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Originally Posted by MBTC
IMO there are two main elements that distinguish good trance from bad: good melodies and good mix quality. Sadly those are the two things that only a few seem to really know how to do well. The drums are relatively simple so it's too easy to throw in a drum loop and some bassline that's been heard a gazillion times elsewhere, and out pops a generic turd with nothing special about it.
If you don't like AvB though, in general I doubt you'd like anything I've ever created. He, Markus Shultz, Paul Van Dyk,etc. are some of the best around in their genre. Thing is that appreciation of a genre varies, so if you don't like it then you don't. I'm the same way about 99% of R&B, and although I like some dubstep, watching every 12 year old out there who saw a youtube vid on how to create a wobble doesn't take long to get old.
The trance I like to listen to takes melody and crafts it into emotion, and combines that with a really clean mix. It's getting harder to come by these days as the EDM crowd is a fickle floozy that likes to chase after the newest thing, so less people are creating good stuff.
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I was a fan of PVD, Ferry Corsten etc. back in the day but not so much now, there sound doesn't seem to have progressed much. Unlike guys like Sasha who where big trance DJ's back then but now seem to be more into the progressive side of House (still hammering his remix of Hot Chip's 'Flutes' every saturday night) The same thing is happening with dubstep like you say, when it first emerged it was a cool & interesting new sound but now everyone & his dog are making it with the same cookie cutter attitude it has got boring as hell really fast. You can hear my first & only attempt at it on my Soundcloud, the track is called 'I think were dead'