I've been down with electronic music for awhile. I honestly like all kinds of electronic, from the Detriot scene Josh Winks and Richie Hawtins to the innovative Daft Punks and Aphex Twins and the mainstream Paul Van Dyks and Tiestos.. but I have to say, trying to listen to the trance style that was so popular in the early to mid 2000s that you're trying to recreate is difficult for me these days. With all the innovation going on in electronic music, the simplicity of regular old trance just doesn't do it for me. There are so many fusions of sound going on right now in electronic that limiting yourself to the old trance sound seems like a waste. You've got bands like Pretty Lights or Chromeo mixing electronic with a funk or soul type sound. Bands like Cut Copy and Shy Child pumping out great electro-pop. Ratatat and Crystal Castles are really in a league of their own, with the electronic rock/noise thing they're rocking. Compared to these bands that are mixing genres and making new sounds, the Tiestos and Ferry Corstens of electronic music are just putting out really boring stuff.
Basically not a lot of this has to do with your music, just something I've noticed. I think it's awesome that you're playing around with making music - keep at it. I'd definitely suggest drawing influences from outside of trance though.
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