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10-26-2009, 06:40 AM | #41 (permalink) | |
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10-26-2009, 08:46 AM | #42 (permalink) |
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^Well, it's not just you. Every now and then, I see new guys getting ripped on for not liking whatever bands and artists have the general MB stamps of approval. I've been a bit miffed about it because is it really our job to tear down people's tastes in music and rebuild them to fit our idealistic views? I'd say no - of course not, it's a forum and not a boot camp.
Randomly name-dropping bands and artists as recommendations is generally unproductive I think. As an example, someone who's predominant preference is a taste in 80s hair metal should get recommendations by people who like similarish music - or at least someone who's trying put themselves in the shoes of the person they are recommending stuff to - because then they relate better. What point is there in telling someone who loves hair metal to check out the latest M.I.A. album? The recommendation is not based on any kind of preference - in fact the recommendation sounds pretty random and whether or not the person likes it or not becomes pretty random too. Recommending something which is seemingly unrelated to a person's tastes is something I usually think of egocentrical because you're not taking their tastes into account and still see yourself as some kind of authority because you think that despite that, your recommendation is something the person should listen to. Anyways, celebrate diversity - not conformity
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10-27-2009, 04:41 AM | #44 (permalink) |
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No I wasn't insulted at all by anyone ever!
I DO infact like M.I.A, surprisingly enough, but I wasn't offended that you wrote her, or that you were nice enough to write a load of musicians that YOU like, that I might want to check out. I personally think if you like something enough to reccommend it to someone else, even if they don't neccessarily like that particular genre, the person receiving the reccomendation should at least give it a go. Just to see. That's how creative debating arises! |
10-27-2009, 05:42 AM | #45 (permalink) | |
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^Well, my complaint was mainly about negative feedback on newbs and their tastes. And when I wrote someone who likes hair metal, I wasn't actually trying to describe Saphia, it was meant more as a general scenario although I can see where that went wrong.
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There are tons of threads here describing music that might peak your interest
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10-27-2009, 06:28 AM | #47 (permalink) | |
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storymilo's got a journal f.ex -> http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...-he-likes.html
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