Originally posted by: Lichee
Originally posted by: dparker
Originally posted by: Encryptic
Originally posted by: murphy55d
Originally posted by: notfred Ok, after lsitening to the stream on that website, I'm definitely saying it sucks. The entire song was some beat about 6 notes long being repeated indefinitely. I listened for about 5 minutes and the song never ended or changed.... same 6 notes repeated over some horn sound in the background. The music is boring and repetetive as hell.
Good call. I agree. (and at first, I was just going to post that I hate it and it sucks, without listening, but I actualy clicked on that link, and listened...but I was right, I hate it and it sucks)
WOW. You listened to 5 minutes of it and decided it sucks. How informed of you. Sheesh. Try listening to some different styles of trance for more than 5 minutes before automatically saying it sucks.
Between the songs that I downloaded and that site that I listened to I can say that I do have the general gist of dance trance (see my sig). If you could point me to some more ambient trance or some with an actual melody or song structure I'll check that out (I haven't downloaded the stuff NuclearFusion suggested, but I'll give that a shot later). It seems to be rap music without the vocals and made with computers.
ok, lemme see if i can give some insight to all you non-trance listeners.
first off, you cant listen to trance single by single. that isnt how it was "meant" to be heard. trance is fluid and should be heard in a set (colllaboration of songs chosen by the dj in order to create a mood or atmosphere).
second, the reason why most songs go (and to quote your sig):
"thump thump thump thump thump buzz thump thump thump thump buzz ticaticaticatica thump thump thump thump buzz ticaticaticatica BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM psssssss (misc electronic effects) t...h...u...m..p THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP BUZZ"
is that it is a single. it wasnt meant to be heard by itself. in truth, most songs start out with that famliar "bump bump" because it is easier for a DJ to mix 2 songs together (hence the fluidness i was speaking of).
so with this tid bit of info, one thing that separates a good DJ from a bad one is how seamless the transition from one song is to the next. DigitallyImported doesnt play one big set 24/7/365. they are literally like a radio station and play singles.
what you should do is pick a DJ and download one of his "sets" (typically about 74min+).
btw, to add to the list of songs to listen to:
- Southern Sun <----everyone who hasnt heard this song always asks, "who does the vocals". gets em everytime
- oceanlab - sky falls down <----Justine Suissa on vocals (another big name in vocals)
- Janeiro (Armin Van Buuren Remix)
- Love Will Come (6AM Mix) <----Jan Johnston does vocals, and practically every trance addict loves her voice
I would have to say, these are the songs i would choose if i was trying to convert a non-trance believer. I was pretty general on some of those songs...but specific on a couple.
at any rate, i should mention that i do listen to other stuff besides trance. I just bought Evanescence's Fallen as well as some New Age:Q stuff and classical (well Bond is neo classical or something like that right?)
trance is what i use to get me hyped up and feeling good.
one last note: no trance doesnt suck. no classical doesnt suck. no heavy metal, D&B, jungle, pop, R&B, and jazz do not suck. I just dont listen to them all. now can we cut with the genre bashing?