What kind of music lover are you, and why?
I feel like there are two larger categories. Sure, you can be both, but you likely lean one way or the other. I don't think one or the other is "better."
- Unpolished, less repetitive and a little blurry, maybe even muddy or dirty at times, still evolving (sometimes live or demo, but not necessarily), often unplanned or
- Polished, professional, clean, very consistent, maybe quantized and autotuned, but definitely close to pitch perfect, much more structured, and finished for pop consumption
The best way I can express this, which I came across recently, is the difference between the demo for Human Nature by Steve Porcaro and the final product by Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones. The demo is at ~10:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK_16kD45X4
There's something about music that hasn't been tweaked, reduced, produced, and nudged to "perfection" that I just love.
Obviously, this is a pop reference, but for those who lean more metal, maybe something like the difference between the studio albums of Alice In Chains vs. something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-scGZMgxp8 (live and unplugged).
But it's not necessarily just the difference between studio and live, or jam band/improv vs. playing it straight. It's a feel to the music, a sort of rawness. I've heard jam bands that didn't have that feeling and pop acts that definitely did.
For Jazz heads, we know where you stand. (Prove me wrong in the comments. 😉)
So yeah, I'm curious which kind of music lover are you, and why?