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Stages of tranceaddiction (pg. 2)
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| tu_face |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Cinos
So, I've thought about it, and came to the conclusion that the general TA goes through several stages of trance addiction and taste specialization:
0. You do not yet know trance or electronic music.
1. You hear cheesetrance on the radio, and it hits you.
2. You end up looking up more trance stuff, and realize that cheesetrance is . This stuff is usually epic trance.
3. You listen to the main trance categories happily. Sometimes the cycle ends here...
4. But then, suddenly, you hear something different! Something that really punches you. For example: Prog, Goa, Breaks, Old-school trance.
5. You venture deeper into this new style of music, possibly all the way to what it was like when it began.
5,2. You narrow down the genre of your choice additionally, to for example chilled psy. Doesn't always happen.
6a) You start bashing Tiesto and Armin, and thus become an elitist.
6b) You simply stop listening to them.
6c) You stay open-minded, but mostly listen to the specific genre you discovered in step 4.
What do you think? |
i'd go with that, except every now and again it keeps jumping back to stage 4, then goes through to 6c again, before jumping back to stage 4 again.
i think i have hit stage 4 about 3 times so far... |
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| kr00t0n |
| quote: | Originally posted by tribu
How about this then? (named them all now :D.)
---. n00blar - Makes posts in the wrong forums. Reposts threads that are posted once a week or less. Top 5 song are all by Tiesto, Armin, PVD, and Above and Beyond. Over uses internet acronyms such as 'omg' 'lol' and only visits one part of the forum (usually MD or COR)
--- Post-n00blar - Able to control their outbursts enough to avoid a ban. Start visiting other sections of the forum instead of whoring just one. Post an attention whorish thread about 1-3 times per week. Top 5 tunes are by armin, tiesto, pvd, and markus schulz.
--- Regular - Posts on a daily basis, with about 60% good threads. Has started to band with other like-minded n00bs (with a temporally similar join date) or have joined with a currently existing group (both groups function to read and make serious/useless replies/bumps to each others posts.) Top 5 songs are by Armin, Markus Schulz, Luke Chable, and Michael Burns.
(Some of these people break off and become 'roamers', a type of loner who doesnt belong to any group, but roams the boards imparting their thoughts and opinons (some well, some not so well) on anyone who will listen.)
--- Tranceaddict - Posts hourly with generally good threads. Often prioritizes thread reading by a combination of the title and author. Has more TAs on their MSN/AIM buddy list than real people. Top 5 songs are by Luke Chable, momu, Above & Beyond, and Hybrid
--- COR Whore - Posting is now as much of a part of the daily routine as eating. Threads are nearly always posted in the right place, with a proper use of the search button. Often defends their group when a member breaks the rules, but protests when others (often unassociated TA's) break the same rules. Top 5 songs are by Hybrid, Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, and Leama & Moor. |
also, a large percentage of COR Whore's dont even listen to trance, or have oly been to a club once, if that. ;) |
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| Dave Piazza |
Two different types of people go through different stages.
The Expert
1. Has no knowledge of dance music. Browses TA to learn and get recommendations. Posts are infrequent.
2. Begins to explore dance music. Reads articles. Visits dance music websites. Buy's mix cds and singles. Posts appear in MD.
3. Begins to post threads about music related topics and artists after his/her new found knowledge. More substantive posts appear in MD.
4. Dance music becomes apart of his/her life. He/she than begins an attempt to be a DJ or producer. Posts begin to appear in the review/dj/producer/and tracklist forums.
5. He/She gets tired of all the same 'types' of posts and questions and begins to browse COR/Political Forum/ Local Forum.
6. Realizes TA is a waste of time in their pursuit to be a music super hero and posts spontaneously.
7. Legend Expert Status Attained.
The
1. Has no knowledge of dance music. Browses TA to learn and get recommendations. Posts are infrequent.
2. Begins to explore dance music. Reads articles. Visits dance music websites. Buy's mix cds and singles. Posts appear in MD.
3. Begins to post threads about music related topics and artists after his/her new found knowledge. More substantive posts appear in MD.
