I find most of today's modern music is more performance art than anything else. I just don't see myself having a listening session with most of it. What would I say? That turntable solo was sublime? You really used those ripped off tracks to great advantage!
 

craigb
As for Trance, I've got over 250 GB of it and love it!  I can REALLY get into programming while listening to that repetitious beat.  YMMV. 

 
Now we're measuring music in file sizes. Oh the humanity.

If I had my media player completely filled, I could tell you how many hours weeks of trance I had.  Maybe that would be a better indicator?
 
I used to be able to get board recordings (made by the DJ straight from his mixing board - best quality you can get).  I've got some live mixes that are up to five hours long...
 
Of course, I haven't had much time to listen to trance lately because I've been on a bit of a Prog trip lately.  So much good music, so little time to listen to it all! 

Craig you might wear your ears out!

I'll have to try this trance stuff. It's like Enya but with more reverb, right?

Heh, I like Enya too... A lot! 
(Man, you guys are figuring out all my guilty pleasures!  Next I'll be forced to admit that I like A Flock of Seagulls too...  )

Oops! 
 

bitflipper
Any idea what the demographic looks like?

Is that like a 30 day Trial version?

Star FWIW here's how I see it...
 
In 1950 the music scene completely changed and it exploded.
With the electric guitar folk and big band was replaced with electric guitar bands.
Rock and Roll hit the music scene and created a market that was a monster on the loose.
 
"Guitar Gods" were created and everybody and their dog wanted to learn how to play
and be in a band.
The public ate it up.
 
By 1980 the era of guitar gods was coming to an end. With Satriani, Vai and the likes guitar playing
had evolved from basic skills to incredible "gymnastic" precision. Guitarist became a dime a dozen and the
wow factor became oh um.
 
The computer age coming in when it did was perfect timing. It gave ability to everyone to "make music"...
and now...it is what it is, whatever it is...it's not the same as it was during that era and it never will be again.
 
There are many things very heavy "things" that we have experienced, like the space race, muscle care era, etc. that will never happen again...but many of us can say we were alive and lived the years when the electic guitar was born and musicians created Rock and Roll and took music to heights that it will never reach again.
 
Well that's how I see it.
 
 
 

 Bit- LOL
 
Spacey- I agree.  Who would have thought that someone could "make music" with nothing but a computer? Things have indeed changed.
 
 
 
A heads up on the whole Soundcloud thing. Did you know that you can buy a Bot that will like others posts and even make comments in your absence???
 
Maybe this is why I got a like from a girl in a bikini with an XXX suffix in her name. ...so maybe this is at least some of the problem. The bot recognizes a new song post and immediately gives it a like.It will automatically post your track to groups lists etc. The theory being that if you listen and comment you will get listens....kind of a shallow concept don't ya think?
 
I looked over my trends and discovered one listener who liked one of my tracks and she didn't even listen to the track.
 
Just so you know..I will never resort to a bot for plays on my tracks...never. If you don't have any qualms then go for it. If I say I like one of your tracks I was really there and I really liked the track. I don't like tracks because you like my tracks and I try to give honest comments on the tracks I listen to. 
 
I have no doubt that millions will use a bot and probably ruin Soundcloud for the intention it was made for.