Survey: Define "good" music.

[adlp]

Re: Survey: Define "good" music.

0. What is/are your favorite genre(s)?

http://www.last.fm/user/adlpeazy/library#p1

1a. What do you consider good music, either in general or in concrete examples?

something that people enjoy themselves is good music

1b. How about bad music?

horribly written/no musical skill involved/ and not catchy enough to be a simple pop song.

2. Are you biased against some genres because of the fans they tend to attract?

yes

3a. Do you make assumptions about fans of particular genres?

who wouldnt

3b. What are some of the stereotypes you are familiar with?

justin bieber fans being justin bieber fans

3c. What stereotypes exist about fans of your preferred genre?

that all they do is yell

4. What role does a band/artist/genre's popularity play in your like or dislike for them/hir/it?

yes i used to enjoy skrillex back from when he was in FFTL and now he's everywhere and his fanbase is annoying

5. Do you think you have good taste in music?

i have amazing taste

6. How objective do you think you are when you judge music?

very. i can pick out and appreciate the talent in genres i don't listen to (like country)

7. Do you judge artists/bands on their entire body of work, or on a song-by-song basis?

song by song

8. Do you consider your choice of music part of your identity, image or public persona?

no im not in high school bro

9. Have you ever made choices in music based on what your peers might think of you? (For example, do you avoid a certain genre because your friends think it is without merit? Do you listen to genres you don't particularly like because your friends like them?, etc.)

lol no

10a. How do you feel/react when someone states an opinion contrary to yours regarding music in general?

depends on how knowlegeable they are about their subject. from an elevated point of view, you can always distinguish a specific reason between liking something and not liking something

10b. What about particular songs/artists/genres?

i'll defend artists i like because they are good musicians

11. Do you have formal musical training? (Such as receiving singing lessons, playing an instrument, etc.)

playing/composing:
guitar - 8 years
mandolin- 2 years
ukulele- 2 years
piano- 5 years

12. Who influences your choice of music most? How do you find new music? Through which channels? Through advertising/word of mouth/YouTube/reviews/other?

friends and youtube

13a. Have your tastes or preferences changed over time?

a little bit

14. Anything you'd like to add on this subject? Any other questions you wish I'd posed?

am i on myspace again wtf choofers

[Xayphon]

Re: Survey: Define "good" music.

keystrokes

0. What is/are your favorite genre(s)?
IDM, Experimental Electronic, Chillax Beats, Ambient, Classical, VGM, Hardcore, Jazz, Breakbeat, D'n'B

1a. What do you consider good music, either in general or in concrete examples?
Any music that makes me forget everything that goes on in my life for as long as the music is playing

For reference, Terminal 11 and TOKiMONSTA are my favourite artists of all time...

1b. How about bad music?
I'd listen to everything tbh, but some songs/genres are just a no go for me (e.g. everything that's mainstream ...)

2. Are you biased against some genres because of the fans they tend to attract?
No

5. Do you think you have good taste in music?
I'm 95% percent sure my music taste is extremely unique, but not bad at all

8. Do you consider your choice of music part of your identity, image or public persona?
Yes, I think my music taste has a connection to my inner feelings, for example

9. Have you ever made choices in music based on what your peers might think of you? (For example, do you avoid a certain genre because your friends think it is without merit? Do you listen to genres you don't particularly like because your friends like them?, etc.)
No, I didn't, but I gotta have to add that I try not to show anyone my music player

10a. How do you feel/react when someone states an opinion contrary to yours regarding music in general?
I'd just tell him/her that everyone has their own individual music taste and that no one can influence me with his/her opinions about music. If the person doesn't understand, he/she will be forever stupid in my eyes

12. Who influences your choice of music most? How do you find new music? Through which channels? Through advertising/word of mouth/YouTube/reviews/other?
http://www.youtube.com/user/TheSnaaf <- pretty much where I get most of my music and get to know artists

As for the past: FFR, Stepmania and DDR

13a. Have your tastes or preferences changed over time?
...ever since I started playing FFR it changed from your usual mainstream music taste to what I listen to now

14. Anything you'd like to add on this subject? Any other questions you wish I'd posed?
In my eyes, you can use music to interprete someone's feelings and to get rid of stress, worries, etc. for a few moments

[Bluearrowll]

Re: Survey: Define &quot;good&quot; music.

0. What is/are your favorite genre(s)?
-Metal
-Trance
-Classical (piano or violin)
I also like mixtures of all 3.

1a. What do you consider good music, either in general or in concrete examples?
-Something that has a melody to it, that feels like effort and emotion was put into the song. I also typically like music with variety in it, and for that reason Melodic Death Metal is my favourite subgenre of Metal.

