fine and all of a sudden she's singing about "cupid's wings"! Totally blew a good thing.

I like vocals that are somewhat tangential, as you said, they talk around a topic instead of stating exactly what the meaning is supposed to be. Also, I think if they are too loud in the track it can detract, better to sit back and blend in with the instruments...and of course novel and interesting effects can take them to the next level.

Cass & Slide Perception is one of my faves, and James Holden--Nothing, 93 Returning Mix, even though you can't make out any words!

then listen to the original mix, its got non distorted vocals

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soulful/latin/deep house + jazz

Hmm...As the Rush Comes by Motorcycle is very borderline. Could go either way. I think it leans more towards cheese myself.

Iio Rapture - sorry to inform the Iio supporters out there, but it's cheese. If you use "La la la la, la la la la" as a verse in your song, its chez.

Wasnt aware that Fragma had nothing to do with the Toca's Miracle remix. Thank god. Man is that song gay.

Sorry but Lange - I Believe is cheese. If you use the words "fantasy" and "reality" in back to back verses in a song, Your song is cheese. No questions asked.

Wow I didn't know there was a vocal version of Cass+Slide's Perception. Gonna have to check that out.

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Originally posted by snayk Iio - Rapture..... r u crazy man? you dont know what vocal trance is man

Too bad it's house. lol

boy you people sure are experts on what is and what is not cheese. all i say is if you like it then by god listen to it. fuck who says it's cheese or not.

Good point; cheesey is an adjective, not a genre.

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Originally posted by Wretched Take the whiny "Baaaaby" out of Oceanlab - Satellite

i say just remove the lyrics completely. half the time songs like these make no sense anyway.

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Motorcycle - as the rush comes - total cheese

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no it isn't. Some might say the track is overloaded with vocals, but the ways she sings are very different, especially at the end when she repeats "as the rush comes" four times in different manners - nt every singin' girl could repeat it