I think i agree that many happy vocals do tend to be quite cheesy. For me darker, deeper and wierd vocals do more. They stay in my head and i can relate to them. One of the most amazing vocal tracks has to be Rui da Silva 'Touch me'.

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"Andain - Beautiful Things" isn't a depressing track and happy vocals don't fit very well into most trance without being cheese

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alot of more "happy" vocals can be found on the commercial or euro-trrance scene. But beware that 98% of these songs can be a bit cheesy. The important concept to grasp is not if its happy or sad but which songs is truely unique and inspired by emotion and passion. Currently saddness is a common theme but dont be surprised if the other side of the emotional spectrum is shown.that said there are alot of goood "happy" vocal tunes out there , you just have to look. Unless your a dj expecting someone else to complie a cd for your likening ( i.e. happy cd or sad cd) is expecting alot. Listen to the follwoing if you want to be :

Massive F - Somebody
Armin- Burning with Desire
303 dreams- dancing in the light
PVD- Thats Life
....theres alot more just dont feel like going through my record box

I think Oceanlab - Sky Falls Down is pretty happy...its practically the defenition of being madly in love...

-Clovis

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Vocals in good EDM music are not sad. However, most of them are about the same subject. That subject is Love. You do, however, have people like Faithless who can write about anything. EDM, especially trance, is meant to be emotional when it comes to vocals. I like it like that though. If i wanna be hyper without relating to the lyrics, I just play a song that has no vocals.

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Main subject in a vocal tune is usually love. It can be cruel sometimes, actually, most of the time. This is why a lot of people experience sadness (breakups, cheating, jealousy, missing someone), sometimes it's like a drug for people, they become attached to the sensation of love because it stimulates inner pain/pleasure. People are usually more emotionally stimulated to write about sad love stories than happy themes, it evokes powerful feelings in a listener, forcing him to remember that particular song and relate to it.

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