Addressing musical defeat

If I have one pet peeve, it's seeing someone repudiate an entire genre (of anything - books, music, movies, whatever) based on a couple of bad experiences. So I want to state for the record that I've tried here; really, I have. I've hit up the various devotee rooms at turntable.fm. I've listened to the genre-specific "must-listen" internet radio DJs. I've found links in discussion threads to people's favorites, and tried to click with an open mind. Because I like lots of different electronica - trance and techno and dream-pop and shoegaze. And I didn't get to like any of them by dismissing them after hearing a few mediocre examples and then deciding that I didn't like the genre as a whole.

Dubstep, my friend? I can tell you're trying, and obviously you're doing something right because you have plenty of devotees. But ultimately, I just don't think we're ever going to be best pals. It's not you, it's me - I seem to lack whatever genetic quirks allow me to distinguish between your myriad wubs and woos and bzzzzs and beep-boop-beeps. I don't have anything against you, I just don't see what it is everyone else seems to love so madly.

But don't let that stop you from going on and being the best you that you can be. Because I do so admire that about you. You're not afraid to do something a little different, and if you can pass that message on to your fans on some level, I'm all for that. I'll just be over here listening to my 80s-influenced multilayered indie shoegaze electronica, and we'll all be happy.

Addressing musical defeat

If I have one pet peeve, it's seeing someone repudiate an entire genre (of anything - books, music, movies, whatever) based on a couple of bad experiences. So I want to state for the record that I've tried here; really, I have. I've hit up the various devotee rooms at turntable.fm. I've listened to the genre-specific "must-listen" internet radio DJs. I've found links in discussion threads to people's favorites, and tried to click with an open mind. Because I like lots of different electronica - trance and techno and dream-pop and shoegaze. And I didn't get to like any of them by dismissing them after hearing a few mediocre examples and then deciding that I didn't like the genre as a whole.

Dubstep, my friend? I can tell you're trying, and obviously you're doing something right because you have plenty of devotees. But ultimately, I just don't think we're ever going to be best pals. It's not you, it's me - I seem to lack whatever genetic quirks allow me to distinguish between your myriad wubs and woos and bzzzzs and beep-boop-beeps. I don't have anything against you, I just don't see what it is everyone else seems to love so madly.

But don't let that stop you from going on and being the best you that you can be. Because I do so admire that about you. You're not afraid to do something a little different, and if you can pass that message on to your fans on some level, I'm all for that. I'll just be over here listening to my 80s-influenced multilayered indie shoegaze electronica, and we'll all be happy.