The Music Theory Behind Trance?, anyone know anything about it Options

[slowintrepid]

Ok recently I've been trying to produce my own tracks (mostly trance)
I've been a guitar player since I was 9 years old so I know theory in genral. but the reason I got into trance was because the genre eludes me and seem quite complex (when in reality it's pretty simple I hear??)

anyways can someone gimme some info on what goes into a trance song (theory wise that is)

thanks alot

[Jaysee]

A few years ago I had a go at recording something along those lines, I played the result to a DJ I knew and he told me it was *TOO* interesting! So best keep it fairly simple, quantised, very repetitive, I suppose one has to bear in mind that the people listening to it in clubs often'arent quite themselves', so probably dont want some clever musician's harmonically adventurous magnum opus in 11/8 to distract them too much from their dancing:-) 'Course as a geriatric old fogy of 47 what the hell do I know? Keep true to your own direction musically, record music 'you' like rather than trying to pander to the tastes of dancers. (with apologies to any dancers out there, I am from a bygone age after all)