My name is Matt. 16 years old (grade 11 honour roll student @ CCI), turning 17 on March 29th

I was previously a major academics student (top honours in math, science, etc.), but over the last two years, my interests have shifted heavily towards the arts, and now I get my big marks in Drama and Music

I don't have a damn clue what I want to do for a living. I really want to DJ and make music, because its what I love, but I am not in a position to say I can make a career out of it yet.

I've been DJing over at AfterhoursDJs.org radio for the last year and a half. Up until a week ago I've been using PCDJ + a Stanton RM-3... but now I've got my turntables, and I am trying my best to learn beatmatching techniques so I can get back to the kind of mixing I could do with mp3s

Just recently, I've begun to venture into the world of music production. I currently produce under the alias of 'LeMay'. Expect many releases during the coming months.

I currently live in Collingwood (2 hours north-west of Toronto, on Georgian Bay) where there is no trance scene whatsoever... but I work continuously to spark interest in the genre through my friends and such. I lived in Toronto (Davisville & Bayview area) for 13 years, and I wish I was still living there because its such a fantastic city!!!

I'm a pretty new as a TOTA. I've been to 3 Viva parties (Talla, Hardwick, and the 1 year party). I haven't met TOO many of you yet, but I hope to change that as I make it down to the city for more parties. I'm a shy bastard... so you help me out a lot of you just come and say hi... because I often hesitate to do the same to others... the one thing I don't like about myself.

I've always been interested in electronic music, alongside all the usual stuff any MuchMusic tool would listen to (Bush, Our Lady Peace, Garbage, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Eminem, etc.) I always enjoyed stuff like Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats, but my knowledge was limited to whatever was on Much. Then, one Xmas, I got the Mortal Kombat: Annihilation soundtrack. There wasn't any trance on it, but it definitely got me into electronic music in general. And then came the bomb. The Hackers soundtrack This CD introduced me to artists like Underworld, Leftfield, Orbital, REALY Prodigy (I had only ever heard Breathe), and so many others. From there, I discovered DI.fm, and then TranceAddict.

I've been MuchMusic-free for quite some time now Trance and Ambient is all I'll ever need.

I enjoy energetic, uplifting trance the most, but I always welcome some house, psy, hard trance, progressive, hard house, ambient, and smooth jazz.

Some of my favourite artists right now are:

Sonorous
Mirco de Govia
Midway aka Ralphie B
Dumonde
Flutlicht
Underworld
4 Strings
Armin van Buuren
Katana
Guardians of the Earth
Michael Woods
Coast 2 Coast
Chicane
Airwave

And my all-time favourite tracks include:

Cass & Slide - Perception (Vocal mix)
Coast 2 Coast - Home
Underworld - Cowgirl
System F - Exhale (Armin van Buuren remix)
Chicane & Salt Tank - Leaving Town (5am remix)
Orbital - Halcyon & On & On
Freestate - Release
Mirco de Govia - Things that Matter
Moogwai - Viola (Armin van Buuren remix)

Music is without a doubt, the best thing in my life at the moment. And its a great feeling to be with your friends to celebrate the music you love.

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Last edited by Matt on Feb-06-2003 at 05:52

i think im still a TOTA newbie
ive been lurking the site since it started up but didn't register and start posting till early last year and even then i hardly posted

i think i might have registered under a different name when the board first started up...but im not sure...im going to look into that now

just call me dick tracy

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Damn, this feels like an AA meeting... lol

"Hi, my name is RJ and I'm a trance addict."

More to come later...

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Dark Dirty Tech Tribal. | Hands in air (trance) and feet on the floor (house).

my name is dEsidEL and i'm one of only a handful of Asians on this board..

I'm also glad to say that the handful of us on TA don't sit around on the floor all E'd out at the various parties contrary to popular belief ..

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actually, we're the people that dance all over those E'd out people sitting on the floor

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Yay for dancers!

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"In a world of illusion you only see what you feel"

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Originally posted by dEsidEL so .. any TA converts here since after 02/01/03 .. ?

I've had two prior accounts on TA. I just forgot the passwords on both of them and just re-signed. Not a big deal since I probably only had about 20-25 posts since 2001 anyway. But both of those accounts are gone for good now. meh.

Dave

hey mosaic if you can get i.d. you should check out the boileroom in barrie

i play up there every so often


also i dunno how close collingwood is to sudbury...but they have jitterjaw parties up there every so often that have trance amongst other things...

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Its still about 7 hours from Collingwood to Sudbury.
For Reference...

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Dave

quote:

Originally posted by Time2Burn ^^ Dude I hope your (diginut) not talking about me! I actually looked forward to meeting ya. I ain't no snob so next time come and blind side me just like LKD loves to do.

Nah, no worries... I don't think I saw you, but then I don't know what you look like anyway. I'll scout you out next time.

I don't really think it was snobby anyway, maybe just shy. These things don't actually bother me anymore, I just thought I'd point it out anonymously so those who do know what I'm talking about might at least crack a smile next time.

If anyone cares about who I actually am (even though I've mentioned this in previous threads), I'm 19 and I'm in Elec Eng at Queen's. And I call myself a geek but I'm actually not, not since about a year ago anyway (not looking for any comments from the peanut gallery here). I'm a 'thoroughbred' musician having been trained classically on the piano and oboe, but went through all the stupid phases (pop, r&b, rap, etc.) and then a while after being introduced to MODs, started with electronica a few years ago and stuck with it.

And, as you all have already heard me say, I think more people need to respect the 0ld sk00l!

Any newbie TA who wants to become a real TA must go through "initiation" procedure, which includes recognizing at least 5 tracks from an hour long PVD or Tiesto set, dancing sober for 5 hours straight, going on a road-trip to see a good DJ and of course buying drinks to all real TAs

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