re: Do Musicians Have Better Taste in Music Than Non-Musicianss?

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She has, IMO, shite taste in music. She adores Beyoncé, the Spice Girls, and Ed Sheeran.ack:

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Do you know if she really likes ^^^^ or is it playing nice for the press, these are actually her contemporaries, and it's better to be the all around nice girl. Like for instance how can these musicians at the Grammy's or Hand-me-Another Country music award show not laugh at some of these winners? To their face?

Personally I'd say as a whole musicians have better taste, but it's rather knowing more about what's going on, and so you appreciate certain aspects better. You understand breaks, swapping lead, 12bar or 16 (square), modes, and you know why you like something. While the most mundane 3chord standard might sell millions, is it really a better song than something else the same performer does (and loves). Not to say an untrained ear can't still hear altered chords and and appreciate their flavor; but as a whole playing makes you more aware of the parts, because you're listening so as to reproduce.

ETA: of course this could just make you a better listener... not better taste (Hmmm)