i know exactly how you feel, mikefasssy.

trance is my absolutely favourite musical genre (seconded by classical ) that i have strong feelings about. yet sometimes i get a strange sickening feeling when listening to it. it's very subtle and short-lived, but powerful. i don't know, maybe sometimes i just get a little tired of it all?

i think hard trance has a tendency to do this more than any other kind of trance, simply because of the (usually) simpler melodies and harder beats, which has a tendency to give headaches more often than "other" trance varieties.

then again, this morning on the subway i was listening to armin van buuren's "Boundaries Of Imagination" and thought, "wooow".

in the end it's just a common phenomenon - sometimes your mind simply gets sick of things. everyone that loves doing something (or listening to something) very passionately gets sick of it at times, even if they have been doing it for years and will keep doing it for years. just like one day you're healthy, and the next you're not.

p.s. isn't this more of a chill-out or music discussion topic rather than a "dj booth" one? heh

Last edited by Alccode on Sep-05-2002 at 18:23

mike...

I'm like you.. spin hardhouse/hardtrance.. and yea, it gets old!

try to make some DJ friends that don't spin what you do... Maybe find a good breaks or dnb DJ that has a good record collection, and start spinning with them sometimes. it's a good change and can teach you alot.

If you get lucky, they'll be into your genre and not own much of it, so you could trade records for a little while here and there... that's always badass, assuming they have the respect to not f*ck up your vinyl and vice versa.

i hear ya on not having the money for records... but here's another idea.. buy a collection! When I got into hardhouse, I picked up 50 used hardhouse records for $200, all in very good condition. You can do even better than that.. start watching eBay

I bet you could get a set of used dnb records for dirt cheap if you are watchful and patient! there's nothing like getting a STEAL on vinyl and giving someone else some cash to buy what they really want

hang in there.. maybe put the covers on the decks for a week and listen to some other sort of music on MP3 or whatnot.. i have to do that from time to time, so i dont get burnt out! I'll push myself hardcore for a few weeks sometimes, then get burnt out... I'll spend a week listening to other DJs sets, stealing MP3s so I know what other records I want to buy, and explore other genres via MP3 mixing... It's all about change, diversity, and acceptance of other genres... you cant get stuck on the same thing forever and expect it to maintain it's intrigue (that's resevered for the 'fine women' category )

cheers!
-mer