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Old 03-14-2012, 03:55 PM   #33
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Default Re: Survey: Define "good" 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.
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