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I think you’re being uncharitable by saying anyone who prefers older music only likes music for the “nice sounds”. It may also be I have more interest in music history than most.

But even if I want to watch a tv show or read a book, I similarly want it to be something that is more important than just “well it came out yesterday so must be relevant”. If something can still be relevant a decade after it came out, that’s when you know it’s really good.

And for the record I love music. I’m a multi-instrumentalist, I’ve played professionally in weddings, bars, played buckets in a street performing band, and continue to study music, actively taking classical piano lessons, composing songs. I play every day.

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I'm not sure why you're presenting this dichotomy that you can only listen to old music or new music. I listen to and love both, I'm surprised that someone like you who clearly has a deep interest in music would rule one out.

> And for the record I love music. I’m a multi-instrumentalist, I’ve played professionally in weddings, bars, played buckets in a street performing band, and continue to study music, actively taking classical piano lessons, composing songs. I play every day.

This comment makes your perspective particularly strange. Do you only play covers? Have you ever tried writing your own music? If so, does that mean that you wouldn't listen to your own music until a decade after you wrote it? Because it's a bit hypocritical to only listen to music that is more than a decade old, and still expect people to give your new music a chance considering it hasn't stood the test of time.

Do you think Elvis would have ever had a chance to make a living off of his music if everyone was like you?

> anyone who prefers older music

You're not just saying you prefer older music though, you're saying you're not even giving new music a chance:

> It’s hard for me to justify giving modern music a chance when I haven’t even given the established greats a chance.

That's pretty absurd in my opinion.

it’s not like I have some hard line policy. If it makes you feel better I actually have listened to some music that came out post-2010. For example they released some remastered Beatles tracks last year and I didn’t wait 10 years to listen.

So you're saying people shouldn't listen to the music you've composed until 10 years after you release it. Good idea, I was going to ask for your soundcloud link, but now I'm thinking I won't bother until 10 years from now when you've proven that you're good enough to grace these ears!

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