4. behavior begins. Rude and confrontational comments appear in MD.
5. 99% of his/her posts are negative comments, insults, or attempt to degrade or hijack a thread. Moves across other areas of TA to spread the negativity.
6. Realizes TA is a waste of time in their pursuit to be an and posts spontaneously.
7. Legend Status Attained. |
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| Tranc3 |
| This has been done before... |
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| {b.s.e.} |
| quote: | Originally posted by Tranc3
This has been done before... |
stfu n00b|ar :thepirate |
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| tribu |
| quote: | Originally posted by {b.s.e.}
stfu n00b|ar :thepirate |
:haha: |
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| djxtension |
| quote: | Originally posted by josh4
Hybrid who?
Oh that guy.
Yey, Sammy! He roxx.
STFU
Like I did with this one!
Ferget j00.
Wahoo! |
:haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha:
:whip:
j/k |
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| DJ Joshua H |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Cinos
So, I've thought about it, and came to the conclusion that the general TA goes through several stages of trance addiction and taste specialization:
0. You do not yet know trance or electronic music.
1. You hear cheesetrance on the radio, and it hits you.
2. You end up looking up more trance stuff, and realize that cheesetrance is . This stuff is usually epic trance.
3. You listen to the main trance categories happily. Sometimes the cycle ends here...
4. But then, suddenly, you hear something different! Something that really punches you. For example: Prog, Goa, Breaks, Old-school trance.
5. You venture deeper into this new style of music, possibly all the way to what it was like when it began.
5,2. You narrow down the genre of your choice additionally, to for example chilled psy. Doesn't always happen.
6a) You start bashing Tiesto and Armin, and thus become an elitist.
6b) You simply stop listening to them.
6c) You stay open-minded, but mostly listen to the specific genre you discovered in step 4.
What do you think? |
Where should we put:
Begins to spend wayyyy too much money on vinyl and
Begins to spend wayyy too time looking for more vinyl to buy !!
I think i'm in this stage right now |
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| UWM |
| You automatically go back to stage 3 if you post twice without realizing it. |
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| DJ Joshua H |
| quote: | Originally posted by UWM
You automatically go back to stage 3 if you post twice without realizing it. |
haha i just deleted it.......can I move back to where I was now?? |
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| nwopper |
I bashed Tijs, but suddenly I found myself buying In My Memory....(4,99 Euros :D)
I bashed Armin, but suddenly I am listening to Boundaries of Imagination
I didn't liked prog., but suddenly I bought Way Out West's new cd and listen to LikWit frequently, as well as Markus Schulz.
I don't have any knowledge of the tracks who are released AFTER june 2004, maybe heard them, but never know the name.
I start to like Paul van Dyk, which I used to put away as crap.
I've bought all kinds of old obscure trance/hardtrance (1995/96) cd's through ebay.
6c, I think... |
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| butterfly |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Cinos
So, I've thought about it, and came to the conclusion that the general TA goes through several stages of trance addiction and taste specialization:
0. You do not yet know trance or electronic music.
1. You hear cheesetrance on the radio, and it hits you.
2. You end up looking up more trance stuff, and realize that cheesetrance is . This stuff is usually epic trance.
3. You listen to the main trance categories happily. Sometimes the cycle ends here...
4. But then, suddenly, you hear something different! Something that really punches you. For example: Prog, Goa, Breaks, Old-school trance.
5. You venture deeper into this new style of music, possibly all the way to what it was like when it began.
5,2. You narrow down the genre of your choice additionally, to for example chilled psy. Doesn't always happen.
6a) You start bashing Tiesto and Armin, and thus become an elitist.
6b) You simply stop listening to them.
6c) You stay open-minded, but mostly listen to the specific genre you discovered in step 4.
What do you think? |
this was generally true for me but i never really looked into what kinds of music there was very much. i just went out a lot and heard a lot of djs and began to open up to go to parties that played things other than trance. but i definitely went through a trance bashing stage and then came back around to liking everything on different days. |
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