What's
the "First Section"
that you examine
(and give importance)
in a track?

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You touch me…I feel you…Your presence surrounds me…I float away
You hold me…I'm with you wherever you find me…I'm here to stay
You are my guide…you are my light
You take me to a place where i can SHINE

Melody & Harmony are essential in my opinion

Whatever catches my ear first. I tend to just put a song on and then do something else. If some part of the song really catches my attention, it's my favorite part of the song. I guess.

I tend to analyze songs as the whole, not piece by piece.

Melody and harmony for my emotional feeling

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My Favorite Top 4 Trance Tracks
1.DJ Fire - Religion
2.Airwave vs. Rising Star - Sunspot (DCML remix)
3.Subsphere - Infinite
4.Yves Deruyter - Spiritual Feeling (Dolphins remix)

:UP:

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You touch me…I feel you…Your presence surrounds me…I float away
You hold me…I'm with you wherever you find me…I'm here to stay
You are my guide…you are my light
You take me to a place where i can SHINE

First I listen to the melody. See whether it fits in the track properly (exp: build-up of 5 min and 30 sec melodie, is most of the time a big nono)
Then I listen whether the track is build properly. Is there a bassline? Did they use chords? Does it have decent beat? Does the beat interfere with the melody. Are transissions smooth, etc.

If there are vocals in the track, they have to be balanced out decently. If their not, they simply ruin a track for me, how good it may otherwise be.

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Ask and you shall receive.

Definitly the bass and drums. If they aren't original, I'm not spinning it!

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Until next time, this is Matt saying turn up the bass...and listen up

Totally depends on the tune, I just listen to the big picture... although the melody's important, a crap melody can ruin a track, but so can other crap elements

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Just when you thought this was over, it had only just begun...

Structure, because many prog tunes do not have strong melody...