Comments on: How to Talk about Music … Without Sounding Like a Total Jerkass http://www.primermagazine.com/2009/learn/how-to-talk-about-music-without-sounding-like-a-total-jerkass Not Your Typical Men's Magazine. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:48:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: James http://www.primermagazine.com/2009/learn/how-to-talk-about-music-without-sounding-like-a-total-jerkass/comment-page-1#comment-7242 James Wed, 19 May 2010 02:30:43 +0000 http://www.primermagazine.com/?p=1598#comment-7242 ha ha great article, like your writing style. People Will always hate some music .-= James´s last blog ..<a href="http://howtostartaconversationwithagirl.net/tips-on-how-to-start-a-conversation-with-a-girl/" rel="nofollow">Tips on how to start a conversation with a Girl</a> =-. ha ha great article, like your writing style. People Will always hate some music
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]]> By: Jeff Barnett http://www.primermagazine.com/2009/learn/how-to-talk-about-music-without-sounding-like-a-total-jerkass/comment-page-1#comment-3565 Jeff Barnett Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:18:38 +0000 http://www.primermagazine.com/?p=1598#comment-3565 Jack, good point. Non-conformity in many contexts is just another form of conformity. Jack, good point. Non-conformity in many contexts is just another form of conformity.

]]> By: jack http://www.primermagazine.com/2009/learn/how-to-talk-about-music-without-sounding-like-a-total-jerkass/comment-page-1#comment-3559 jack Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:21:57 +0000 http://www.primermagazine.com/?p=1598#comment-3559 Right on with asking someone who does like the genre to make you a mix. The problem with seemingly bad genres is that they often have the worst ambassadors. Not all hip hop sounds like Lil' John. Not all country sounds like Keith Urban. Just like not all punk sounds like Green Day (arguably, no punk sounds like Green Day - wait, that made me sound like a total jerkass) and not all metal sounds like Slipknot. Quality - whether good or bad - is mutually exclusive of genre. If you like music on genre lines, you aren't a music fan, you're a zealot. Also, I think it's really important to avoid hating something once it gets "too mainstream." Good things get noticed. You don't have to have been the first one or the only one to notice it for it to remain good. By disparaging anything with a little bit of popularity is both misanthropic and self-delusional. Like genre, fame is driven by a different engine than quality. You might get famous because you went viral on YouTube or you might get famous because you sold out and slept with a record executive or you might get famous because what you're singing and how you're singing it is exactly what your generation needs. It won't make you uncool to like an artist that everyone else likes - changing your stance simply to avoid the mainstream is as trendy and false as tuning in to Top 40. .-= jack´s last blog ..<a href="http://jackbusch.com/node/70" rel="nofollow">Primer: 10 Questions with Alexandra Levit, Author of “They Don’t Teach Corporate in College”</a> =-. Right on with asking someone who does like the genre to make you a mix. The problem with seemingly bad genres is that they often have the worst ambassadors. Not all hip hop sounds like Lil’ John. Not all country sounds like Keith Urban. Just like not all punk sounds like Green Day (arguably, no punk sounds like Green Day – wait, that made me sound like a total jerkass) and not all metal sounds like Slipknot. Quality – whether good or bad – is mutually exclusive of genre. If you like music on genre lines, you aren’t a music fan, you’re a zealot.

Also, I think it’s really important to avoid hating something once it gets “too mainstream.” Good things get noticed. You don’t have to have been the first one or the only one to notice it for it to remain good. By disparaging anything with a little bit of popularity is both misanthropic and self-delusional. Like genre, fame is driven by a different engine than quality. You might get famous because you went viral on YouTube or you might get famous because you sold out and slept with a record executive or you might get famous because what you’re singing and how you’re singing it is exactly what your generation needs. It won’t make you uncool to like an artist that everyone else likes – changing your stance simply to avoid the mainstream is as trendy and false as tuning in to Top 40.
.-= jack´s last blog ..Primer: 10 Questions with Alexandra Levit, Author of “They Don’t Teach Corporate in College” =-.

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