Don't go into it expecting to hear conventional music and the rest is easy. Preconceived notions about what makes good music is a bad route to take when you're listening to experimental music. Cage once said developing an ear for musical sounds is like developing an ego, you begin to refuse sounds that are not musical and thus cut yourself out from a great deal of experience. Plus the amount of effort or skill doesn't really matter to me as long as I like the music. I mean, look at Malmsteen's music: takes a lot of skill and practice to get there but on the other hand it sucks ass. In the end it just comes down to personal taste though. I wouldn't expect anyone to enjoy experimental music in the same way I hope they wouldn't expect me to enjoy Van Halen.
Live experiences are a bit different because in that setting you really feel it and it's worlds away from listening to it at home unless you have an amazing system.
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