Despite this being a music-information blog, I know very little when it comes to categorizing different artists under the ever-growing list of musical genres there are. The dictionary definition of a genre is "a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like." Of course this basic definition is meant to be applied to literature and art, as well as music, so it may not encompass what exactly genre means to music.
I find it especially difficult to categorize genres when it comes to electronic music. You can have ambient, chiptune, techno, trance, electronica. And within those there may be drone music, nintendocore, acid techno, euro-trance, chillwave, glitch, and idm. But this is what I love about the music world - the constant blending of sounds, styles, and techniques that creates even more music that we all can enjoy.
In creating this blog, I also hope to gain a better knowledge of the idea of genres and be better able to identify certain artists as a part of certain genres. So cheers to all who are on this journey of discovery with me!
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