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Originally posted by we love sundays well then in that case... LETS ALL LISTEN TO CHINGY best music ever made RIGHT THURRR IN MY HURRR

wow, are you dense or what? i didn't say that everything that's commercial is quality. i said that just because it's commercial doesn't mean it can't be quality. and just because it's not commercial doesn't mean it's quality. that is basic logical reasoning.

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Originally posted by YaleTrance wow, are you dense or what? i didn't say that everything that's commercial is quality. i said that just because it's commercial doesn't mean it can't be quality. and just because it's not commercial doesn't mean it's quality. that is basic logical reasoning.

give up man, ive been much too frustrated about the same faulty reasoning.. people just don't get it.

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Originally posted by Cobalt progressive trance has been quite dead since 2000.

i think you just keep convincing yourself that music was better in the past. for me "trance was better in 99" or "progressive house/trance is dead since 2000" just doesn't work. like i said, a very small percentage of music in general at any time is outstanding. i don't think it was the case that trance was amazing in 1999 and sucks now. i think a small percentage of music back then was amazing, and a small percentage of it today is too. if you expect to like most of any genre, than you need to drop your musical taste and listen to trite.

opinions.

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Originally posted by umes23 give up man, ive been much too frustrated about the same faulty reasoning.. people just don't get it.

...a lot of people lack to see the deeper beauty of trance...and they dont know what commercialism really is.

sad, aint it?

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Originally posted by we love sundays opinions.

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Originally posted by Jimmy Hmmm..thats an interesting posting you've made. But i'm curious, could you name a couple of older tracks that you find, as you say, eexceeding today's? And then you name a couple of tracks that are played on asot and most of tranceaddict finds its really great, but which you think that they're not as great tracks as everybody thinks it to be?

maybe if u look at this years rehashs/rereleases of 99 tunes maybe u can see where all the complaining comes from

A good point has been brought up; trance in the 90's was more simplistic than now and that is true for the most part. But for example: Sasha & Digweed's "northern exposure" in 96 has better quality & more complex tracks than some tracks I've heard recently. In my opinion it really depends what you listen to.


It doesnt help that when you buy a so called "trance" cd, you get 2 or 3 trance songs and the rest are cheesy dance songs! example: just recently picked up "liquid trance" most of those songs I dont consider trance at all yet the record company labaled it a Trance Cd.

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Originally posted by tc-fan dont make me post some wicked tracks that are bettter than 99 stuff..cuase 2003 has been the year of trance....

its been the year of breaks and prog

Hmmmmmmm trance dead?????Then i must be stupid to think that 2003 was one of the best years.Or i am not .In short words,Agnelli & Nelson,Matt Darey,PvD,Armin Van Buuren,Gabriel & Dresden,Delerium,Svenson & Gielen,Ferry Corsten,Rank 1,Scott Bond vs Solar Stone,Vincent De Moor,Dumonde,Marc Et Claude,DJ Precision pres. M.I.D.O.R. & Six4Eight,3 Drives,Iio......all the above dj's have produced some outstanding tunes (i'm bored so i won't name them ).Yes some dj's haven't appeared this year (like for example Green Court,Nalin & Kane) or some others haven't produced so many tunes like the previous years (Voodoo & Serano for example as last year they did remix a lot of tunes) but surely this year was fantastic......after all my best tune was released early this year

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Best Tune Ever
Voodoo & Serano - Overload(Instrumental Mix)
Best 2004 Tune
Dreas Presents Havannah - Havannah (Original Mix)
Best 2005 Tune
Niklas Harding Presents Arcane - Red Jewel (Original Mix)
Best 2006 Tune
Carl B Featuring Breaking Benjamin - Diary Of Jane (Sean Tyas Rework)

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Originally posted by john2 Hmmmmmmm trance dead?

Just to clarify, because others have made this mistake too, I didn't say trance was "dead." I said it was "dead in the water," meaning adrift and without creative direction. I never went so far as to say it has sunk, which it clearly has not.

Trance has evolved, transformed, or at least, combined with other genres is probably a better explanation than "trance is dead."

I thought this past year has been the revival of melodies, whether in breaks, techno, and progressive house. Artists like Momu, Agoria, Chable, and Dekay have been putting out great melodic tracks.
Like some of you have said, instead of trying to find those innovative and original trance sounds, try experimenting with different sounds/genres. The result will often surprise you.

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