Here's what I would like banished to room 101: the notion that subdued acoustic music is somehow more honest, more emotional or more "real" than other music. This concept has to be one of the most annoying ideas in all of music. It's not that subdued acoustic music can't be great—it certainly can—but it's not more or less inherently "honest" than other types of music, it's simply one way among many of producing sounds. The problem is that so many people buy into this concept that musicians of this variety are inclined toward disappearing up their own assholess, thus creating a sizable chunk of music that not just shallow but also mind-numbingly boring.
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