I went to a music festival, and Geese was the Sunday headliner. I bought the Sunday ticket because there were a few bands I liked a few songs from, I didn't really do much research. Even on Saturday, there were many geese fans in geese shirts. I had no idea they were so popular and I'm still not quite sure why they were the most popular band there...
Anyway, I'm willing to give hyped music a chance and difficult music a chance, but I think I like music best when I discover it without a lot of information and make my own judgements. I was playing with your app the other day, and I just had this sinking feeling that any artist I listened to that is being compared to lauryn hill was going to be a disappointment.
Also, I learned that gen z thinks Spoon is a "dad band". My own dad is stuck on 50s and 60s music, so I am confused.
Anyway, I'm faccinated by the angine du poutrine video, and I haven't watched it yet, so back to that.
Interesting about Lauryn Hill. I mean, if you don't like her, you don't like her! I wasn't trying to eliminate taste from the equation, that's still critical. But context around it can really tilt opinion.
I'm here because I strongly prefer recommendations from trusted sources who are more plugged in than I am. Hype tends to raise skepticism in me. Two reasons come to mind. First, hype is often tied to novelty or spectacle. If, like your friend, I am already familiar with similar sounds, the hype is mismatched with my experience and is a let down. Second, hype tends to be built by folks who are highly dissimilar to me in their preferences. Three trusted friends recommending something to me that they believe I will like is much more likely to actually hit. 5 Million random people excited about something generally means it's probably old hat for me just given most listeners experience.
I think the framework is interesting to ponder, but I think I can't be relied upon to chose a quadrant.
I firmly believe the quadrants are not stagnant. I think that even temporally with one band it can be different. I'll keep using Geese as an example. My first encounter with them in 2022 or 2023 was in low hype/high accessibility. Later, high hype (and way more skepticism). I actually like their latest album *better* than the one I heard first. But it took me a while to fight through that hype.
I'm still selling myself on this chart. But I like the mental exercise.
I went to a music festival, and Geese was the Sunday headliner. I bought the Sunday ticket because there were a few bands I liked a few songs from, I didn't really do much research. Even on Saturday, there were many geese fans in geese shirts. I had no idea they were so popular and I'm still not quite sure why they were the most popular band there...
Anyway, I'm willing to give hyped music a chance and difficult music a chance, but I think I like music best when I discover it without a lot of information and make my own judgements. I was playing with your app the other day, and I just had this sinking feeling that any artist I listened to that is being compared to lauryn hill was going to be a disappointment.
Also, I learned that gen z thinks Spoon is a "dad band". My own dad is stuck on 50s and 60s music, so I am confused.
Anyway, I'm faccinated by the angine du poutrine video, and I haven't watched it yet, so back to that.
Interesting about Lauryn Hill. I mean, if you don't like her, you don't like her! I wasn't trying to eliminate taste from the equation, that's still critical. But context around it can really tilt opinion.
I'm here because I strongly prefer recommendations from trusted sources who are more plugged in than I am. Hype tends to raise skepticism in me. Two reasons come to mind. First, hype is often tied to novelty or spectacle. If, like your friend, I am already familiar with similar sounds, the hype is mismatched with my experience and is a let down. Second, hype tends to be built by folks who are highly dissimilar to me in their preferences. Three trusted friends recommending something to me that they believe I will like is much more likely to actually hit. 5 Million random people excited about something generally means it's probably old hat for me just given most listeners experience.
I think the framework is interesting to ponder, but I think I can't be relied upon to chose a quadrant.
I firmly believe the quadrants are not stagnant. I think that even temporally with one band it can be different. I'll keep using Geese as an example. My first encounter with them in 2022 or 2023 was in low hype/high accessibility. Later, high hype (and way more skepticism). I actually like their latest album *better* than the one I heard first. But it took me a while to fight through that hype.
I'm still selling myself on this chart. But I like the mental exercise.