I was thinking about this topic earlier myself too. So here's my two cents.

After producing trance for about a few years, in my honest opinion, I think the trance producer shows more knowledge about musical composition and techniques than the people who make modern day mainstream music. And here's why.

Most of the music you hear on the radio nowadays consists of a simple drum rhythm with some sort of simple bass, maybe a dry string or saw and then vocals. The sounds they have are heavily sample based and very little is synthesized from scratch. Not to take credit from the producer but in the end what it comes down to is just organization and simple mastering.

On the other hand, the trance producer has much more to take into account. He or she has to learn to techniques behind synthesize from the bare bone waveforms and how to adjust the different knobs and levels to create the desired sound. From the bassline to the main lead to the subtle sounds and effects, the trance producer covers a wider variety of sounds than a mainstream producer. PLUS, let's not forget that trance music is usually more dense than mainstream stuff. The mixing and mastering has to be more accurate and well-learned in order to produce a clean sound. The elaborate melodies and sense of structure are also apart of what we have to think about.

But this is the weird part, the average listener appreciates the crap that you hear on the radio more than what you churn out of reason or fl studio. I mean before I produced, I used to think the music on the radio was awesome. Now, I expect a lot more. So when it comes down to who has more talent, my vote goes to the trance producer. For all of you who have tried to get onto labels but haven't, just know that your knowledge or music is FAR beyond what the mainstream music puts out nowadays.

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trance producers care too much about production aesthetics, and this is one of the reasons it sucks so much.

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Originally posted by azndragon0613 I was thinking about this topic earlier myself too. So here's my two cents. After producing trance for about a few years, in my honest opinion, I think the trance producer shows more knowledge about musical composition and techniques than the people who make modern day mainstream music. And here's why. Most of the music you hear on the radio nowadays consists of a simple drum rhythm with some sort of simple bass, maybe a dry string or saw and then vocals. The sounds they have are heavily sample based and very little is synthesized from scratch. Not to take credit from the producer but in the end what it comes down to is just organization and simple mastering. On the other hand, the trance producer has much more to take into account. He or she has to learn to techniques behind synthesize from the bare bone waveforms and how to adjust the different knobs and levels to create the desired sound. From the bassline to the main lead to the subtle sounds and effects, the trance producer covers a wider variety of sounds than a mainstream producer. PLUS, let's not forget that trance music is usually more dense than mainstream stuff. The mixing and mastering has to be more accurate and well-learned in order to produce a clean sound. The elaborate melodies and sense of structure are also apart of what we have to think about. But this is the weird part, the average listener appreciates the crap that you hear on the radio more than what you churn out of reason or fl studio. I mean before I produced, I used to think the music on the radio was awesome. Now, I expect a lot more. So when it comes down to who has more talent, my vote goes to the trance producer. For all of you who have tried to get onto labels but haven't, just know that your knowledge or music is FAR beyond what the mainstream music puts out nowadays.

Try to produce something else, it's harder than you think..

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id like to see any of you trance producers produce a hip hop track, or better yet, a club rap track.

y'all act like it's so easy, but you have no idea. trance producers, or whatever, arnt any better than any other type of edm producer...producing trance isnt any easier than any type of edm, including rap

club rap is easy just get a proteus or a triton wahahha.

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stfu ninja we already had this convoo...you cant go dumb if ur life depended on it.

i been throwin up my T's before u ever heard of mac dre nigga

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hahahhahahaha you aint even from da baaaay

ur area code aint 415 707 or 510

sac town nigga, i used to go to tha sideshows in east oakland every weekend before u ever put on ur first thizzface. hella ppl biting hyphy now. every kid is tryin to throw up they T's these days.

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rofl ... hahaha.... come on now....

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Originally posted by beats and beeps trance producers care too much about production aesthetics, and this is one of the reasons it sucks so much.

100% agree

whatever dont believe me. you have no idea how easy/hard that shit is to make untill you try a triton or competing rompler.

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