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Originally Posted by VEGANGELICA
Drawing inferences based on the songs one has heard, regardless of the number, is a reasonable way to start making sense for oneself of the vast array of songs in existence so that one can choose what to listen to next.
All conclusions about music can be refined over time through listening to more songs, but there is no set number of songs one must hear before one can say one's conclusions are "correct." Even someone who has drawn conclusions about music after listening to 100,000 unique songs might find those conclusions contradicted by the next 300,000 songs he hears.
The idea that a person should wait to offer an opinion on MusicBanter until having listened to some (undefined) number of songs sounds very elitist to me.
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I never said there was a number he had to reach the most adequate experience levels. I'm merely saying based on his unnecessary comment of how many songs he has heard and his limited debating skills that that I have noticed throughout this thread that obviously 5000 is not enough yet. Also a small selection of genres will not give him a well rounded idea of what sounds and instrumentation make quality music.
This advice I am giving is hardly elitist.