If anything punk placed more emphasis on "effort," the whole DIY ethos was embodied by bands overcoming odds, embracing an insane degree of difficulty and tedium to accomplish tasks that most bands would need a corporate label for (hand making each individual record casing, planning national tours by themselves, etc

Lofi is not punk dude

I think not all music needs to have artistic value to be useful or enjoyable. Peace!

Your videos are so interesting man, keep it up!

Honestly, I can see why people love Lo-Fi, but I just don't feel it myself. Couple years ago I was effortlessly trying to find a music genre that will "fit my needs" and fortunately I found one: Dungeon Synth. I listen it when I'm working, or, when I just want to relax. Hating on Lo-Fi seems so strange, because it's literally just a cool low-fidelity sound for people to relax. It's not like Lo-Fi artists are murdering people.

There are lo-fi haters?

Music snobbery is something that always annoyed me. Watch a clip on youtube by Irish comedian Dara O'Briain - Music and Guilty Pleasures. It's just noise. Enjoy it!

Sade is not “smooth jazz”, or any jazz, that’s just a really good band that uses jazzy voicings in their chords and has a an imitable, GOAT vocalist. It’s not the same. Don’t mislead the people please 🙏🏻

I don't have anything to say, just commenting for the algorithm cuz I like your vid

Hey man, really love the videos - would love if we went a little bit deeper with the history and examples!

Lo-Fi is good only as background to a conversation. I prefer trip-hop. Another drawback is it's name. Lo-Fi seems antagonistic to Hi-Fi. Just bad naming. 😙

I don't know if it's "unfairly maligned" cause I don't know what other people think, but for me, Vocaloid music is something I really have a hard time enjoying. I think it's something to do with the uncanny valley of the not-quite-real-not-quite-synthetic vocals. I think there's also a general trend of high intensity to the music, as some of it features in rhythm games, but that's speculation since I can't bear to listen to it. I think it's the fake vocals and the intensity combined that make it feel "annoying" to me. Unsure if related, but I also don't like anime (because they feel like similar spheres). Would definitely be curious to get an analysis on it though.

Im a Weaboo nerd,im always looking for japanese yt channels,i cant scape from city pop

At least we're not blaring dubstep anymore

Interesting take. I've always liked "extreme" music. For example I don't like mainstream hip-hop but I enjoy doomshop and underground gangster rap. I don't like normal rock but enjoy deathcore and thrash metal. I don't know why but I've always been like this. Normal music feels "weak" to me or lacks passion and depth. Music that comes from artists who are actually suffering speaks to me.

Great video! I love CItypop so much

Excellent video! I recently moved to a place that's close to a few very good 2nd hand record stores. So I have been researching different music genres hoping to better make use of these neighborhood stores, which is how I came across your channel. Your videos are very helpful and well-made, I hope your channel continues to grow and reach more attention as you totally deserve :)

This channel deserves more subscribers!!! Very informative!

Awesome video man! Yep, sat am is my exploration time and genres range from classic country to deep house to sludge metal and beyond. It’s so rewarding finding new amazing artists like this.

one thing that really helped me expand my music taste was to stop having playlists. or having really short ones, like ten to fifteen tracks. i mainly listen to albums or press play on certain artists. that way i got more intimate with artists, skip way less songs, and every time i press play i have to make a concious decision on what i want to listen. (altough this has made me awful on the aux)

My musical journey went Rap Hip Hop -> Johnny Cash Country (Rhythmic with high lyrical value) -> Dark Country --> Folk Music --> Blues --> Garage Rock --> Psychedelic Rock And there is SOOOO much experimentation in Psych Rock that I’ve learned to listen to classical Indian music, Heavy Rock, Bubblegum Pop, Some House music. Really it’s just interesting to see the trippy Summer of Love grabbed by the horns and taken in any direction somebody wanted

I love finding new music :) It's been getting harder every year but once you start looking for something new it becomes a habit. I've also started looking at new music platforms to find those really small underground artists rather than the regular streaming platforms.

Dude, I'm 39 and I love music. Every year I discover new sounds. This is an amazing journey.

Any favorite ways to find new music or genres of music adjacent to ones you already like? From someone who is not incredibly well versed in the swaths of subgenres

Oh man, now I actually have to try to put some of this in practice, dammit! THANKS A LOT. Ahem, but seriously, awesome video. I saw the 12 minute length and didn't think it could be packed with so much actionable, meaningful advice on how to do something that feels so big and abstract and intimidating. I've NEVER known how to do this, so these are some really good ideas. Also, +177 points for pronouncing my name right. That usually means either you put the work in to find out how to pronounce it...or you're Canadian. French in school and all that.

One of my favorite ways to discover new music recently has been through playing rhythm games. I know a lot of people will just look through a game to find and play songs they already know, but I love scrolling through and either playing every song available in the game one by one, or scrolling and selecting a song to play at random (depending on the size of the song list in the game). I've found dozens of artists I've ended up enjoying because I found them through playing these games.

As much as I love a small channel where I can almost guarantee my comment will be read, I hope this grows enough for you to have a sustainable career :)

How this channel has fewer than 500 subs is beyond me. Great content!

