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Originally posted by Nullistic Tip: Next time, just post up a simple thread, "New track, check it out guys". It somehow grabs more people's attention more so than "NEW TRACK! RECORD LABEL DEAL!", you know what I mean.

I disagree with you completely. In fact, I disagree with you so much that if there were any more disagreement, I'd explode. You're actually telling him that if he had posted a simple "check out my tune" thread he would have gotten more response?

Be serious. There are tons of tracks like this posted on TA, but with a humble post "Please check out my track and let me know what you think thx" that get absolutely little to no attention. Then when mr pompous up the ass comes along, people get turned off by his big pompus personality and so they start flamewars... giving the track far more attention than all the others posted. HELL!!! this track got so much attention that even MK-S posted a review. You don't get people like MK-S reviewing every track that's on here.

I'm not endorsing you guys go out and post pompous crap to promote your track, but you have to admit that the threads that get the most attention are those created by moronic people. They know what they're doing isn't cool, and they're smart in a way... They're trying to get attention.. and they're good at it. Trust me.. had this been a humble "check out my track" post, I wouldn't have even bothered to click on it.

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I agree that it caused ATTENTION, but not the RIGHT kind of attention this guy wanted, BECAUSE of the way he said it.

He caused the wrong kind of attention to himself, granted it attracted many people to the forum, but so what? The tune sucked, they posetd their comment, the track got a few listeners, doesn't mean it's changed the world cause they heard it.

Posting a "hey guys, new track" may not lead as many people in, but the ones that do come in, will usually leave a significant and valuable opinion to your post.

A remedy would be to meet in the middle of "new track, check it out" and the exact opposite. Somewhere between the two, would work perfectly.

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From what you're saying, and i'm being serious, I guess we should just do the "moronic" thing, and post pompous, misleading, false information to lure people on to our threads as well then. Hey, if it grabs attention, then I guess that's what we need, don't we.

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Originally posted by Nullistic I agree that it caused ATTENTION, but not the RIGHT kind of attention this guy wanted, BECAUSE of the way he said it. He caused the wrong kind of attention to himself, granted it attracted many people to the forum, but so what? The tune sucked, they posetd their comment, the track got a few listeners, doesn't mean it's changed the world cause they heard it. Posting a "hey guys, new track" may not lead as many people in, but the ones that do come in, will usually leave a significant and valuable opinion to your post. A remedy would be to meet in the middle of "new track, check it out" and the exact opposite. Somewhere between the two, would work perfectly. // From what you're saying, and i'm being serious, I guess we should just do the "moronic" thing, and post pompous, misleading, false information to lure people on to our threads as well then. Hey, if it grabs attention, then I guess that's what we need, don't we.

He got both the WRONG and the RIGHT... and hell he got a lot of the RIGHT... check out some of the reviews, they're actually reviewing his track... not just his attitude.

I'm not saying you should... there are 2 ways you can go about luring attention. The way he did it was the disrespectful way... now people aren't going to think so highly of him, but he got all the attention he wanted... but the RIGHT way of getting attention, being humble about your tune, won't get you as much, but at least you'll have respect in the forums and people will like you as a person.

If you want a comparison that's easy to understand. Think of a person who does something really wild or dumb to get their 15 minutes of fame, as opposed to one who does something constructive. The one who did the stupid thing to get the 15 minutes is going to get more fame in the shortrun but the constructive person will get more fame in the longrun.

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Yeah, there was nothing wrong with his attitude in the first place to begin with. Except the thread title.

They're reviewing it, but does it mean they're gonna keep it and add this to their winamp playlist? Highly doubt it. The best thing I'd hope for, is him actually adhering to what the reviewers actually posted, so he could improve himself as a producer. So in that perspective, he did gain the right attention yes.


It's all about first impressions in the thread topic world, post a crappy thread title, no one notices. Post something idiotic and pompous, all of a sudden, you get all the attention. People need to learn to be a bit more open minded when viewing threads on TA, sometimes the best stuff, is hiding in the least noticeable places.

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The one who did the stupid thing to get the 15 minutes is going to get more fame in the shortrun but the constructive person will get more fame in the longrun.

I agree.

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okay i can agree with all that.

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this actually sounds alright.. some very interesting sounds in there.

it could use some work, though. the kick is drowned by the bassline, and the track doesn't seem to have a defined structure. also, the melody you introduce round about 07:00 is very cheesy indeed, you should have left that one out.

this track has potential, though.. i'd love to hear a full on psy mix of this

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ABSOLOUTLY RIDICULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i feel cheated in listening to this.
when i see a title "signed to a label" i automatically view cos im interested in how others got signed....

i have posted one demo on this site a month or two ago calling it 'm.i.k.e style trance'.... possibly a bit cheeky but people commented that it was reminicent of m.i.k.e.s work. i got several nice replies from the likes of 'subtle' with constructive crit...

i have been a trance addict since 97' and have been mainly influenced by m.i.k.e s work. and am slowly learning the ins and outs of cubase sl2.

i am sending my stuff to labels like club elite, armada, oxygen, black hole, 5am, bonzai etc etc. no joy yet but thats because labels like these are the best and im obviously not at that level yet.

however recently i have had numerous good replies from dj's so hopefully im on my way...

i think it is very unfair on the many highly talented producers who post their tracks on here and then be over shadowed by posts like this.

its a great shame.

