Mike I am in a similar position to you. I eat sleep live and breath music. I love all music really despite expressing my personal nits and opinions on what I term as good bad and indifferent. Sometimes I think people get acclaim they do not deserve and sadly the biz is full of sharks, charlatans and freaks who prey upon anyone and anything they can make a buck from....but I love it despite all that.

Any half decent musician or music lover should be able to tell the difference between quality and crap. I am not talking about personal likes or dislikes or differences in genre, era or geographical location but am talking about spotting well crafted, well performed and well produced music when you hear it regardless of whether the piece realy moves you or is not your cup of tea.
The sad thing is that too many people are genre or era driven. Some people are too insular but the main prob is that too many people just do not give a damn. They are incapable of having an open mind and a decent ear.

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