I see subgenres as useful mostly because I find inspiration in categorizing things in order to describe and compare/contrast them. It's like making a map of music that writes itself. Some peoples' minds like having a logical framework by which they categorize things. I happen to find classifying music is the same as appreciating its subtleties and nuances by comparing it to other music that's similar, but not exactly the same. Eventually, it stops being "analyzing" and begins to be second-nature appreciation.
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