My agenda was pointing out the contradiction in your two statements. Nothing more.
I'm totally open minded about music. This year, well last year, I've bought several albums from Bandcamp from new artists in genres I don't even know what they are. Now, I don't like most modern pop, that's true and I have a dislike for the stylistic use of autotune but that's it. I can't say I dislike all modern pop because I haven't heard all of it. I wouldn't even bother making the claim because even if I had better local radio they could never play everything, so to claim that I'd have to scour the internet every moment in my free time.
What I will say is I think statistics are important, as well as opportunity cost. If I dislike 95% of the pop music on the radio and that I hear out and about do you think that statistic would change if I continued to listen to the same sources of music and, more importantly, would that be a more efficient use of my limited time than going to internet stations I know I like, following recommendations and "you might likes" from artists I already know and getting recommendations from people who have similar tastes than myself?
Regarding pop, it's bigger than the top 40 and radio play, most of my gripes are with what's hugely popular, most of that sounds like shit to me. I think it's clear that to reach the very top of the charts things start sounding the same and that's great if it's your cup of tea, he'll if it ain't. But that apex of record sales is a small sliver of pop music as a whole. The Top 40 every month, those I can speak of, all of pop music, not a chance, I've prably heard like 5 percent of it.
And regarding autotune, sigh, sorry can't budge. Once it's made overt like Kanye or T-pain I might as well be listening to a vocaloid or running text through Microsoft Speech. Call that close minded if you wish but I can't stand it. I can handle that in a song or two but not a whole album.
After work I'll give your suggestions a shot, only Carley Rae Jepson gets play over here. She's alright.
