Why so many artists and genres ???????

[SteveO]

I know I have complained in the past that there's too much music out there however I admit most of it is good !

This morning, while I was waiting for the coffee to brew, I surfed the Net before I logged into MD and came across the EMO, Scream O, House, Acid Jazz genres and about 200 groups listed for these genres !..representing a small list no doubt . Also recently I came across the Shoegaze genre. I know Crazy-Horse is a boisterous opponent of the genre overkill and I tend to agree !

Why are there so many genres....at least 100 or more I suspect and each genre represented by a conservative amount of say 50 artists then that equals 100 genres representing 5,000 solo performers and bands !!!!..that's crazy !!!! Are some people "showing off" just to be original or cool ??? I would throw a lot of these genres into one category ...ROCK !!!!

I can only surmise that the advent of independent record companies and self promotion on the Internet and yes ..easy downloading has contributed to this ! I can understand the massive list of artists but who created all the genres and why,,,are they all justified to have their separate identity ???? I supose it is a combination of music critics, record companies and the artists themselves that have created this music monster !

[TraceNspace]

I think people create sub-genres to distance themselves from the mainstream. yes, to be cool and original or I could be wrong and they are truly just searching for a more accurate description of their music.

[CRAZY-HORSE]

i think you are both correct:

TraceNspace: distancing themselves from the mainstream

and

SteveO: if i quote your final paragraph correctly: record companies/artists thinking they have discovered something new!

[Electrocuted]

Look dude, generally people are stupid, so people who sell stuff try to generally influence stupid people generalise stuff by catagories. Then some smart arse comes along and says "WE ARE DIFFERENT" trying to be clever, so stupid people who want to be clever go along with it and call themselves an EMO TEEN SCREAMO DEATH DISCO DUDE to try and fit in with some idea or lifestyle which is not theirs. When their friends also become a EMO TEEN SCREAMO DEATH DISCO fan, the original fan must become a NEW CORE EMO TEEN SCREAMO DEATH DISCO fan to be different so they don't fit in as they want to be different from their friends slowly becoming stupider and stupider.

How about we have a catagory called Music and end this Ballshite. Well it wouldn't sell that's why, because refering to point one, everyone is generally stoOpid (including me as i've probably just proved!) :nod: