Originally Posted by 1moretroubadour

No. But this is why it seems to be controversial; it seems to be a problem for some people (especially in the music community) that some of my all time favourites are mainstream bands or musicians.

I have worked in the music industry for over a year now and I've been lucky enough to be invited to some of the biggest studios in the world. I'm musically educated and I know more about mixing, mastering and producing than some who've worked at it for years. I understand music, the making of it and the history of it. Once you move from the audience to the production to the backstage, you begin to stop judging music for everything but its own merit.

I'm trained and I've explored every kind of music. From motown and jazz, to shoegazing and stadium rock, from Baroque to gangsta rap, from icelandic experimental to j-pop, from Afrikaan gospel to broadway showtunes. I get Pink Floyd, I get Bruce Springsteen, I get David Bowie and Queen and Jeff Buckley, Robert Smith, Neil Young, Ewan MacColl, Zepplin, Coltrane, BB King, Beatles, Cat Stevens, The Who, Hendrix, Marley, Davis, Beethoven, Schonberg, Eno.

I get them and I appreciate them. But I can't help what I like; only be honest about it.

That doesn't make your musical tastes more 'refined' or more 'mature' than mine. You'd think a forum like this one would understand that and be more open to discussion than to being derogatory.