I get what you're saying. The blues have laid the foundation for lots of great music but it has also grown into volumes and volumes of horribly formulaic dull drivel
About the thing with Shostakovich. It's not even worth bothering. Being a musician doesn't mean a thing concerning taste. I actually think your typical competent musician is almos guaranteed to have horrendous taste in music.
In college, I wouldn't even bother to talk to the music majors. They all had such awful taste, they knew nothing, and had no imagination.
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