In some ways you could say that what I like is "not weird shit" - I like some jazz, but not really the Miles Davis stuff that J buys; I like rock/prog/indie, but not really The Mars Volta; I like female singer-songwriter stuff, but not really Björk; I like classical music, but not really anything modern. But then I'd hesitate to say that what I like is 'mainstream', because, well, there's all that pappy, manufactured-band shit that is the current definition of 'mainstream' and I like music. I used to say I liked stuff I could sing - which catches quite a lot, as to be able to sing along it must have a tune that makes sense (I sing along with non-voice stuff too - quite a lot of Bach and Handel falls into my definition of singable). But I don't think that necessarily conveys the proper image to other people, even though it's mostly true, and anyway it still includes things that I don't really like.
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In some ways you could say that what I like is "not weird shit" - I like some jazz, but not really the Miles Davis stuff that J buys; I like rock/prog/indie, but not really The Mars Volta; I like female singer-songwriter stuff, but not really Björk; I like classical music, but not really anything modern. But then I'd hesitate to say that what I like is 'mainstream', because, well, there's all that pappy, manufactured-band shit that is the current definition of 'mainstream' and I like music. I used to say I liked stuff I could sing - which catches quite a lot, as to be able to sing along it must have a tune that makes sense (I sing along with non-voice stuff too - quite a lot of Bach and Handel falls into my definition of singable). But I don't think that necessarily conveys the proper image to other people, even though it's mostly true, and anyway it still includes things that I don't really like.
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