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Originally posted by Floorfiller i'm not going to get all involved in this thread because i think its pretty stupid...but this is exactly what is wrong with music these days. why the FUCK would you want to play stuff that you don't think is good? that's the stupidest thing i've ever heard. if armin just plays shit because its new and he thinks he's being nice by exposing people to new stuff, no matter how gash it is, that is the wrong attitude. i'm sorry, but if people can't make music that is good...they don't deserve to have it heard...

Because he wants to be nice and give people some airtime? The hell is wrong with that? Do you think radio djs like every rock and roll song that they play for the audience? No.

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Originally posted by isoterra

Let me ask you this. Do you think taste in music has anything to do with intelligence, or how the brain functions?

If you don't, we might aswell stop right there.

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Originally posted by DJ Mikey Mike If I wanted to listen to a DJ bang out shit as weak sounding as Andy Moor / Markus Schulz etc. i'd go listen to Armin van Buuren. Nothing fucks me off more than a fan that thinks a DJ can do no wrong. There is a lot of good music out there. How some people can be so easily pleased is beyond my comprehension.

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Originally posted by DOOMBOT Because he wants to be nice and give people some airtime? The hell is wrong with that? Do you think radio djs like every rock and roll song that they play for the audience? No.

A DJ's job is to filter out the good from the bad. Now why does he deserve to be a top #5 DJ if he plays everything he gets that's either McProg or epic trance? What's the point in that? That's rediiculase.

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Originally posted by DJ Mikey Mike If I wanted to listen to a DJ bang out shit as weak sounding as Andy Moor / Markus Schulz etc. i'd go listen to Armin van Buuren. Nothing fucks me off more than a fan that thinks a DJ can do no wrong. There is a lot of good music out there. How some people can be so easily pleased is beyond my comprehension.

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Originally posted by DOOMBOT Because he wants to be nice and give people some airtime? The hell is wrong with that? Do you think radio djs like every rock and roll song that they play for the audience? No.

ok i'll say this. its one thing if he plays them on his radioshow because he, for some reason, can tolerate playing music that he doesn't like...


but...

its entirely different when you build your entire career around that same music.

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Originally posted by Ory Let me ask you this. Do you think taste in music has anything to do with intelligence, or how the brain functions? If you don't, we might aswell stop right there.

So what you are trying to say is simple people like simple music?

So why is it the norm to class people who like techno or prog to be more intelliegent? surely as those forms of music rely mainly on rhythm and not melodic elements those genres of music are simple.

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Originally posted by Floorfiller ok i'll say this. its one thing if he plays them on his radioshow because he, for some reason, can tolerate playing music that he doesn't like... but... its entirely different when you build your entire career around that same music.

A lot of the music on ASOT is very good. If he likes it, he is gonna spin it. Apparently, from attending his live gigs and reading reviews of others, it is working for him very well.

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Originally posted by DOOMBOT A lot of the music on ASOT is very good. If he likes it, he is gonna spin it. Apparently, from attending his live gigs and reading reviews of others, it is working for him very well.

ok well let look at two extremes...

1. armin plays all music that he personally doesn't like...

2. armin plays all music that he personally does like...


which would you prefer? i mean...what if armin started playing dj sammy on ASOT...maybe he doesn't like it, but shouldn't he give it a chance like all the other producers that he plays? because that's the logic that you're suggesting.

all i'm saying is that for having a very popular radioshow...one which he doesn't get paid to do...why would you want to play music that you don't like? that's ridiculous...the reason you gave i don't buy and i see it as just a smart business decision, but not characteristic of a great dj...

I think because Armin is one who cares greatly about his fans and the people who love the music in general. You can obviously see that he is having a great time when he is spinning live. I would find it almost impossible to imagine any dj to be able to smile and dance around as much as he does if they were spinning music that they absolutely could not stand. I think a lot of people are misinterpreting what his ASOT show stands for and for that reason gives him a bad name to you. I understand and will continue to like him for what he does for the trance community and for what he does for those who take an extra step in going to see him perform live.

listening to ASOT and seeing Armin live are two totally different things...


you're looking at them as one, when in fact, they aren't.

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1. Basic Perspective - A Step on the Other Side
2. Fragile - Shugyo (Perry O'Neil Remix)
3. Ferry Corsten - Watch Out!
4. G&D - Tracking Treasure Down
5. Riva - Lunar

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Originally posted by Vyper0987 listening to ASOT and seeing Armin live are two totally different things... you're looking at them as one, when in fact, they aren't.

I hope you aren't referring to me, because I clearly know the difference. You see it when you go to one of his live performances.

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Originally posted by Vyper0987 listening to ASOT and seeing Armin live are two totally different things... you're looking at them as one, when in fact, they aren't.

hey i can agree to that. hell seeing sasha and zabiela live is entirely different from their radio broadcasts as well...

even if we agree to disagree about the purpose of ASOT, i still feel the way i do about the genre as a whole...