Thanks for all the replies. Just to clarify, I'm not so much complaining about the fact that this particular example was directed at me as much as that it was directed at EDM and EDM producers in general. The same thing goes for other genres of music - just a few weeks ago, another self-proclaimed god's gift to music made a remark that hip-hop is not music. When I challenged him to explain how it doesn't meet the definition of music, he got all whiney and played the "why do you attack me" card and never did answer the question. Which brings up a related point - if hip-hop (and pop, EDM, etc.) are all so easy to write, then why aren't some of these snobs banging out top ten hits on the side (as ghost writers) and living fat off the income? Yeah, rhetorical question.

I guess I just find it a bit disappointing whenever anybody gets snobby about something as positive as music. You don't have to like every song or style, but it's all for fun or entertainment, so why have a pissy attitude about it? And I hate this attitude that there is some line in the sand that one must cross before they are considered musicians or before the noise they are making can be considered music. I watch my 2-yo son banging on his congas while singing barely intelligible lyrics to the ABC song every day and I consider him as much a musician as the moron who made those remarks in my initial post.

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