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Is Trance The Hardest Style To Get Sounding Good??
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| richg101 |
i have started to honestly think this.
house, techno, and d+b producers get a lot easier ride when it comes to creating a track that could be released on vinyl imo.
i recon it is because there are way more amature producers of trance (who are aiming to get signed) than there are of the rest of the edm spectrum. am i right in saying this? i mean TA is way better and way more supported than any d+b or house community.
i recon this is why trance dj's dominate the dj mag top 100. trance will always be the main edm style.
but my query is that:- do you think that the average trance producer has way better prod skills that the average D+B producer? i think so personally. i mean it is harder to make a track that sits at home in a trance set than it is to make a D+B track that sits well in a D+B set..
what u guys think..? |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| I don't think it's the hardest to get sounding good, but it may be the hardest dance music genre to get your tracks signed in, since it's so popular. |
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| Floorfiller |
this thread is interesting because i actually believe trance is the easiest to make and the easiest to get signed and played.
now making a good track is a different story...but then again i don't listen to much trance anymore...
just the opinion of someone on the other side...not meant to be offensive... |
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| substorm |
| quote: | Originally posted by Floorfiller
this thread is interesting because i actually believe trance is the easiest to make and the easiest to get signed and played.
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Well, i can agree, but i aim to get to the bigger labels.. bigger labels means bigger promotion.... so yes and no... Its easy to get signed, but its hard to get to the more upfront labels. |
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| echosystm |
people think trance is way harder to produce than everything else... it's not. mixing trance can be harder than a lot of other genres, but thats about it.
eg. electro is very simple, there aren't that many layers. BUT you need to make sure everything counts. if youre going to put something in, it better be pretty damn good, or it will ruin the entire track. with trance you can get away with a lot more... i mean, especially with all this new age bassline trance crap that seems to have taken over (and killed) the genre. i think theyre all about the same in terms of difficulty. most popular electro songs have a vocal or accoustic element to it too, alot of trance producers have never actually done recording like that before.
i dont think one is easier than the other in terms of getting signed though. trance probably just seems easier because there are alot more amateur labels around than house/dnb etc. |
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| ClearVision |
| having listened to all of these genres... not sure there is much of a difference in difficulty... they all have some parts that are easier and also some that are difficult. All seems to balance out in the end |
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| thecYrus |
| the hardest part in complex trance tunes is a tight mix. eq'ing, compressing, volume balancing, .. is verry hard when you hava a lot of things which fight for their own frequencies. |
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| thesuperfunk |
| quote: | Originally posted by Floorfiller
this thread is interesting because i actually believe trance is the easiest to make and the easiest to get signed and played.
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judging by the amount of e that gets released weekly i concur. |
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| rounser |
| It depends on who you are, what your strengths and weaknesses are. Engineering might be for one person, sample selection the next, chord theory the next, arrangement the next etc. |
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| mysticalninja |
| quote: | | i mean TA is way better and way more supported than any d+b or house community. |
DOA is way bigger than TA.. it gets shouted out on the pendulum cd and everything.. alot more viewers/posters.
d&b is easy to me.. grab an amen or other break, get a fat bass, your already 75% done.
rounser is right though. |
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| JustinMead |
| quote: | Originally posted by mysticalninja
d&b is easy to me.. grab an amen or other break, get a fat bass, your already 75% done.
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Oh plz :wtf: |
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| DigiNut |
I think it's pretty easy to make garbage in any genre, which is usually done by any or all of the following:
- Having no musical training or talent. Atonal "tech" junk may entertain people who have popped 50 pills but it's boring as to a casual listener; even techno is musical in a certain sense, if it's any good. Even worse is some of the obnoxious discordance (they love to call it "dirty") you hear from the same group when they try to make non-tech tracks.
- Using clichéd and unoriginal elements (trance: supersaws, prog/house: side-chained bass, d'n'b/breaks: amen break, etc.)
- Poor mixing, often with even worse mastering which is too often expected to make up for the poor mixing.
So there you have it - the recipe for disaster is the same no matter what it is you're cooking. |
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