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Zoophiliac relationship fan:
Now this is Music for Boys =). The Theme is very cheesy and the feeling is ,w00t, indeed warm (we see that in two contexts :D ) Too bad that you´re using drumloops though, but still the mix is nice. Oh... and yeah: Big Gay Al rulez =)

Flamin' hot guy:
Pretty flamin' there, sizzlechest.

Anonymous lover no. 1:
not too bad

Likes hugs:
Absolutely great! Johan knows how to bring up a happy and sunny mood. As for the good taste for melodies. Really enjoyable and somehow conform to the compos topic :) Oh, and you should check out the funny outro, really cute.

not gay:
Gay, but not quite gay enough.

Anonymous lover no. 2:
catchy

trance is gay:
trance is gay

Anonymous lover no. 3:
G

Vader Abraham:
What is this, some eurodance influences? Well, that is very gay too. Eurodance is Gay Compo next time? This song sends you back straight to the horrible 90s :) Insane ending btw, LOL

Johan - Music For Boys

What was this competition?

Back in 2004/2005, the Trance is Gay Competition was a fun project for the biggest part, where all participants had to do their best trying to produce the gayest song ever. All contributions were created and distributed in the .rns module file format, so that anyone using Renoise can access them to view, play, edit and learn from it.

This competition was a spin-off from a more than two year old discussion thread about how to get that professional level 'phat' trance sound. This thread had managed to surface from the depths of the forum as if no time had passed since the last post and as if that alone wasn't hilarious enough, its subject couldn't have had a better timing.

If you are familiar with internet cult and hypes, you could know that during a forum's life comes a time that one or a few people start using the word gay where others normally use to call things cheesy, stupid and generally anything not cool. After a good bit of protesting either the forum calms down, or the use of the word contaminates the regular visitors, which indeed happened in this case.

It didn't take long before melodic trance was mentioned, and being all hyped up some finally dared to come out of the closet and revealed their past 'experience' with this style, which is certainly not the manliest around. The most prominent person when it comes to great ("plans to do something silly") bad ideas was ptrance, who had earlier managed to turn a lame thread into a succesful project, once again came up with a wicked concept: to "compose the gayest melodic trance melody on earth!". The next step was opening a new topic and changing the objective into creating the cutest, fluffiest, tuffiest and most gayish full length trance module.



What is gay trance?

Gay trance is not an official subgenre, nor are there any exact specifications. In fact, everyone has his interpretation. There are some characteristics that a song in this genre may contain, but not necesserily.
                 
Here is a list of characteristics I personally see fit in gay trance.
                 
Supersaw lead melodies, lots of chorus and reverb. A soft kick and a slow, drifting tempo. Not too funky, keep it rather dreamy. The intro fades in, we get a rhythm with a variation on the main theme, after which we get a drop. The song then builds up for about three minutes like in epic trance, followed by a very moderate climax. The rest of the song can either be resumed with alternating dreamy themes with very cheesy ones.
Not having too uncommon or complex chords. The mood progresses from overly dramatic to irrationally exhuberant.
Smooth, sparkling bubbly sounds instead of harsh stabs and aggressive arps.
Cheesiness!

(Bantai)



This Soundcloud profile serves for an archival purpose, since the original website has been taken down. All songs are free for download.
The original Renoise modules can still be found on scene.org: https://files.scene.org/browse/music/compos/tigc/

Beep beep, drinking cherry cola!

Love,
ptrance

Johan - Music For Boys

The Trance is Gay Competition