1b. How about bad music?
-I do not like supporting music that sounds like it was half assed, bland, or unoriginal. Unfortunately most mainstream songs fall into this category, and for that reason I don't like listening to a lot of the mainstream music out there. Covers may or may not fall into this category, but in my opinion, a cover is one's own rendition of a song - therefore it shouldn't sound exactly the same as the original!

2. Are you biased against some genres because of the fans they tend to attract?
-Yes. But there is nothing anyone can do about it, humans have to classify certain stereotypes to certain cultures. I like metal, so people before they get to know me could think I'm someone loud, rebellious and hostile.

3a. Do you make assumptions about fans of particular genres?
-In my head, and in anyone's head, we can make assumptions of anything. Whether we act upon them or not is a different story. I do not act upon any assumptions until proven true.

3b. What are some of the stereotypes you are familiar with?
-Back in my early days of high school, at the end of first year, someone asked me if I wanted a My Chemical Romance CD for my birthday, because they assumed by my appearance back then I was into them. I immediately changed my look the following school year.

3c. What stereotypes exist about fans of your preferred genre?
-Probably extreme hair styles, smoking, drugs, army pants, tattoos and piercings.

4. What role does a band/artist/genre's popularity play in your like or dislike for them/hir/it?
-Usually nothing. I like effort, not popularity. But I do like to promote lesser known bands to friends from time to time, especially if I recently discover they're in to a certain genre that I love.

5. Do you think you have good taste in music?
-Yes.

6. How objective do you think you are when you judge music?
-Quite. If I disagree with the lyrics of a song, It could ruin the whole song for me. For this reason, a lot of the songs I listen to are instrumental, and is probably a significant reason why I listen to a lot of trance. A lot of trance is instrumental, and if I can get into a certain beat then there are no lyrics to ruin it for me.

7. Do you judge artists/bands on their entire body of work, or on a song-by-song basis?
-I'd say I do a mix of both. Metallica is a popular case study for this. People who tend to say they suck usually single out the St. Anger, Load, Reload album. People who say they're amazing will single out songs from the Black, And Justice for All, Kill 'Em All albums. Someone who looks at the entire body of work will agree that Metallica is one of the most influential bands out there today, and many of today's metal / rock bands would not be where they were if it wasn't for Metallica.

8. Do you consider your choice of music part of your identity, image or public persona?
-If this is referring to do I fit stereotypes, I have none of the stereotypes that I mentioned associated with my genre of choice.

9. Have you ever made choices in music based on what your peers might think of you? (For example, do you avoid a certain genre because your friends think it is without merit? Do you listen to genres you don't particularly like because your friends like them?, etc.)
-Usually no. I am the judge of the music that I like, so I decide if I will listen to it or not.

10a. How do you feel/react when someone states an opinion contrary to yours regarding music in general?
-It's their opinion. They're entitled to something that I may not see in a song.

10b. What about particular songs/artists/genres?
-If someone bashes my favourite song of the day, good on them. If someone praises my favourite song of the day, good on them.

11. Do you have formal musical training? (Such as receiving singing lessons, playing an instrument, etc.)
-I played violin for 2 years in elementary school, which is probably why I'm so fond of violin songs. I can also play virtual piano, and while that may not be formal musical training, I thought i'd throw it in there.

12. Who influences your choice of music most? How do you find new music? Through which channels? Through advertising/word of mouth/YouTube/reviews/other?
-I find most things on my own through youtube and word of mouth from friends.

13a. Have your tastes or preferences changed over time?
-Yes.
13b. If not, why not?
-N/A
13c. If yes, in what way?
-I'm only saying yes because the amount of music I've been exposed to has increased over time. Before I would say I'm in to Linkin Park because I only knew of Linkin Park's In the End album, Blink 182 and Green Day's American Idiot album. Now I would say i'm in to Equilibrium, Element One, In Flames, Vika Yermolyeva, Artch, etc.

14. Anything you'd like to add on this subject? Any other questions you wish I'd posed?
-Perhaps the question "How do you support your artist?" could be a good future addition to the survey.

[tofurox]

Re: Survey: Define &quot;good&quot; music.

0. What is/are your favorite genre(s)?
I equally enjoy... country, metal, most all techno/electronic/dance styles (dubstep, dnb, 8 bit, trance, etc.), rock, solo piano, some rap. There are probably other genres I haven't listed, but I am into a lot of music these days. Just anything that isn't jazz, blues, really oldies, and crazy pop shit (i.e. Justin Bieber).

1a. What do you consider good music, either in general or in concrete examples?
Skrillex. Nightwish. Philip Wesley. There's too much for me to put here.

1b. How about bad music?
Trashy pop.

