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28 Mar 2023, 7:57 am

I like pop but in general I can listen to every music I like



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28 Mar 2023, 6:12 pm

stratozyck wrote:
Genres are the wrong way to look at music.

In each genre, there is a top few % of talent that really do a great job. The best way to look at music is to search for the top % in each genre.

I am not a goth/doom metal fan, but I am a fan of My Dying Bride. However, I have strong opinions about their work - I think the genre has been a straight jacket and because of that they can't be as good as they could be.

If you see it as genres, you end up pretending you like a lot of bands that are bottom of the barrel. Theres like 5-10% of artists that are worth your time, and they aren't concentrated in one genre.


Sometimes genres (especially microgenres) are just good shorthand for a specific sound. If I say I like mincecore and goregrind, it implies that lo-fi production style is part of the appeal and might help the other person to know I'm less interested in more hi-fi sounding deathgrind bands.

Even though I agree with you that >90% of most genres is crap, that doesn't mean that dozens of bands from a style won't all be appealing. It's a lot easier to say I like grindcore than to list off the dozens of grindcore bands I like, especially when there's only a handful of grindcore bands with significant fanbases.


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29 Mar 2023, 3:07 am

Classical, rock/metal, some 80's music of various styles, some newer 80's retro synth stuff too.


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30 Mar 2023, 11:15 am

stratozyck wrote:
If you see it as genres, you end up pretending you like a lot of bands that are bottom of the barrel. Theres like 5-10% of artists that are worth your time, and they aren't concentrated in one genre.
I get what you mean but I probably like the bottom of the barrel :wink: I tend to like lots of artists in various genres which is why I listed so many. I don't want to be pigeonheld to a couple genres.


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30 Mar 2023, 1:13 pm

Pop/Rock/Soul. Definitely not rap tho'.


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31 Mar 2023, 8:42 pm

Funk, Jazz, R&B, old Blues, Pre 80s Rock



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13 Apr 2023, 8:10 pm

noise rock
post hardcore
post punk
no wave
grunge
psychedelic rock
neo psychedelia
shoegaze
slacker rock
art rock
art punk
sludge metal
stoner metal
stoner rock
funk metal
avant garde metal
gothic rock
math rock
mathcore
alternative rock
experimental rock
indie rock