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The Trance Only Syndrome (pg. 5)
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| Subtle |
| quote: | Originally posted by Domesticated
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Yeah gottcha, i meant i wish i could broaden my EDM listening habits a bit more. |
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| Barachem |
I am one of those who listen mostly to trance/prog with some exceptions here and there.
I don't see the fuss with being into one or a few styles and actually enjoying it.
I have tried oh so many other styles/genres and and for me they spread the whole experience spectrum from unlistenable to eargasm, essentially they're also seas of with some gems here and there.
Still i like to listen trance/prog most of the time with some exceptions here and there.
Maybe that means i'm just friggin' insane for being emotionally underdeveloped and criminally boring, but that comes with having listened to trance for 10 years now and still liking certain tracks very much.
Nostalgia, nyeh, i have too many new tracks i like for that.
Also i'm lazy with all this "Thou shallest exploreth other genres again and again." crap and have seen nearly all genres/styles go stale and crap, including trance/prog.
The gems i find in trance/prog have that certain feeling i like and for me it's reason enough to keep sailing the seas of trance/prog to find these precious gems of tracks. |
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| Darkarbiter |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
To be honest, I find the idea that IDM is the epitome of expression in electronic music just as irritating. IDM is essentially a marketing device, the electronic equivalent of prog rock that bombards you with flashy time signatures and studio tricks as if technical sophistication equate to depth and worth. I've heard lots of electronic music that is considerably more difficult, subtle and rewarding than the self-declared IDM branch.
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I disagree, just because idm has been taken over by crap doesn't mean that all genres that seek out to be intelligent and experimental necassarily end up that way(and aren't intelligent or experimental, innovative is a bit different...).
and there's some damn intelligent prog rock out there too. I'm sure it sold out and got watered down after a while, but still. |
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| Redd |
I find a need to differentiate the ability to enjoy a broad spectre of music and the will to actually listen to all of it. I enjoy some metal, rock, jazz and hip-hop, although very rarely, because I don't bother to expose myself with it. I feel the little time I have listening deserves to be used with electronic music - as that is what I enjoy easiest.
Broadening my taste within electronic music is just so much more interesting than going through piles of ty metal/jazz/hip-hop etc. |
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| Mr Game+Watch |
| quote: | Originally posted by nefardec
my intuition is that it's more common to be really one-dimensional like this when you are younger, and as you get older you start to appreciate the various nuances of different things, as well as different shades of moods/more complex emotions. When you're a kid there are only like three moods - a giddy, angry, and sad.
Please don't take this to be a criticism of trance music - it is a theory of one-dimensional taste of any music, really.
So if I ever met someone over 25 or so that only listened to trance or heavy metal or any one cultish type of music, I would have serious doubts as to that person's emotional development. |
I'm 27 years old, and what I've found is that most of my peers, as they start to get into their late 20's/early 30's, tend to stick with what they know and are even less apt to venture out of their comfort zone. The people I know still listen to the same stuff they liked in the 90's at the end of high school.
College time seems to be the time when most people like to open up to experiencing various music genres. |
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| daeus |
| Trance coveres so many different sub-genre's your pretty much in to it all if you say you listen to "Trance", at least most forms of EDM. EDM is probably a better way to put it. |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| quote: | Originally posted by daeus
Trance coveres so many different sub-genre's your pretty much in to it all if you say you listen to "Trance", at least most forms of EDM. EDM is probably a better way to put it. |
That's a weird thing to say. |
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| nefardec |
| quote: | Originally posted by Mr Game+Watch
I'm 27 years old, and what I've found is that most of my peers, as they start to get into their late 20's/early 30's, tend to stick with what they know and are even less apt to venture out of their comfort zone. The people I know still listen to the same stuff they liked in the 90's at the end of high school.
College time seems to be the time when most people like to open up to experiencing various music genres. |
I think you're right that people get less adventurous after a certain age
27 is not that age, lol. It's been said that 28 is the height of creativity.
As for your friends that are stuck in high school, that's honestly sad.
Your peers frankly sound boring. 
PS I should add that I have a twin brother who still listens to only the same 50 trance songs that he listened to when he was in high school. He also lives with my parents and does not have a girlfriend (and to my knowledge never has). |
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| Trance-MB |
Today I was listening Corderoy - Rock Guitar (Arctic Moon Remix) in my car and thinking of this thread I thought:"Why do I like this track SO much?"
Especially the breakdown, build up and following.
It sounds as many others, nothing special, cheesy, uplifting and still it gives me goosebumps.
My conclusion was it must be the combination of melody, guitars, piano, synths and lateron the rhythm. Sounds I just happen to love.
Then I thought what I liked in other genres and what I used to listen to (and still like but don't listen often).
Synthesizers hits, Pet Shop Boys, A-Ha, U2, Tears for Fears, Eurodance: Capella, Culture Beat, Happy Hardcore. I guess strong melody is something they all have in common.
Listening to trance probably doesn't mean I'm one dimensional regarding genres, maybe more towards some elements of tracks. (wow difficult to explain).
Do you also see similarities in tracks of different genres you like? |
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| coroknight |
| quote: | Originally posted by Trance-MB
Today I was listening Corderoy - Rock Guitar (Arctic Moon Remix) in my car and thinking of this thread I thought:"Why do I like this track SO much?"
Especially the breakdown, build up and following.
It sounds as many others, nothing special, cheesy, uplifting and still it gives me goosebumps.
My conclusion was it must be the combination of melody, guitars, piano, synths and lateron the rhythm. Sounds I just happen to love.
Then I thought what I liked in other genres and what I used to listen to (and still like but don't listen often).
Synthesizers hits, Pet Shop Boys, A-Ha, U2, Tears for Fears, Eurodance: Capella, Culture Beat, Happy Hardcore. I guess strong melody is something they all have in common.
Listening to trance probably doesn't mean I'm one dimensional regarding genres, maybe more towards some elements of tracks. (wow difficult to explain).
Do you also see similarities in tracks of different genres you like? |
I think everyone likes a good melody, it's just the nature of the melody that's different.
But what usually gets me going is how sounds interact in tracks and I also like it when producers use unique sounds that vary up the track. I generally don't like it when the track sounds like it's trying too hard which is generally why i don't like most trance and indie dance electro . |
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| StalkerElmo |
I think everyone has their valid and good points.
Though sometimes I find it is hard to explicitly talk about one particular genre since not everyone has the same tastes as everyone else and some might argue one genre over the other and etc., okay that's perfectly fine, we're all different, I get it.
I just wanted your opinions because I feel the "trance addicts" seem to be missing in action in today's society. What I mean is, it's hard to come across someone who really likes one genre of electronic dance music. I've been apart of the EDM scene, the tranceaddict community in its early years, and though I may not have a lot of posts as do the old school members do that doesn't mean I don't like all the other kinds of sub-genres within EDM, but what I mean is that, even to this day I still love trance in particular. There simply isn't another alternative. But I don't want you guys to think that I am a trance troll, as that Domesticated fool posted earlier.
Obviously I have my likes and dislikes as we all do, however, what I wanted to really say is that, I love listening to trance.
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| Trance-MB |
I think trance just happens to join some elements many people like in other genres too. Disco beats for dancing and melodies I guess.
When I first heard trance tracks in the 90 I thought:"Yes, this is what I was missing in the synthesizer tracks I loved". |
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