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At 3/16/13 04:57 AM, Step wrote: There are only two music genres for me. Good music and bad music.

pretty much

At 3/14/13 03:32 AM, Malifex wrote: between dance, trance, techno, and house?

In terms of things like structure, overall sound, etc.

Confused X_X

It doesn't really help that apparently there's a ton of different kinds of trance alone

They are mostly the same thing, mixed and twisted, changed and destroyed, probably nuked and then melted in lava, to then be swarmed whit emotions and feelings, that are different but are for the same thing, then to be nuked, cooked, consumed and pooped, to mostly try to strive for nothing but the same thing whit a different name and artist, and then be controlled whit a non-existent time machine, to repeat the process and strive for the same differences that do not exist or ever existed since the start of technological music, to then be melted and compressed, and compr...

At 3/14/13 03:32 AM, Malifex wrote: between dance, trance, techno, and house?

In terms of things like structure, overall sound, etc.

Confused X_X

It doesn't really help that apparently there's a ton of different kinds of trance alone

Originally the main difference were : house = aggressive lead of 4 beats (usually saw + portamento)
trance = arpeggio / pad / piano/pluck with a lot of delay/reverb
techno = lead of 8 beats + 4/4 kick drum + hats

Usually genre = instruments or/and tempo
For instance eurotrance usually has techno lead/fx + break-beat intro, electro has it typical bassline, dubstep has the wooble bass + their kick and hardstyle, hardstyle kick/reverse bass + screetcher.
anything progressive = without breaks
''something''core = faster bpm

If you don't have the typical instrument / speed it's a different genre for me. It pretty much how I think it works.

A couple of posts here have answered the question quite well. I just wanted to add that it really grips my shit when I see people use the term 'techno' to describe anything that a) has synths on it and b) is dance music. Please do not put Basshunter in the same category as Derrick May. Every time someone does this, god kills a photogenic animal.