Hands-In-The-Air Style and other such cryptic terms

[Captain Ironhelm]

I've been doing searches to no avail, so I have a few naive questions. What in the world is the hands-in-the-air sound? And as a side-note, what exactly makes a "club anthem" a "club anthem" (perhaps it's just the popularity? idk) And I've also heard some producers talk about a "big melody"

[XXDarkShadow79XX]

I've been doing searches to no avail, so I have a few naive questions. What in the world is the hands-in-the-air sound? And as a side-note, what exactly makes a "club anthem" a "club anthem" (perhaps it's just the popularity? idk) And I've also heard some producers talk about a "big melody" :?

I guess it's just melodies that really get the crowd pumped. Euphoric stuff. Idk.

[Captain Ironhelm]

<ignore this, got more replies, thanks y'all!>

[ph00tbag]

Probably one of my more favored examples. (It's fucking Avi Nissim, how can you not love it?)


Typically, you go with detuned, stereo-spread sawtooth waves, and make them do big washing pad sounds, and very simplified background tracks (you kinda have to, since the pad takes so much space, and there's no room for anything else. Melodramatic piano melodies help, too.

[Captain Ironhelm]

thanks a lot!

[Freewave]

"hands in the air" is just a new name for "anthem trance"?

[K3WRO]

"hands in the air" is just a new name for "anthem trance"?

I still like to call it "Hands up" since that's what people call it nowadays, but I liked anthem trance when it WAS Anthem trance

[Thyrai]

Hands Up and Anthem Trance are quite different

[Captain Ironhelm]

*all my questions where separate.