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Originally posted by Sunquest well the hip hop thing is all over the world unfortunatly its a disease we cant stop hehehe i joke but ya our trance scene is pretty good here, nothing compared to Holland (Amsterdam) but still good id say every month we get a SICK dj, example, tiesto / blank and jones / armin / ferry BY THE WAY, ARMIN is here MARCH 24 !!!! if plans work out, this will be the first time i see him live

Yeah Amsterdam's a pretty crazy place. And Holland is the source and inspiration for all good trance these days. Nobody better than Tiësto and Armin. Not such a big Ferry fan anymore. He's good but he hasn't moved along the way Tiësto and Armin have. He's stuck a few years back. I can see why they don't work with him anymore. Styles are a bit incompatible, but that said he is still pretty shit hot. Armin is sensational live. I heard him at Dance Valley last summer. He did a six hour set. I didn't stay for it all though, there was loads of other good shit happening. Heard him in God's Kitchen on tour in November 03. Very class. You'll enjoy him immensely, his DJing and production style are in a word: beautiful.

So is there sort of one decent place that books good talent or does it vary. I heard Tiësto was at the Docks? Any good local talent? I'd love to hear the Canadian take on the trance scene. If you're prepared to travel in Europe then you're spoiled for choice when it comes to the big guns, but I love hearing new young DJs too. No cynicism or laziness from them.

Anyway this is a huge rant, but I guess I'm just passionate and there ain't too many people of my friends who want to hear about Tijs, Ferry, prog trance, hi-hats, etc etc....

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Originally posted by xenos_declan
Yeah, that's true. Was at an Armin set last Friday and by God my arms were sore at the end of some of the breaks! You end up taking your arms down every so often rubbing them in pain and then straight back up again. Worth it though.

Stratotek:
Man, that is the best description of a good trance set I ever heard...

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Originally posted by dj_infinity (Not trying to make a commercial here .. just my advice .. I really suggest International Academy of Design and Technology (Toronto Film School) Sound Technology program. Im attending it (Already in 4th term) and it's trully amazing. It's expensive tho, but equipment we got is great.. Best part of it is that it's accessible 24/7 (For studios, they have to be booked). Right now equipment wise we got 2 midi labs (One of 'em has new fresh G5's, Rolands Fantom 8's and digi002's and digi 8 channel controllers) Another one has Yamaha Motif's and G4's with Pro Tools, Logic. Plus We got 2 studios in facility .. one of 'em has huge 24 chan SSL console (Amazing Analog board.. trully amazing) and in another studio we got i think either 24 chan Mackie .. damn dont remember model.. Plus HD room with 24 fader (automated) controller (Pro Tools, basically for Post production ... well i find it great for mixdowns.. ) Neat stuff is that Academy is located in CBC Broadcasting building .. in the heart of downtown ..and well in the heart of TV/Post production. more info www.iadt.ca About Trebas Institute .. i heard it's pure shit .. they got shitty equipment .. but it's cheaper for tuition.. Colleges, Universities .. it's a huge class sizes and harder to get in cuz a lot of ppl are applying.. So if u got $$ or wanna take OSAP .. IADT is the place to go

I must have an auld look at that. Sounds promising. And nothing's better than someone actually taking the course. You're never going to hear a website for a college say "Yeah our course is alright, we've okay equipment, we're kinda good etc." Thanks for the info.

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Originally posted by xenos_declan
Yeah, that's true. Was at an Armin set last Friday and by God my arms were sore at the end of some of the breaks! You end up taking your arms down every so often rubbing them in pain and then straight back up again. Worth it though.

Stratotek:
Man, that is the best description of a good trance set I ever heard...

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Originally posted by xenos_declan Anyway this is a huge rant, but I guess I'm just passionate and there ain't too many people of my friends who want to hear about Tijs, Ferry, prog trance, hi-hats, etc etc....

lol dont get excited when u come here, im all alone in trance too, i got a friend who likes it, but nothing 2 special hehe

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hey... i like it too!!

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Originally posted by Sunquest lol dont get excited when u come here, im all alone in trance too, i got a friend who likes it, but nothing 2 special hehe

I suppose I am in the right place... the clue is in the name of the site!!!

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Originally posted by xenos_declan
Yeah, that's true. Was at an Armin set last Friday and by God my arms were sore at the end of some of the breaks! You end up taking your arms down every so often rubbing them in pain and then straight back up again. Worth it though.

Stratotek:
Man, that is the best description of a good trance set I ever heard...