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Originally posted by euphoria lol sample it for the next rory james track

still waiting for the infamous psycho WMC cab driver track. that man deserves an award for being the most hateful psycho cab driver in miami!

On the flip side, year after year I'm discovering new producers, djs and parties that continue to blow me away. And then half the time I'm shocked to discover they were right under my nose all along. It's a big scene and yeah while Tiesto and AvB might make you cringe when you think back to their glory days, now could be the glory days of some other niche of EDM. It's crazy to think how deep the rabbit hole of 4/4 truly goes. I'm just fortunate I'm in a city where I get to experience it first hand after sitting on the side lines as a young teenager during the 'glory' rave days.

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Originally posted by cl0wnz0r agree with them entirely. not sure if i can say the same for CL's sets recently

Yeah, J00F's always been pushing shit forward, but everytime I've seen Chris, it sounds like a 1999 timewarp, maybe not in a good way. He seems like a nice guy and dedicated to the scene though, so that's always a good thing..

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Originally posted by AY STAR yea today everyone and their mother has some sort of radio show or podcast, so music is more exposed top dj's can still be supriseing if they wanted to but they are too afriad of loseing their dj mag rank to take a chance and play some underground stuff, so they stick with the commercial stuff/sing a long tracks def a good interview joof,lawernce,dave ralph,matt hardwick,askew and a few other dj's have all said how the scene has changed its def not the same thats why i venture out to more techno,prog and local dj partys now cause i know i wont be disapointed and hear the same top 10 beatport tracks but i do feel it's going to take someone bigger or alot more dj's to get the point across about how bad the trance scene has become it's a shame knowing that if joof were to come to nyc probly only 50-100 people would show up but if arty or dash berlin were to come the club would be rammed

Exactly this.

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Originally posted by Dreyth ^^ Is that sarcasm? because i agree with CL and joof

I think it was made pretty clear that I was agreeing...

I guess I was wrong..

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back on topic:

Face it - shit won't be the same. Internet started this shit back in 99 - 2000 with napster/audiogalaxy/mp3 sharing. DJs stopped buying vinyl, went to CD format. Your access to music was now not controlled by labels/stores/distribution channels. Can't find it in your local record store? Pirate that! Actually, why even bother paying for it to begin with when you can download track for free in less clicks than it takes you to buy it legally (if Beatport even decides to let you download it)?

DJs/producers/musicians started getting less money from albums and source of revenue remaining was gigs. Remaining relevant was now harder, more time consuming and in the end if you weren't pushing yourself, you weren't making shit. Just ask Lolo....

So, now you had to stay ahead of the competition. White label effectively died a while ago. As an aspiring producer, you no longer blasted your record to top DJs - YOU BLASTED IT EVERYWHERE! Top DJs no longer had exclusivity that came with their position to the latest and "hottest" tracks. Surprise of the live act eventually died out.

Ask yourself: when was the last time you bought a compilation CD? Not an iTunes or Beatport crap. I mean actual compilation CD? Think Global Underground. Think Northern Exposure. Think In Search of Sunrise. Think Boundaries of Imagination.

Who buys CDs these days for $20 containing tracks that became stale the moment CD was printed? Your average "hot" track these days has a half life that of sushi roll left out in the dumpster under direct sunlight on a hot and humid NY day...

So, you now no longer get "goosebumps" because the track you hear DJ spin has been overplayed before he even reached for it. You aleady know what to expect in DJs set because you just downloaded his previous set from his previous stop. Or you saw the track list.

When was the last time you saw a tracklist full of "ID", BTW?

Right.

tl;dr summary: Internet + New Media + Instant Gratification has contributed to this New World Order. Get used to it, it ain't goin' back.

Shame.

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