Trance, like other genres of music, has evolved through the years. And this has resulted to numerous people complaining about how DJs or Producers are moving away from the scene. How those DJs are not true to themselves and what not.
Yes, most of these DJs/Producers have evolved and you cannot stop that. Even the purest of the pure DJ have slightly change the way they make music. Why? First, it is their way of living. Creating music is what puts bread on their table especially for those who have families. And if it means that they have to alter music, then they have to in order to survive in this business.
There is really nothing wrong with Trance or other genre. What is really happening is how the fans are reacting to the change. Some fans accept it while some fans don't which is normal. I have been following EDM for a long time and I have seen fans come and go as music evolve but this last two years, I have seen fans or the so called "true fans" go overboard with their hatred of a DJ who decided to alter their style a bit. And this is more rampant, nowadays, in trance music.
The latest incident involves the A State of Trance 600 celebration in Mexico City, particular during W & W's set. Because they played more of a progressive trance/house set, someone decided that they should teach W&W not to mess up trance and told their followers to fill W&W's facebook post with images of "poop" emoji and to make a long story short, people followed.
Is this really how we treat DJs nowadays? Just because you didn't like what they are playing, you decide to do some drastic measure to try to ruin them? Or is it just jealousy that they are where they are and you are not?
Why can't we be open-minded about this? I am a big fan of Trance yet I have accepted the change that has happen within the genre. I don't listen because its a trance or pop or country or house. I listen because I like the beats and the rhythm whether it be rock, rap, trouse, dubstep or trance. And if I don't like a set or tune, then just turn the volume down or hit the mute button and do something else. That's much easier that bashing the artist.
Trance is not dead, it gets ruin by narrow-minded people who instigate hate towards Producers and/or DJs who they deemed "sell-out" artist. If you don't like what you are hearing, why are you still listening to them then?
A State of Trance 600 is suppose to bring people together and unite us all. Yet the hatred and bashing of artist makes us more divided.
As Armin van Buuren said "Do Not Be a Prisoner of Your Own Style"
Yes, most of these DJs/Producers have evolved and you cannot stop that. Even the purest of the pure DJ have slightly change the way they make music. Why? First, it is their way of living. Creating music is what puts bread on their table especially for those who have families. And if it means that they have to alter music, then they have to in order to survive in this business.
There is really nothing wrong with Trance or other genre. What is really happening is how the fans are reacting to the change. Some fans accept it while some fans don't which is normal. I have been following EDM for a long time and I have seen fans come and go as music evolve but this last two years, I have seen fans or the so called "true fans" go overboard with their hatred of a DJ who decided to alter their style a bit. And this is more rampant, nowadays, in trance music.
The latest incident involves the A State of Trance 600 celebration in Mexico City, particular during W & W's set. Because they played more of a progressive trance/house set, someone decided that they should teach W&W not to mess up trance and told their followers to fill W&W's facebook post with images of "poop" emoji and to make a long story short, people followed.
Is this really how we treat DJs nowadays? Just because you didn't like what they are playing, you decide to do some drastic measure to try to ruin them? Or is it just jealousy that they are where they are and you are not?
Why can't we be open-minded about this? I am a big fan of Trance yet I have accepted the change that has happen within the genre. I don't listen because its a trance or pop or country or house. I listen because I like the beats and the rhythm whether it be rock, rap, trouse, dubstep or trance. And if I don't like a set or tune, then just turn the volume down or hit the mute button and do something else. That's much easier that bashing the artist.
Trance is not dead, it gets ruin by narrow-minded people who instigate hate towards Producers and/or DJs who they deemed "sell-out" artist. If you don't like what you are hearing, why are you still listening to them then?
A State of Trance 600 is suppose to bring people together and unite us all. Yet the hatred and bashing of artist makes us more divided.
As Armin van Buuren said "Do Not Be a Prisoner of Your Own Style"
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ReplyDeleteYeap. Very well said here Jon.
ReplyDeleteThanks charmy
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