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Originally posted by Adambomb337 There is a lack of chrisitans who produce music so you may be right about them signing almost anyone.

i'm with gerry cueto on this one... c'mon now... a record label that's based solely on christian artists??? absolutely nothing about your song is christian. i mean, it would make more sense if the songs on this label have like people chanting bible verses in teh trance song or like some sampled vox saying christian stuff...

... but this is normal trance music, only getting attention from this label because they are christian artists.



that sounds a bit... off. so let me get this right: if i came up with a decent trance track, it wouldn't get any attention from this label because i'm not christian?

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Originally posted by EtherealSL ... but this is normal trance music

not even that.. lol he even claimed it wasn't a trance song... and said it was oldschool happy rave or something like that.

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Originally posted by EtherealSL that sounds a bit... off. so let me get this right: if i came up with a decent trance track, it wouldn't get any attention from this label because i'm not christian?

exactly! it's more of a contest of who loves Jesus more than actual quality of music. They probably require you to post some background info about yourself, like what church you attend what you do as service in your church or something, or else they won't even look at you.

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Moolow posted: There's nothing wrong with this tune. very good overalltrack! But, it sounds a bit old. It could have been taken from an old ravemission or trancemaster(for example) from 1994 or 1995. Keep it up!

THANKS! that's exactly what I was going for, a classic rave sound! I'm glad you enjoyed it

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Nullistic said: yeah that's a pretty powerful quote right there. it hits me hard, but makes me laugh at the same time. In all seriousness, I heard the track as well, and I wasn't surprised. Just as previously stated, when someone puts up a title thread like that, it just screams "Look at me! I'm pro now! My track is GOOD, no if ands or butts about it!" But you did say you didn't intend on making it seem that way. Tip: Next time, just post up a simple thread, "New track, check it out guys". It somehow grabs more people's attention more so than "NEW TRACK! RECORD LABEL DEAL!", you know what I mean. Although I never spend much time getting into flame wars, or even bothering (I see it as pointless sometimes), this one just caught my eye. My recommendation, keep producing, don't let this "label" get to your head, and as someone else stated, always keep progressing with your sound. Be diverse with your music, aim for different sounds, but the key is produce produce produce. If a label sees that you can't keep up with the times, and just sticking to the same old sounds, then how do you expect your music to sell? You have to be able to show the label different sides of your music and sound all the time. Well, heh, not THIS label you're signed with anyway, they seem to be accepting anything remotely related to christian belief, no matter how bad* it is :P.

thanks for the advice! ya, I tried to change the title of this thread but it doesn't show up in the list as changed...
There's a lot of other people who really enjoy this track so I wouldn't say that the label made a mistake...

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TOR said: this actually sounds alright.. some very interesting sounds in there. it could use some work, though. the kick is drowned by the bassline, and the track doesn't seem to have a defined structure. also, the melody you introduce round about 07:00 is very cheesy indeed, you should have left that one out. this track has potential, though.. i'd love to hear a full on psy mix of this

thanks! You're right about the kick and bass, hopefully that will get changed. thanks. I'm actually co-producing some psy trance right now so that influence probably caused a lot of the randomness. If I ever do a psy remix, I'll let you know!

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richg101 said: ABSOLOUTLY RIDICULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i feel cheated in listening to this. when i see a title "signed to a label" i automatically view cos im interested in how others got signed.... i have posted one demo on this site a month or two ago calling it 'm.i.k.e style trance'.... possibly a bit cheeky but people commented that it was reminicent of m.i.k.e.s work. i got several nice replies from the likes of 'subtle' with constructive crit... i have been a trance addict since 97' and have been mainly influenced by m.i.k.e s work. and am slowly learning the ins and outs of cubase sl2. i am sending my stuff to labels like club elite, armada, oxygen, black hole, 5am, bonzai etc etc. no joy yet but thats because labels like these are the best and im obviously not at that level yet. however recently i have had numerous good replies from dj's so hopefully im on my way... i think it is very unfair on the many highly talented producers who post their tracks on here and then be over shadowed by posts like this. its a great shame.

I'm sorry it turned to this. I wasn't trying to get this much attention. I hope you get accepted to one of those labels someday

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EtherealSL said: i'm with gerry cueto on this one... c'mon now... a record label that's based solely on christian artists??? absolutely nothing about your song is christian. i mean, it would make more sense if the songs on this label have like people chanting bible verses in teh trance song or like some sampled vox saying christian stuff... ... but this is normal trance music, only getting attention from this label because they are christian artists. that sounds a bit... off. so let me get this right: if i came up with a decent trance track, it wouldn't get any attention from this label because i'm not christian?

I personally don't know a lot about the label, but maybe they had some trouble before with other artists. Maybe they only sign chrisitans because there's more of a chance that they wouldn't be drunk while doing a live DJ set or PA or getting high... Maybe it was an issue of reliability and morality. I really don't know.

People can thank God for the beauty in nature seen around them but nature isn't chanting the bible. I believe it can be the same for an instrumental song.

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gerrycueto wrote: exactly! it's more of a contest of who loves Jesus more than actual quality of music. They probably require you to post some background info about yourself, like what church you attend what you do as service in your church or something, or else they won't even look at you.

A label having a contest for who loves Jesus more and ignoring the music... that's pretty ridiculous lol where do you come up with these things?

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