A Brief History of TranceHits.com

[DIONYSOS]

It all began over a year ago, in a now-deceased forum that had as members a few names you may all recognize: electro-sam, SamEr, TRANCExual, Dreamboy, and DIONYSOS. What characterized these particular members is that they were all true Trance listeners, and not DJ-wannabe's or alleged producers who claim to have Fairuz as their vocalist. No, these five trancers constituted what was then the only Trance mini-community in Lebanon. The forum we were present in and through which we got to know eachother and became good friends ended up shut down by its administrators, for the sole reason that these five loyal trancers would always oppose mis-information regarding the Trance scene that used to be spread on that forum. To make a long story short, the administrator pulled the plug on the forum after one last quarrel between him and his musically-ignorant brats on one side, and us on the other. This is when we got together and decided to build our own community, dedicated to Trance in general and the Lebanese Trance scene in particular.

On March 21st 2004, TranceHits.com came to light, with its co-founders electro-sam & SamEr as Administrators, and the three musketeers TRANCExual & Dreamboy & DIONYSOS as Moderators - and the journey began! It wasn't long until MalcomX was added to the Moderator squad for his specialization in Movies & Sports, soon followed by AMADEUS, Lebanon's top Trance jock, and a few months later one of our most active members bxtreme was also set as Moderator because the forum was growing bigger and faster than we had imagined and we needed and extra arm to help. It is thus that TranceHits.com was established, and started a remarkable growth not only on the local scene, but on the international one as well, with members from all around the world signing up, even well-known producers like Jono from Above & Beyond, Samuelzone, Kuffdam & Plant, and Robert Lidstroem to name a few.

It wasn't too long before we became quite a busy forum, with daily reviews of the latest releases, a jukebox updated on a weekly basis with AMADEUS' Rhythm Nation radio show, coverage of rare but major local events, members signing up on a daily basis... simply an exponential growth that, quite honestly, we did not even see coming when we first decided to build this place up! Our constant hard-work, coupled with the loyalty of our members, made TranceHits.com a second home to many, including ourselves. By the end of summer, we felt so overwhelmed with how good the forum is doing in all its aspects that we decided to take things to another level; it is then that we decided to organize our first event - Voyage Into Trance. ViT was a resounding success (reviews and pictures are still available), and we are still being demanded up to this very day to organize a ViT-2, which we hopefully will do.

Things only went uphill from there, with the community getting larger everyday until crossing the 400-members line just a few weeks ago... Over 400 members in one year! That's what I call an impressive number! And here we are today, with a solid Trance community that makes its crew proud and keeps its members delighted... and we surely aren't planning on stopping just here!

[bxtreme]

Hurray for Trance Hits! I must say it has been a great first year! I would like to especially thank SamEr, the first TH member I met, and the guy who actually told me about the site when it first started! I remember getting in touch with him through the What's Up Lebanon Message Board, where someone started a topic about "Your Top 5 Trance Tunes." Luckily, SamEr left his MSN address there, so I was able to contact who i thought of as the only guy who had an idea about the music other than me! I also noticed Bilal was there, but he was getting all Tiestoic on the boards, but that didn't get my attention, since everyone knew Tiesto by then. Anyhow, SamEr and I talked and I tell you we didn't get along very well (He may remember why ) But in the end all went good, I joined the site as soon as it opened and all went well from there!

June 18th was also a night i wouldn't forget! I met most of the moderators and a few members at the PVD gig, which was the first trance event I had ever been too! Pictures are also still available!

Anyways, and that's my whole section of the story the way it happenned to me!

Once again! Happy Birthday TranceHits!

[bxtreme]

http://photo.whatsuplebanon.com/message ... 804&type=6

oh! heres that page i was talking about!

[Roland]

[Aleco]

it's really our second home, thanks guys for joining us together

Happy Birthday TranceHits!

[~Tr@N(E_L@TiON~]

I would like to thank everyone who helped in forming this amazing trance site!
U really did work hard and we appreciate tht...

and wisy " Long Live Trancehits.com is my sig!!! " lool kiddin' heheh
soooo:
LONG LIVE TRANCEHITS..... 3ISHTOM WA3ASHA ILTRANCEYYOUN!!!

[Robert_Lidstroem]

hello everybody!

i feel a bit ashamed of not visiting this great site more often (kind of 3 times since you started it up! )! anywhoooooooo, i see this site is doing great and i hope to be a more active part of it soon! have a great 2005 everybody and ill see you in the forums!

kind regards,
robert lidstroem

robert.lidstroem-productions.se
lidstroem.com

[Aleco]

thanks for visiting Robert

[Dreamboy]

[Proof]

[e-sam]

1 year already WOW am speechless!!! I remember the old days back when I used a german-english dictionary just to navigate through the options on the old previous forum where the modifiziert was always right! OH the good old days heheh God zitat me! HAHAHAH

Time passes fast and I promise something new for this occassion when I have some time. Recent events decreased everyone's productivity big time so please excuse us. I will see you this Monday everyone have fun and God bless us, TH.com, and Trance.

[3aly]

Thnx for the review man! this site has transformed from Great to The Greatest! Keep it up!

[divine_mz]

[Kuffdam]

Well done guys

Its truley a great forum with very friendly members and staff which make the site worth visiting.

Massive respect for making it to 1 year old and long may it continue as your scene continues to grow well.

Thanks

Kuffdam

[samer]