what i think is music and what the "popular kids" think is music is very different. let's take a look, shall we?
Garrett: Nerd
Genre:Straight Edge, Hardcore Punk, Ska, not mainstream
Bands: Casey Jones, Liferuiner, Cheap Help, Bishop, Streetlight Manifesto, Catch 22,
NOFX, Pat Benetar
Looks for in music: a message, catchy tunes, well composed
Popular kids:
Genre: mainstream out the ass!
Bands: Jonas Brothers, Dragonforce, NOFX, Ice Cube, other rappers
Looks for in music: excessive swearing for no reason, heavy ass, means nothing, talks about most drugs and how they're cool, composed like shit, and they HAVE to be popular and present an image, of, well, popularity. So no nerd will set foot at their concerts.
Real music is one that serves a purpose, not some big band that says "we need 6 more songs to make our next multi-million dollar album", real music is composed to be ear candy, not dragonforce more-repetitive-than-a-Dr.-Seuss-book shit. And real music most likely isn't mainstream, and it certainly isn't rap. if a genre meets any of these criterias, it's real. if not, it's just a money making scheme. some of the purest genres: Ska, Ska-punk, hardcore punk, straight edge punk, and ska-punk in the new wave sub-genre. that's most of the ranting for tonight; i burned most of my anger in that. next time it'll be an excerpt from a book im typing called "The Bane of Peace", well, that's the working title. no details yet! i know im a nerd to type my own book. I'm done with 4 chapters so far.