2. Are you biased against some genres because of the fans they tend to attract?
Pop... just too popular.

3a. Do you make assumptions about fans of particular genres?
Maybe

3b. What are some of the stereotypes you are familiar with?
Bieber=Screaming girls

3c. What stereotypes exist about fans of your preferred genre?
Dunno

4. What role does a band/artist/genre's popularity play in your like or dislike for them/hir/it?
I sometimes dislike some of the "mainstream" artists. But that's usually due to the music they play. Most people like trashy pop I guess.

5. Do you think you have good taste in music?
Very.

6. How objective do you think you are when you judge music?
Very.

7. Do you judge artists/bands on their entire body of work, or on a song-by-song basis?
Both.

8. Do you consider your choice of music part of your identity, image or public persona?
All of the above.

9. Have you ever made choices in music based on what your peers might think of you? (For example, do you avoid a certain genre because your friends think it is without merit? Do you listen to genres you don't particularly like because your friends like them?, etc.)
Nope.

10a. How do you feel/react when someone states an opinion contrary to yours regarding music in general?
I try and explain my side, but they sometimes don't see it. I don't usually feel too bad.

10b. What about particular songs/artists/genres?
Ehh it depends.

11. Do you have formal musical training? (Such as receiving singing lessons, playing an instrument, etc.)
Piano, viola.

12. Who influences your choice of music most? How do you find new music? Through which channels? Through advertising/word of mouth/YouTube/reviews/other?
I influence my choices in music most. I find new music everywhere.

13a. Have your tastes or preferences changed over time?
Yup

13b. If not, why not?

13c. If yes, in what way?
I like country now.

14. Anything you'd like to add on this subject? Any other questions you wish I'd posed?
Nope.

[Aldentron]

Re: Survey: Define &quot;good&quot; music.

this thread reminded me why i don't pay any attention to the music you guys post on this forum. way too hip for all of this...

[ninjaKIWI]

Re: Survey: Define &quot;good&quot; music.

0. What is/are your favorite genre(s)?
Chiptune, especially.
My tastes wander pretty much through any genre, it just has to sound good, you know?
Not country or hip hop.

1a. What do you consider good music, either in general or in concrete examples?
I consider this the same as question 0.

1b. How about bad music?
Music that's just boring, technically and otherwise.

2. Are you biased against some genres because of the fans they tend to attract?
Not really. I'm biased against most mainstream music, like Katy Perry/Black eyed peas/etc because of its history of being incredibly bad in my opinion/my experience.


3a. Do you make assumptions about fans of particular genres?
Sometimes

3b. What are some of the stereotypes you are familiar with?
cock

3c. What stereotypes exist about fans of your preferred genre?
I don't think enough people know about my preferred genres to have formed stereotypes about them

4. What role does a band/artist/genre's popularity play in your like or dislike for them/hir/it?
None, if they're good they're good, if they're bad they're bad. If it gets incredibly popular I might steer a little clear of it due to reasons stated above. Generally, the masses have poor taste in music, but that doesn't mean good music can't be mainstream.

5. Do you think you have good taste in music?
In my opinion, but that's a pretty subjective thing.

6. How objective do you think you are when you judge music?
Moderately, but not completely.

7. Do you judge artists/bands on their entire body of work, or on a song-by-song basis?
On whatever I've heard from them. I'm not going to listen to every song by every artist I've ever heard.

8. Do you consider your choice of music part of your identity, image or public persona?
Not particularly.

9. Have you ever made choices in music based on what your peers might think of you? (For example, do you avoid a certain genre because your friends think it is without merit? Do you listen to genres you don't particularly like because your friends like them?, etc.)
Not even a little bit.

10a. How do you feel/react when someone states an opinion contrary to yours regarding music in general?
That's fine. I get a little confrontational when someone tries to defend an artist like The Black-eyed Peas though.

10b. What about particular songs/artists/genres?
Same thing as above.

11. Do you have formal musical training? (Such as receiving singing lessons, playing an instrument, etc.)
Played the saxophone for five years, Euphonium for three, Ocarina for four, flute for one. Played the (Alto) saxophone in concert band for four years.

12. Who influences your choice of music most? How do you find new music? Through which channels? Through advertising/word of mouth/YouTube/reviews/other?
I used to find music through loads of blogs, but now I don't really look for new music. If someone recommends an artist to me I might check them out.

13a. Have your tastes or preferences changed over time?
I used to like Nickelback when I was really little.
13b. If not, why not?
I SAID YES MOTHERFUCKER
13c. If yes, in what way?
My musical tastes have completely changed.
14. Anything you'd like to add on this subject? Any other questions you wish I'd posed?

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