Music genres

Black Heart · Oct 24th, 2002, 09:12 PM

It happened many times that with no idea about a band I've read some reviews or some articles explaining the music genre of the artist, then I went to buy the CD and it was completely different from what I was expecting. Not that this means I didn't like it, but I only want to say that musical genres are not always reliable to choose IMO. I mean, if you need guidelines, they can make you choose something that's not what you're looking for. Other times the music of an artist is a mix of various genres. In these cases, are labels like "Pop", "Post-punk", "New Wave", "Indie" or "Noise" (just to mention some genres) really useful and necessary to choose?
Do you mind labels before taking a decision?

AudioBoxer · Oct 26th, 2002, 10:37 AM

No I dont I usually only buy CD's from bands I know or of at leats heard a song from! Like they have slipknot as Metal/Rap what the hell is that! Thats why you get a song from KazaA or something first!

Rei · Oct 27th, 2002, 10:20 PM

Genres are for marketing purposes, not for the artists that are the ones who actually make the music. For other people like stupid popsters it's a bit different, because in their case the genre comes first and the music follows the genre, but first of all comes the look of the popster

Geez, that's why I hate pop music so much ...

hijakedGTR · Oct 29th, 2002, 09:13 PM

another good name for them is teenypoppers...

I agree with Boxer i usually get opinions from friends of new/old/ up and coming bands i just use kazaa to "sample"

a tune

Pu the Owl · Oct 30th, 2002, 12:00 AM

Genres can be used as guidelines, but are not always reliable.

Black Heart · Oct 30th, 2002, 10:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Fortune
Genres can be used as guidelines, but are not always reliable.

Yeah, that's exactly what I was meaning in my post

Oct 24th, 2002, 09:12 PM	#1
Black Heart Mighty Captain Joined: Mar 2002 Location: Nautilus Posts: 273	Music genres It happened many times that with no idea about a band I've read some reviews or some articles explaining the music genre of the artist, then I went to buy the CD and it was completely different from what I was expecting. Not that this means I didn't like it, but I only want to say that musical genres are not always reliable to choose IMO. I mean, if you need guidelines, they can make you choose something that's not what you're looking for. Other times the music of an artist is a mix of various genres. In these cases, are labels like "Pop", "Post-punk", "New Wave", "Indie" or "Noise" (just to mention some genres) really useful and necessary to choose? Do you mind labels before taking a decision?

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Oct 26th, 2002, 10:37 AM	#2
AudioBoxer Banned Member Joined: Jul 2002 Location: Some white padded room? Posts: 899	No I dont I usually only buy CD's from bands I know or of at leats heard a song from! Like they have slipknot as Metal/Rap what the hell is that! Thats why you get a song from KazaA or something first!

Oct 27th, 2002, 10:20 PM	#3
Rei EVA 00 Pilot Joined: Jan 2002 Location: NERV Age: 41 Posts: 2,239	Genres are for marketing purposes, not for the artists that are the ones who actually make the music. For other people like stupid popsters it's a bit different, because in their case the genre comes first and the music follows the genre, but first of all comes the look of the popster Geez, that's why I hate pop music so much ...

Oct 29th, 2002, 09:13 PM	#4
hijakedGTR still dreaming Joined: Oct 2002 Location: oblivion Age: 39 Posts: 58	another good name for them is teenypoppers... I agree with Boxer i usually get opinions from friends of new/old/ up and coming bands i just use kazaa to "sample" a tune

Oct 30th, 2002, 12:00 AM	#5
Pu the Owl Useless Oracle™ Joined: Jan 2002 Location: Everywhere Posts: 5,136	Genres can be used as guidelines, but are not always reliable.


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