I will never like everything and there's probably always gonna be bands that make me roll my eyes and think "posers...".
I mean does anyone here truly NOT know any music that you think is lame?
But I can approach this in different ways. I don't point at someone and say "you're a poser, get lost!" but I might say "hey, if you like that band, have you heard THIS or THAT slightly more underground band?"
And if they don't like it and stick to the poser bands, hey that's fine. We all have different tastes and the underground is the underground because it doesn't appeal to everybody.
But my point is, call it gatekeeping or not, but it must be okay to think some music is better than other music.
I'm honest about if I like music or not and I'll say "that band sucks!" (I think I did it in this thread already) but I try not to do that too much. But it's sometimes hard not to get annoyed when very simple music gets very popular, because I think of all the much cooler stuff that COULD be getting attention instead.
I mean does anyone here truly NOT know any music that you think is lame?
But I can approach this in different ways. I don't point at someone and say "you're a poser, get lost!" but I might say "hey, if you like that band, have you heard THIS or THAT slightly more underground band?"
And if they don't like it and stick to the poser bands, hey that's fine. We all have different tastes and the underground is the underground because it doesn't appeal to everybody.
But my point is, call it gatekeeping or not, but it must be okay to think some music is better than other music.
I'm honest about if I like music or not and I'll say "that band sucks!" (I think I did it in this thread already) but I try not to do that too much. But it's sometimes hard not to get annoyed when very simple music gets very popular, because I think of all the much cooler stuff that COULD be getting attention instead.