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So what is NYC trance culture?
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| Trance_Sauce |
I'm doing a anthropological paper on trance culture and I need a few ideas from experts on the subject. I'm looking at cyberpunk literature, the club kids and other sources for inspiration but i'd like to hear what you guys have to say.
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| vtec junkie |
| non existent.... |
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| kingchinc |
| i am the trance culture |
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| Trance_Sauce |
listen i'm serious about this and would like some intelligent responses. Everyone knows that trance culture is about 2 things: one the beat and two spending money in pursuit of pleasure. And we all know that beats and money tell alot about what is is to be us. If your going to post say something insightful.
For instance, classical music does not have a strong bass and was usually listened too sitting down in a concert hall. Those in the higher tiers of 18th century society generally listened to classical. It was the dominant music.
A second instance, rap music is listened too personally (you know that dude that raps while walking down the street or on the subway) and in mass, has a beat, associated with positive and negative behavior and is the primary popular music listened to at clubs and is listened to by all classes in society. It is the dominant form of music today next to rock, although rock had its creative peak in the 60s,70s and 80s. |
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| Konijn |
| quote: | Originally posted by Trance_Sauce
listen i'm serious |
ok, i'm listening.
| quote: | | Everyone knows that trance culture is about 2 things: one the beat and two spending money in pursuit of pleasure. |
i thought you were being serious.
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as your entire premise is dog, no amount of responses -- intelligent or otherwise -- can help you.
have a nice day. |
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| Groundhog Boy |
| quote: | Originally posted by Trance_Sauce
Everyone knows that trance culture is about 2 things: one the beat and two spending money in pursuit of pleasure. |
You just described modern day rap music, not trance. |
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| dj tek |
| "trance culture" in NYC is a term rarely mentioned or used... "club culture" "rave culture" "dj culture" are better topics for nyc..... your question would be much more relevant in the european countries... holland, uk, germany etc.... |
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| Trance_Sauce |
| Ok then, club culture but rap is also played in clubs... I could broaden the paper to club culture but i'd like to stick to electro as it is a newer genre and unexplored in sociology and anthropology. I'm refering specifically then to raves and the section of the clubs devoted to trance. In any case does anyone have anything to say about the direction of this new phenomenon? Will trance music die out or will people continue to choose electronica to enlighten their evening? And will electronica become more popular in the United States as the case in europe and asia. My guess is no but perhaps others have input. Ohh, and perhaps my response on common club behavior was incorrect... trance culture is then about the beat alone and not money. |
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| Miss Bliss |
| quote: | Originally posted by Trance_Sauce
Will trance music die out |
I freakin' hope so.
haha she's a bitch |
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| Konijn |
| quote: | Originally posted by Trance_Sauce
Ok then, club culture but rap is also played in clubs... I could broaden the paper to club culture but i'd like to stick to electro as it is a newer genre and unexplored in sociology and anthropology. I'm refering specifically then to raves and the section of the clubs devoted to trance. In any case does anyone have anything to say about the direction of this new phenomenon? Will trance music die out or will people continue to choose electronica to enlighten their evening? And will electronica become more popular in the United States as the case in europe and asia. My guess is no but perhaps others have input. Ohh, and perhaps my response on common club behavior was incorrect... trance culture is then about the beat alone and not money. |
please, stop. you have no idea what you're talking about and you wield terms like "electro," "trance," "raves," and "culture" as though they were large hams.
if you insist on tackling a topic with which you (clearly) lack familiarity, you need to: one, get your ass to a variety of clubs asap; two, brush up on your subjects.
[see: bill brewter and frank broughton's "last night a dj saved my life" for a non-academic history of dj-ing
robin d.g. kelley's "yo mamma's dysfunctional" for a highly intelligent discussion on youth culture and urban aesthetics and tricia rose's "microphone fiends" [their focus is african american, but their concepts should be useful to you]
graham st. john's "rave culture and religion"
sean bidder's "pump up the volume"]
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now run along |
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| danlaxx1 |
Start with a thesis statement. A sentence or two describing what you're going to be writing about. Then look for facts to support that statement. It might be a lot easier that way. Just my 2c.
-Dan |
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