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Originally Posted by Zee

And that's you being a prime example of a music snob. So what? It doesn't matter.

Shaun is not a music snob because he seeks new artists. Not only is that riddiculous, it's reverse snobbery of the highest order. So if you don't sit like a gormless ape and suck in what is beamed to you your a music snob?

Get out of town .

Originally Posted by Zee

Most people listen to what is provided for them, myself included.

Can you back that up? Most adults I know in person buy albums independently of the charts.

Originally Posted by Zee

Conclusion: popular music is popular for a reason; you will not convince the majority into searching for some individual masterclass that nobody's ever heard of before.

Jesus christ, hyperbole, much? You make it seem like climbing everest. Listening to any artist outside the very limited scope of what record execs have choosen as the flavour of the year is not 'searching for some individual masterclass'.

Jesus wept.