lol.. hmm.. i converted ONE of my friends to it.. well he's not really converted. he's more of a... "i listen to all genre's of music" kind of guy, and because of that, he essentially knows less about trance than i do lol.. so yeah... can't really talk that much about trance with him.. and since in fresno clubs are nonexistant... (oh yeah, and we're 14 so we probably wouldn't be let in anyways lol)

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I try not to push anything on people, but I have tried to expose trance to a few of my Hip Hop listening friends. And like typical, they just write it off thinking it's just gay rave music, or what they like to call "techno" which they label every form of electronic music. So I just let them wallow in their ignorance. I probably would have had a little success if I had hit em off with some d'n'b, oh well.

Ive converted a few people, I usually start with cheese tracks like

Warp Brothers - Blast the Speakers (Advacned 12 mix)
Warp Brothers - We Will Survive
Darude - Sandstorm

For me the track that has never failed to get someone to at least smile is

Voodoo & Serano - Blood in Pumping (pumpin' club mix)

Why the hell would you try to convert your friends?

Dont force electronic music on people, its not for everyone.

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Originally posted by decibel08 i know that most of my friends are not into electronic music, let alone listen to it 75% of the time.

Same here, only NONE of my friends listen to electronic music full stop - they're all into rock and punk I personally fail to see the musical talent involved - but I'm not about to set out on a crusade to change their opinions despite the frustration of not having a fellow fleshy TrancEaddict to talk to. Unfortunately it would seem radio edits, cheese and 'anything a bit mad' are the only types of trance my mates can bear.

I read a quote in mix mag that encapsulates it best:

"Grab your jazz noodling lover friend by the beard and shove a glow stick up his nose.."

psst! everybody secretly loves trance

I constantly play it in my car. At 3AM in the morning, half-awake, the music either completely draws my passengers in or gives them a headache.

Trance is an acquired taste.

Today, I woke up, heard the 4/4 beat and I was like "huh? That's not me (smart, ain't I? ) and my brother is asleep... who's it then?" I can't believe what just happened... I converted the cleaning lady who works at home to trance She was listening to one of Armin's sets that I recorded by accident to her daughter: now THAT's cool

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Originally posted by a-aplz

Aye, this one must be Lasgo - Sometimes.

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"I use drugs sometimes... no actually I use them a lot, I'm an addict... My drugs are cheap and they make me feel fine. The only problem is I can't get enough of them... they are called TRANCE, have you heard of them?"

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Originally posted by DJ Digityl oh man, i feel your pain! i've got this friend who loves r&b. omg i hate riding in his car.

Yep, exactly the same situation for me. I personally can't stand r&b. So far I have been unsuccessful in converting friends to listen to trance(although I haven't realy tried).
Whenever I play some stuff by Pvd or Tiesto they always say 'What the fuck is that, turn that off!'