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The Trance Demographic
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| Zombie0915 |
We have done this topic before, but my searches reveal that it has been a long while, so.
What kind of person do you think most trance music is catered to. Who do you percieve as the target demographic for trance music? Think of the "typical trance fan", what pops into your head? What do they look like, how old are they, where are they from, those types of features.
I have observed the following about the bulk of the trance following crowd:
They are young (16-22 mostly)
They are mostly boys
They are mostly of european descent, with a significant azn following as well.
The typical trance fan seems to be the young, tech-savvy, white boy.
The reason I ask is this. I used to beleive that trance music had no target audience, that it was a unique style catered to no specific kind of person, emphasizing acceptance of every variety of person. It seems that other people subscribe to this idea that trance music is catered to people from all walks of life, the music seemed to fit the occasion at the past summer olympics for example.
I am not beleiveing that so much any more. I myself often feel like I do not fit with the trance crowd anymore. So I am searching again for a crowd of all-accepting people. So what kind of music do you think comes the closest to not having any specific targed audience, something that any kind of person can show up for without feeling out of place. I do not like feeling like I am the white kid at the rap show when I go to a party, I like to feel accepted and I find that is getting harder to do as the crowd seems to be getting more and more unapreciative of unstylish, geeky, non-trendy people like myself.
I very much miss the come as you are spirit that I used to think revolved around trance music, as I grow up I learn that much of that feeling was most likely drug-induced and never really genuine. I think that maybe if I continue searching though, that I might be able to find the next best thing to an all accepting tolerant crowd of music fans. I just need a clue where to look for this type of crowd. |
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| dinoXpress |
| try indie rock |
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| paranoik0 |
So you want to listen to whatever has a scene with more diversification of people? I can understand disliking being "not accepted" but still that sounds almost like those dj's who sell out by changing to a style of music with more audience. Listen to what you like, dude.
Can't help you with an answer to your question tho, sorry. Most music styles tend to have stereotypes connected to them. |
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| dinoXpress |
| quote: | Originally posted by paranoik0
Most music styles tend to have stereotypes connected to them. |
really? lol
sorry in a sarcastic mood today |
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| Zombie0915 |
yikes, indie rock seems worse than trance I think. Maybe that is just because of southern people in my area, but I find the indie rock crowd to be very mean and not open to many kinds of people. I don't mean to offend, but I observe the kids who run around the schools and pick on the other kids just because they are a little different, those kids are listening to rock music. Not to mention how many of them dress and act the same way. Maybe that stuff is just symptoms of where I live rather than a reflection of the intended audience for indie rock music.
But it seems to me indie rock caters to the white boy, sports fan, beer chugger, college fraternity type of person, and does not carry anything resembling a welcoming spirit, maybe a rebelious one, but not a welcoming one.
I realize most music styles are directed to one stereotypical person or another, I am not looking for a music that has no stereotypes, I am looking for the NEXT BEST THING, wondering if I can find a crowd of people who are more welcoming of others than the trance crowd.
Part of my criteriea for liking a kind of music is also liking the crowd of people who I am likely to meet when I go see that music being performed, I think that is a rational idea. |
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| dinoXpress |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zombie0915
yikes, indie rock seems worse than trance I think. Maybe that is just because of southern people in my area, but I find the indie rock crowd to be very mean and not open to many kinds of people. I don't mean to offend, but I observe the kids who run around the schools and pick on the other kids just because they are a little different, those kids are listening to rock music. Not to mention how many of them dress and act the same way. Maybe that stuff is just symptoms of where I live rather than a reflection of the intended audience for indie rock music.
But it seems to me indie rock caters to the white boy, sports fan, beer chugger, college fraternity type of person, and does not carry anything resembling a welcoming spirit, maybe a rebelious one, but not a welcoming one. |
hey, dont forget the "emos"
actually almost all the people ive met in the edm scene not necessarily trance have been super nice and welcoming
im talkig fans and people involved with the scene not your average "im so cool" clubber who doesn tknow abotu the music |
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| Zombie0915 |
exactly!
trance where I experience it is being overun by "I'm so cool" clubber types and I am trying to get away form those kids!
what part of the EDM scene are you finding most of those people. |
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| sleepydragon |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zombie0915
I have observed the following about the bulk of the trance following crowd:
They are young (16-22 mostly)
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i dont agree with that most people in clubs r abit older ive found u get very few 16-18 year olds there to busy listening to there cheese music in there local nightclub then as they get older they get into the proper dance scene more & more. |
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| dinoXpress |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zombie0915
exactly!
trance where I experience it is being overun by "I'm so cool" clubber types and I am trying to get away form those kids!
what part of the EDM scene are you finding most of those people. |
man im all over the place, right now the closest scene to me is the psy scene, really the only active scene in india but my heart is in house, i grew up clubbin to that in peru.. check my sig if u want a vibe
but most djs i meet are chill, at least with me, lots of promoters are really good guys.. but again, ive had good epxerience with most people in the scene.. but no scene is perfect ever. |
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| Clyde77 |
| it really doesnt matter man. if u like the music why not? i mean look at the djs they're old as fcuk but they still keep on playing because they love the music and the money. i also see alot of older people go to clubs. just get your friends youll be fine. |
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| djallure |
| In a perfect world man... but sadley nothing is "come as you are". Maybe it's not so much that the scene has changed but your perception. I mean the music is played in clubs = club clothes = trendy. Opera = opera house = black tie. See where I'm going... I just don't get what you mean, is it that you just miss the care free rave abundant 90's. You can't go looking for those type of things they just happen when your in at the right time, ya know. If you were there then be happy, i sure am |
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| Zombie0915 |
I turned 18 in 2002, so I was not there in the 90's, I was in middle school in the 90s getting harassed by kids who listened to nirvana and green day, while I myself was still listening to stuff from my dad's classic rock collection.
I find when I look back on my experiences that it wasn't so much the sound that attracted me to it but the people. It is impossible to discount any genre of music as entireley crap because they all have diverse things in them. I am not concerned too much about being loyal to any specific sound because I know that if I can find the people I like it will be easy to find the portion of their music that I find enjoyable. I am pretty good at finding musec, but I am very crappy at finding people, hence this thread.
So allure thinks that all clubs mean trendiness, I disagree. There just has to be places out there where people who aren't all that trendy attend, I have been to many a tiny ghetto trashy place where it wasn't about the current fad or "see and be seen", but I have trouble finding those places now, and I have trouble blending in with the sketchy people who go there. I am not really looking for care-free rave types, just places that don't really give a who you are or what you look like, places that dont turn me away because I am wearing the wrong shoes.
I think the beleifs of the people who follow this EDM music have been changing. EDM clubs used to seem like an entirely different sphere separate from the "clubs = club clothes = trendy" idea. One could even get away with wearing shorts to a party, and I am talking 2002 here, not 1997. The music sounds better with the right people, I think most people can understand that idea. I am not looking for the perfect scene, I am looking for a rough approximation that is just slightly closer to the ideal than the trance crowd. If you don't feel comfortable suggesting a music that attracts the crowd that I want in this thread, then my PM box is right there waiting for you. |
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