I play a surprisingly misunderstood genre called "the gig". It's whatever the gig is.
"Genre" is simply a way to sell stuff, and the best music seems to be that which freely crosses the borders. In addition there's so much subjectiveness about what constitutes a genre. For example that really bad imitation '80s pop music delivered with a stereotypical southern twang ain't got no roots in country music, yet that's how it's marketed.
Besides, Duke Ellington said it best. When asked if he considered his own work to be jazz, he replied "There are only two kinds of music; music that sounds good, and whatever you want to call that other stuff".
"Genre" is simply a way to sell stuff, and the best music seems to be that which freely crosses the borders. In addition there's so much subjectiveness about what constitutes a genre. For example that really bad imitation '80s pop music delivered with a stereotypical southern twang ain't got no roots in country music, yet that's how it's marketed.
Besides, Duke Ellington said it best. When asked if he considered his own work to be jazz, he replied "There are only two kinds of music; music that sounds good, and whatever you want to call that other stuff".
