House

[Raj]

Yesterday, @(you need an account to see links) showed me this badass house playlist he put together on soundcloud. (maybe he can share? it was amazinggg)

i listened to house every now and then but wasn't too into it. now, i fucking love it. anyone got any suggestions? i need em! fuck all that modernized rap (except Drake ofc), this is where its at!

[Mod]

House for the groove, but Trance for the feels.

[Kaytea]

House for the groove, but Trance for the feels.

Yes, omg. Trance

Have you been to any EDM events? :3

[Mod]

Yes, omg. Trance

Have you been to any EDM events? :3

Do you...LOVE TRANCE TOO?!

To answer your Q, only local events thus far. Have been to see guys like Ferry, PvD, AvB, Tiesto, Dash, A&B, Lange, First State, MS54 play live - even vocalists like Hewitt and Howells a couple times.
But I haven't been to any of those events in a while...good times = low money & low grades for me.

Never been to the big ones like EDC or UMF as peeps I know - y'know the ticket prices + flight costs + hotels + food/leisure = big money for a broke ass CDN college kid.

And yourself?

[Kaytea]

Do you...LOVE TRANCE TOO?!

To answer your Q, only local events thus far. Have been to see guys like Ferry, PvD, AvB, Tiesto, Dash, A&B, Lange, First State, MS54 play live - even vocalists like Hewitt and Howells a couple times.
But I haven't been to any of those events in a while...good times = low money & low grades for me.

Never been to the big ones like EDC or UMF as peeps I know - y'know the ticket prices + flight costs + hotels + food/leisure = big money for a broke ass CDN college kid.

And yourself?

Yes, I do!!
I've never been to an event that was strictly trance though.

I saw Steve Aoki for New Year's last year, Porter Robinson in February and then I went to EDC LV :3 Then I went to LBL's Super You & Me event a month after.

Eeep, I love a&b! They honestly made me feel so much better at EDC when I was floored for half the night.

EDC overall was amazing! I definitely want to go back. You should definitely go when you can
My experience there honestly destroyed my experience of events in NY. People were so nice in Las Vegas, and then I came back to NY, and people were so mean here, they push and shove you and walk all over you. But it's honestly just the people at the events that kind of ruin it for me. No good vibes there :c I agree though, going to far away events are pretty expensive. I'm a broke ass college kid as well :3 But I've resolved on either going to at least 1 big event somewhere, or a nice vacation each year. We're young, do what you can while you still have time, or at least that's the way I like to think of it :3

UMF was crazy expensive for 2014. I tried to get tickets, but the early bird started at like $300, and then $400, and then I was all hell no.
Veld might be nice to go to though :3 I hear Toronto is a nice place. Ooh, or Defqon :3 That's also something I really want to go to.

[Mod]

Yes, I do!!
I've never been to an event that was strictly trance though.

I saw Steve Aoki for New Year's last year, Porter Robinson in February and then I went to EDC LV :3 Then I went to LBL's Super You & Me event a month after.

Eeep, I love a&b! They honestly made me feel so much better at EDC when I was floored for half the night.

EDC overall was amazing! I definitely want to go back. You should definitely go when you can
My experience there honestly destroyed my experience of events in NY. People were so nice in Las Vegas, and then I came back to NY, and people were so mean here, they push and shove you and walk all over you. But it's honestly just the people at the events that kind of ruin it for me. No good vibes there :c I agree though, going to far away events are pretty expensive. I'm a broke ass college kid as well :3 But I've resolved on either going to at least 1 big event somewhere, or a nice vacation each year. We're young, do what you can while you still have time, or at least that's the way I like to think of it :3

UMF was crazy expensive for 2014. I tried to get tickets, but the early bird started at like $300, and then $400, and then I was all hell no.
Veld might be nice to go to though :3 I hear Toronto is a nice place. Ooh, or Defqon :3 That's also something I really want to go to.

