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What qualifies good taste?
Would you say that A) listening to critically acclaimed, historically important works from various genres and periods of music qualifies as good taste?
Or B) being knowledgeable in a single niche - from the historically important to the forgotten and unknown - is what qualifies good taste?
The way I see it, A) seems like a "jack of all trades master of none" scenario and only reasonable to the most casual of casual music listeners who don't have the time or wit to explore music on their own, whereas B) - while it may seem more limited than A) when taken at face value - ends up being more useful than A), in the sense that the intense autism of these limited niche diggers grants them deeper knowledge, which you can use for your own musical schooling if you bother asking them to share their sheer knowledge (presenting you the choice to transform into an A) or a B) of your own, as well).
Anyway, yeah. What in your opinion makes good taste /mu/? Hard more for not using subjective/objective bs.
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B) > A)
Musical Maturity Lesson #001: Introspect as a Means of Maximizing Success
Discovering and accepting musical biases, and employing your self-knowledge in a way conducive to the discovery and appreciation of good music
>example 1: "I really like 'x' (where 'x' can be a style, instrument, aesthetic, etc.) therefore I will seek out music with 'x' because I understand I am more likely to enjoy them."
>example 2: "I really dislike "x" (where 'x' can be a style, instrument, aesthetic, etc.) therefore I will avoid music containing 'x' for now because I understand I am less likely to enjoy them and prefer to keep my time as conducive to the discovery and appreciation of good music as possible."
It is perfectly okay (and even encouraged) to dismiss a genre of music if you hold strong bias against the prominent aesthetics that define that genre.
To imply that all genres are of equal worth, or that no genre is "devoid of good music" is a sign of both musical immaturity and unrefined taste.
>note: Accepting your musical biases does not mean to become complacent with them- quite to the contrary in fact. By pinpointing what you do and don't like, you can be much more effective in your search for good music by paying closer attention to the descriptions of and content within new musics.
>note 2: It is encouraged to be as specific and analytic with your musical biases as possible- dismissing large chunks of things merely because they fall under a vague or broad term can be a grave mistake, and putting too much on your plate at once with overly wide musical fetishes can be tiring.
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