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Ego-stroking monstrosities are indeed jumping around this forum. Being new, you should probably have a rude awakening to the kind of trance fans that exist here. They have much experience, yes, they have a large repritore of listening veteran-ship. They have grown weary and cynical about the EDM scene for several reasons, some are valid if you listen carefully and they take the time to explain themselves.
Trance comes in all shapes and sizes. Euphoric/uplifting/epic/progressive is what you are shooting for from your first post. I personally enjoy uplifting trance, but am somwehat picky about it, due to it's bloated commercialization and appeal to too many artists who do nothing but copy off each other's success, sounds, and motifs -- then it becomes genre evolution according to the lowest denominator. Some of Ferry Corstens (System F), some Tiesto, some Paul Van Dyk, some BT, some Paul Oakenfield to mention a few are big name DJs in the field according to mass public acclaim. I encourage you to branch out as much as possible in order to maintain a bird's eye view in the EDM scene to determine your musical tastes.
Check out Ishkur's guide to electronic music here: http://techno.org/electronic-music-guide/ . And do not take it as an academic cruise, but a biased one that is cynical and designed to be humorous first...
Branch out too... not just to appease the folks at TA, but for your own good. There is so much good music in the world to experience that is outside the trance genre.
Good luck...
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