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What Makes a Trance Fan???
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| djbruuen |
| Hi everyone, i'm doing an essay on identy on how the electronica culture (meaning anything...trance, prog, techno, house etc.etc) tries to seperate itself from the mainstream culture...talk about how it is now and how it was b4 and your experiences, also how it effects you on a daily life...that would be amazing, and thanks everyone in advance. |
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| djbruuen |
| can anyone please help me on this?? thanks i'd greatly appreciate it..you guys are always trying to be different and trying to seperate yourself going into prog and stuff like that when trance becomes to mainstream etc. this is just a basic example, but i always see threads like this and ppl always bashing cheese because of its commercial value...so explain what makes your life style different being an electronic music lover opposed to a britney spears fan etc. and what things you do to be different, as an individual and the culture in general... |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| quote: | | Originally posted by djbruuen so explain what makes your life style different being an electronic music lover opposed to a britney spears fan etc. and what things you do to be different, as an individual and the culture in general... |
I just listen to different music than pop lovers, why would that make me a different kind of person? People are like they are because they were born that way, not because the music they listen to changes them.
Sure, there are always stories about people who go nuts over "satanic" music or whatever but those kind of people have something wrong with them to begin with. |
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| moondog |
i like trance music because i think its good, not because it's popular/mainstream, which it quite clearly isn't ATM. How does this affects other parts of my lifestyle? Well, i can go out to a clothes shop for example, and buy a top or pair of trainers i like, even if they are not the most expensive item, or have not just come off the production line, beacause i don't feel the need to be like everyone else, and buy or like stuff that is current fashion, and pay well over the odds for it. I know people who will go out and buy £120 pair of trainers, just because they have just rolled off nike's production line, they will not be particularly nice, but everyone wants them because they are new or 'in'
Hope that helps, probably not, in fact you probs wont even be able to understand it, so feel free to flame me:) |
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| moondog |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
People are like they are because they were born that way, not because the music they listen to changes them. |
i would disagree with you here, i feel that the music/scene that you are into does affect the way you are, as i said in my post above; if i was into the rap scene, i would have to go and buy the new pair of nike trainers that came out tomorrow, and pay £120 for them, because if i went out and spent, say £40 on a pair of trainers, i would be unpopular, maybe because they are last years design or something. Not flaming you here mate, just my opinion:) |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| quote: | Originally posted by moondog
i would disagree with you here, i feel that the music/scene that you are into does affect the way you are, as i said in my post above; if i was into the rap scene, i would have to go and buy the new pair of nike trainers that came out tomorrow, and pay £120 for them, because if i went out and spent, say £40 on a pair of trainers, i would be unpopular, maybe because they are last years design or something. Not flaming you here mate, just my opinion:) |
No, see, that's just peer pressure. That doesn't have anything to do with the actual music - you're only buying stuff because you want to fit in.
I've never really understood this "having to dress according to the music you listen to" stuff...
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This is actually a pretty interesting topic for a change. It'd be nice to hear others' opinions about this as well. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| I suppose it says something about you mentally, and perhaps about your lifestyle, but definately not you as a person. Believing otherwise is stereotyping. |
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| MOSCHINO |
When you listen to your favorite trance tune and you get goosebumps…then you know YOU LOVE TRANCE!
When you feel internal euphoria what you hear your trance tune and you’re completely sober…YOU LOVE TRANCE.
When on your gloomiest day trance make you smile…YOU KNOW YOU LOVE TRANCE.
Trance is timeless. |
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| Ste |
| if when you listen to trance, you dont lsiten to certain dj's & artists just to fit in. |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ste
if when you listen to trance, you dont lsiten to certain dj's & artists just to fit in. |
That's a joke, right? |
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| moondog |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
No, see, that's just peer pressure. That doesn't have anything to do with the actual music - you're only buying stuff because you want to fit in.
I've never really understood this "having to dress according to the music you listen to" stuff...
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This is actually a pretty interesting topic for a change. It'd be nice to hear others' opinions about this as well. |
not just clothes, i was just using that as an example, as its the most obvious thing i see.
It's the attitude where, if you dont wear whats is current, then you're not cool. I don't buy stuff because its current, i buy it because i like it, and none of my friends who listen to trance have a problem with that, or at least i don't think they do. And if they do, i don't care because I like it, and thats what is important
Also, the need to be the best all the time, not wanting to admit that anyone else is better at anything than you/has more of anything than you/has anything better than you.
again, this is just how i see it, i might be talking complete |
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| aspergian |
My philosophy, as jaded as it may seem ;) :
Just love what you love and like what you like, because the world is full enough of anger and hatred as it is already.
I like trance, I like a lot of other things... I like experimental wacky music and I like Britney and Avril! Conflict of interest? Nah, not to me. I can appreciate the fact that the world is about variety and diversity, reflected by how diverse humans are and how diverse music tastes are. I'm not going to go all-out snob mode and start raining down on a whole genre -- for example, I may not like all hip-hop, but some of those Wu-Tang Clan songs tickle my fancy. There's something to be admired and respected everywhere, even if I don't totally resonate with it.
Electronic music, moreso now than ever before... is connected, linked to the mainstream. It's not separate... often underground sounds will find themselves recycled in pop records (either by influence or direct intervention of the producers responsible), and the cycle goes on and on. Ever heard *NSYNC's "Pop"? How about the Instrumental version? IMHO that was refreshing. Oh yeah, JC Chasez has sung on not only a BT but a Basement Jaxx track... and you know, I think a certain woman by the name of Madonna has worked with not only Mirwais, but William Orbit and Sasha and Charlie May... and well, when Britney writes a song with Moby -- that's kind of a sign of the times. And it goes on and on. Oh yeah, there's a lot of techno on car adverts and adverts for bon-bons and other confectionary sweets.
The "rave underground" may be "cleaned up" and no longer so prominent in barns and warehouses, but rather, SUPERCLUBS! Which experienced a declined as of late but are going up again, like a stock chart.
There are certainly certain types of sounds not palatable to the "mainstream" -- not necessarily because they are trying to be (although this may be the case too), but because they just are. I.e. instrumentals and long-drawn-out repetitiveness doesn't exactly make for Top 40 radio play. But we've had big radio hits like Robert Miles' "Children" a few years back, and even Tiesto's minimalist "Traffic" on European radio. While progress may be slow, it's progress, and HEY, for a lack of a better word.... that's PROGRESSIVE :D
Anyhoo...
Just like what you like. If you find a tune catchy and it "naturally" appeals to you, don't deny it. It's cool you are writing about this, djbruuen. But seems to me like times have changed since the climax of acid house and "illegal" raving in the late 80's-early 90's. Put on your headphones, dance to the beat, whatever, have fun... |
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