Two big reasons: the musical skill of the musicians was top notch and also even if the lyrics are schmaltzy we wouldn't know.

3:21 Harry Hosono and Tatsuro Yamashita started to write their own songs and tend to more western style music after watching the famous Budokan concert in 1966. Thus the Happy End was born.

Hey I really like these videos and your channel. I was thinking recently about how I don't like live music and feeling a little excluded because all my friends who are into music always talk about how they're excited to go to shows. Perhaps it's a broader psychological thing and therefore not appropriate for the channel, but if there's a chance, I'd be interested to see a video on how to shake these feelings and be more comfortable liking the things you like and disliking the things you don't, even if it seems like everyone else enjoys it.

Lydia pence and coldblood🥰

great intro to the genre, I've heard maggot brain but never dug into any of the other albums so thanks for the recs!

Plastic love literally just popped into my feed one day. That was a great day.

Some people just don't have a deep connection with music. As a (unsuccessful) musician, I like finding new songs and artists, because you never know how many good songs are waiting for you to discover. Maybe even from small artists.

My journey with City Pop began with a Japanese artist who brought the genre sounds to Korean in recent years: YOKIKA. She's brilliant.

I do believe that "NPC Music" lacks the emotional depth and artistic integrity that I look for when listening to music. When I listen to music I want the artist to communicate a feeling to me or transport me to another world. When I hear music on the radio it just feels so bland and without any purpose but getting money. The music is often optimized to be as non-offensive and listenable as possible which just takes away the soul from it in my opninion.

Speaking of music my wife abhors, but I find delightful: I’d love to see your take on Eurobeat.

I’ve been hooked on Miki Matsubara, Anri, Mariyah Takeuchi, and Tetsuro Yamashita songs the last few months. Thanks for this video.

I listen to a lot of experimental music, some free jazz as well as punk, post-punk, hardcore... etc. But when I was 11-13 I couldn't give a flying a f about music and only listened to top 40 radio, my favorite artists at the time were Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Chainsmokers... etc. I still find vapid 2010s pop music kind of endearing, so yeah I can see how people develop an "npc" taste in music, you just don't have to really care about music that much, it's only when I got into the Beatles and Pink Floyd that I started to really care about music and explore more, those bands were gateways to me to a bunch of other genres, but people might have other gateways. When I was a kid I just liked a song if it had a good catchy chorus that got stuck in my head, there was no point delving further, you were already satisfied with top 40 radio and have other things to do so why go find other music?

Fascinating video! I kind of am a musical NPC myself (calling people NPCs is gross, I agree with you there, but I don't mind doing it for myself in this case). The funny thing is I'm the opposite of that in all other media: Movies, video games, books, ect. I seek out strange and fringe elements, new experiences, experimental works. I also have a high "Openness to Experience" score every time I take a 5 factor personality test. But...I don't tend to seek out music. I love music. I find it very powerful. But I don't enjoy sampling new, random music to find things I like. I tend to hear something in a TV show or movie or something, and then I'll dive into it from there. I also don't really enjoy just sitting and listening to music. I listen to audiobooks most of the time. I had a period in middle school where my life was mostly about finding new music, but I moved past it and never went back (I'm 42 now, BTW). It's a little frustrating to me because I really am very, very moved by good music. I just can't engage with the process of finding it.

I got into jazz because my friends are amateur jazz musicians. Because of them, I went to some jazz clubs and jam sessions. At the beginning, I really disliked it because it sounded to messy. I thought it was only music for old rich men. As time went on, I started to appreciate it and found out some standards or sub genres I like. The people who are into jazz are just nerds and genuinely nice. I met some gatekeepers, but that’s more the exception than the rule.

I love Chat Baker sings, especially „there will never be another you“

Love the inclusion of Soft Machine in the video

The way I like to think of this is that I was exposed to more complex or “elite music” (Classical, Jazz, Classical and Jazz-inspired Rock, etc) at an earlier age and have been conditioned to enjoy it more, whereas others may have not had that experience so culture and upbringing definitely play a role Secondly, specifically with regards to Jazz, the musical form has certain musical characteristics which I have come to enjoy that pop music lacks (varied harmony, sound design / tone, groove, etc.) that I wish others could pick up on and enjoy but instead of expressing that I express disgust due to how simple pop is I think what makes “Kind of Blue” such an accessible record is that it has all the predictability of pop (as does most non-post-bop modal jazz) but all of the unpredictability of jazz in the form of improvisation over the top (Blue in Green repeats the same chords, Flamenco Sketches is a two chord vamp, So What is a a two note vamp, etc.)

Pointless video tbh

My ex’s entire family only ever listened to stuff like Florida Georgia Line and Hozier. I tried showing them Nightmares on Wax and got laughed at for liking it. I’ve never understood why there are people out there who don’t branch out their music tastes

you're very animated, not a bad thing just funny

I don't think my musical taste is very adventurous... But maybe I have to face facts. Yesterday I went to a live concert yesterday that was full of middle aged Japanese women headbanging.

I can understand the concept for something like Jazz or whatever, but i just can't wrap my head around how SO MANY people can like music such as Niki Minaj. Even after 2 million years that type of music will never sound good to me.