One thing that i've been thinking about for the past couple of nights is what I would do if hardstyle became commercial in, say, the next week. The very obvious answer, and the answer which I bet 99% of you will give, is 'I would change my style'.
Now to be a truly excellent dj, you must have an absolute love for the music that you play. I love hardstyle, I love hard trance - I like other forms of dance music, but my heart has always belonged to those two. I suppose that if I were to change style, i'd probably go for techno as a second.
The question that's been bugging me then, is why would I change my style? It'd still be the same music, just more people would know about it. More people would like it, and is that such a bad thing? You guys are suggesting hiding the best stuff away here, and I have to say I really don't agree with that. Imagine if the italian stuff existed, but was hid away from you - yes, there are a lot of idiots out there who will maybe not appreciate our music and use it for their own gain, but there are also a lot of people who would love the music as much as we do now.
I know that there are a lot more factors to it going commercial, but I think that right now, if it happened, i'd probably stick with hardstyle.