Originally posted by Ishkur
So let me get this straight: You dismissed the OP's suggestions as cheesy, commercial dance music, and then your fantastic alternative was......cheesy, commercial dance music?
In all honesty, telling someone to drop the Lasgo and DJ Sammy tunes and pick up Armin and Above & Beyond is like saying "Hey, don't smother yourself in shit. You'll smell terrible afterward. Here, smear on some manure instead."
No. I'm thinking "hey, you like this, you'll probably like that too" What's the point in recommending something that'll be totally different & probably not appreciated as much.
Nov-03-2007 00:27
Whirloop
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jun 2003
Location: trance elite street
Re: Help a trance newbie
quote:
Originally posted by willmame
Hi...
As you can see this place is always arguing about where the true trance lies. Trance is a broad genre in style actually and it can be both soft and hard.
I'm not suggesting you shouldn't check out the latest stuff from the most popular guys like Tiësto or Armin, but remember that they doesn't do what they used to do in the past so you might want to check out their older stuff aswell. I think their old creations are much more quality than the modern stuff because they have moved so much towards the mainstream pop-sound and away from the stuff that was trance music.
Try out my favourite for the moment, Goa Gil!
He might be concidered to "extreme" for some people, it's too fast paced and too deep, but i say it's the best trance with the most effect to it.
But the style is totally opposite to what you asked for though, i'm just showing that trance can sound very different. Fast, slow, popish, deepish, trippish you know
I love how these threads don't just get flamed to death any more. Kudos to Ian.
edit: removed stuff because someone is known to make arguments just for the hell of it
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Nov-03-2007 01:09
julien2
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Location: Montreal
/flaming on
trance is dead, dont waste time
/flaming off
move along sir
Nov-03-2007 03:36
SMC
custom title addict
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Sweden
quote:
Originally posted by julien2
/flaming on
trance is dead, dont waste time
/flaming off
move along sir
I should have gone inb4that^^, what a missed opportunity.
Nov-03-2007 04:07
pkcRAISTLIN
arbiter's chief minion
Registered: Jul 2002
Location:
quote:
Originally posted by Ian
No. I'm thinking "hey, you like this, you'll probably like that too" What's the point in recommending something that'll be totally different & probably not appreciated as much.
ignore him, he's just being his usual elitist bullshit self. there is a difference between mainstream dance music and mainstream trance music (however marginal), and even dickface knows it.
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Nov-03-2007 05:34
julien2
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Location: Montreal
inb4daishkurisrightishkuriswrong
and this, smc, is how you do it
yup
Nov-03-2007 05:42
BTG
Ez skinz ez lyfe
Registered: Nov 2001
Location: Milton ON
Chris Leibing 8)
DJ Rush
both excellent trance djs.
Nov-03-2007 05:43
Spirit5
Nobody
Registered: Jun 2005
Location:
quote:
Originally posted by BTG
Chris Leibing 8)
DJ Rush
both excellent trance djs.
Uh aren't they techno??
Nov-03-2007 06:08
Spirit5
Nobody
Registered: Jun 2005
Location:
The best way to be introduced to trance is to probably buy some older trance CDs like Paul Oakenfold's "Tranceport", Armin van Buuren's "Boundaries of Imagination" or any of the older "In Search Of Sunrise" or "Magik" CDs from DJ Tiesto. If you like melodic stuff, you will like them and that's a good place to start (not Goa/Psy/Old..harder to find trance releases, he likes mainstream dance which is highly melodic so to get into slightly more "proper" trance...though not as proper as the old school stuff..you will have to look for the old dare I say it "classic" trance mixed CDs).
Nov-03-2007 06:12
BTG
Ez skinz ez lyfe
Registered: Nov 2001
Location: Milton ON
quote:
Originally posted by Spirit5
Uh aren't they techno??
i'm trying to save him before its too late. thanks for ruining it.
Nov-03-2007 06:15
Spirit5
Nobody
Registered: Jun 2005
Location:
quote:
Originally posted by BTG
i'm trying to save him before its too late. thanks for ruining it.
Sorry, to save him is simple...turn him to stuff that is similar but (subjective) "better" even though it still might be considered "cheese" and Ian did it with Anjunabeats and Armada. I would take any release from them any day over Jessy, Lasgo, DJ Sammy, Groove Coverage and Candee Jay and all that crap. I think it's silly turning him to quite different stuff that isn't quite melodic ya know.
