On TranceAddict, a newbie aptly named NooBey — although he'll be chock-full of knowledge in due time and I'm not sure how his name will suit him a few years down the line! — asked this politely:
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Can someone please answer these NOOB questions?

I have a few questions and I would be very happy if someone could give me the answers.

1. What does "Mainstream" means?
2. What does "Commercial" means? (Commercial tracks that is)
3. What does "Uplifting" means? (Uplifting tracks that is)
4. What's the difference between Psy-Trance and Psychedelic?
5. How can I tell if the genre of a perticular track is Club? I know how to distinguish between Trance, Dance, House and Psychedelic but I still can't tell if a track is Club.

Thanks for the help!
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These are very obvious, valid questions to ask because the terms are used so often within the scene that it would render one somewhat mentally bankrupt to even begin to discuss without a further understanding — or if not that, at least some insight into the context of what is actually going on. I will say this: beware of?trance dogma. You must challenge?conventionally accepted ideas to find personal truths.?The discussion continues here.

Also, another hot topic:
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Is TRANCE a dirty word?

Here in the UK when i am out and about i often meet people who take an interest in the fact that i DJ and Produce. The most common question of course is "What type of music do you play?" to which i always respond "Electronic dance music". Sometimes this is enough to satisfy their curiosity but others often enquire further "What type of dance music?" and here the problem lies.

Many years ago when trance was still underground i had no problems in proudly puffing out my chest and declaring "I play trance music" but now days i say "Trance" and then before you could blink an eye, back it up with "But not that commercial crap in the charts like - Pretty Green Eyes…… etc etc etc".

I hate the fact that i now have to launch into a detailed defence of my music before they have the chance to sneer.

Am i just paranoid (and there was never going to be a sneer in the first place!!) or have the commercial money makers damaged the reputation of our music so badly that you guys feel the same as me???
Millsy
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Glad you asked, Millsy. My own feeling on the matter includes this: imploding psychology and peer pressure get in the way of one's enjoyment of the music, and instead of listening to what you really want as I touched on in a previous post, you end up listening to whatever avoids incurring the wrath of your "friends", aka technosnobs who should stray far away from. UGH. Please don't do that, it's really fake and lame. If you're going to live, you should at least be entitled to select the soundtrack to your life. Even if people bug ya and give you a ribbing, hang in there and keep on keeping on.?The discussion continues here.

Naturally, sometimes queries like this are unrightly shoved under the rug on the dancefloor because they can be perceived as a raving white elephant in the room and ignored… but ignored for how long? It's easier to give a "I don't care" than to buck the trend and introduce new ideas and execution into the ecosystem of techno music. In fact, it's downright hypocritical not to advance this, as technology — and progress! — are cruxes of the collective lineage. We need continuing, expanding?diversity in order to flourish: there are?many types of music for many types of people.

And it's really that simple.