I don't like to admit it, but Trance is dying - it's pretty hard (impossible?) to find a pure Trance event now. The few dedicated Trance events left feature artists I've never even heard of; all the big names would rather play in mixed events these days. Overtaken by House, Electro, Hardstyle, and Dub...(btw don't hate - I hate Dub). I don't have a problem with the other 2 and sometimes find some catchy House/Electro tracks, but Trance will always be #1 for me...it's what got me into EDM, even before I started sprouting hair on my sack. I will make an exception to my earlier statement however, I lately started getting into Trancestep, and in short doses, that beat's pretty sick!

Wow shit girl, you party hardy with all those outings! Do you also...hit up the club every other week?

Yeah, between where I live, this past summer we had a couple big outdoor events too. One I didn't pay much attention to, it was more House & Electro headliners like Aoki, Kaskade, Pretty Lights, Afrojack, Morgan Page, etc. The only notable Trance artist was GE. The other one was more in my taste, among the lineup was Tiesto, a&b, MS54. Sadly I didn't get to go to that one; it's a few hours away by car and I elected to take spring/summer classes so I could gtfo out school by (hopefully) the end of the year. AvB, LBL, and W&W are headlining a 2-day thing here next month though...so maybe that.

A lot of people I know have gone to EDC in past years already, though most of them are done school or never went to it, .
NY...C? I've heard and can assume that the peeps are more r00d over there in general, both in and out of EDM events. But hey, it's the big...biggest city around here anyways, eh? But naw, it's pretty common in all of these gigs, esp in 5,000+ events that there are gonna be some punches thrown or worse yet, catfights. Glad I don't have to worry about long hair pulling and heel stomping as a guy, lol. One time I was taking a video at one and to my right, I caught a guy on my camera that got socked in the head, and started dripping blood down his temple...

"We're young, do what you can while you still have time, or at least that's the way I like to think of it :3"
aka. #YOLO

I guess Veld is pretty solid if you live in Toronto, events around where I live are pretty much the same so I wouldn't be so stoked about it however.
When I heard Sensation was coming to Toronto, I got excited. But when I checked the lineup, I was disappointed. Goes to show what I mean by Trance dying...Sensation now is nothing like Sensation a decade ago.
(I really wanted to check out White & Black in Amsterdam, back when they kept it real)

Y'know, I also used to think about Defqon - but Hard Trance & Hardstyle back then is not the same stuff now - Idk if Hard Trance really exists anymore, it all sounds like Hardstyle, Electro, and well, Dub.

Well damn! Reading my own post makes me sound like a one-track minded old fuck already. If anything, my friends sure tell me so from my hearing.
(Sorry for the length. When I start thinking, I go on in all directions as I type...others on cK already know, )

[Raj]

House for the groove, but Trance for the feels.

I'm open to all music without words (except classical. ugh, ANYTHING but classical.)

Whatcha got for me?

[Mod]

I'm open to all music without words (except classical. ugh, ANYTHING but classical.)

Whatcha got for me?

There are many sub-genres of trance, like:

-Vocal (guess not for you)
-Uplifting
-Progressive
-Trance (just "Trance")
-Psy/Goa (I don't listen to this)

and deviations like:

-Hard Trance
-Hardstyle (not really Trance)
-Trouse
-Trancestep (I didn't get into this until a few weeks ago, possibly the only -step genre I like, )

What's your preference?

[Raj]

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Well, I'm still really new to all this, but I'd have to say uplifting and just trance would be the best. o;

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It's amazing!

[Mod]

Well, I'm still really new to all this, but I'd have to say uplifting and just trance would be the best. o;

I'll have to get back to you on that; I've been listening to just vocal and progressive (and Trouse) lately.

...actually here's a just "Trance" track I thought of:

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You prob already know from House, but all EDM should always be listened with headphones/earbuds first and not speakers - there are bass lines and channels you'll never hear on speakers otherwise,