put some light on the term "offbeat"

[robin m]

Blimey. This thread took a nosedive since I last looked at it...

Everyone listens to music through their own ears at the end of the day. What's 'ground breaking' is a personal thing. If someone doesn't think a track of yours falls into that category it's for them to understand why and for you to accept that it's their opinion. Attacking someone for a comment you perceive as negative puts me off even listening to the tune, personally.

If you release music it's fair game for people's opinions, whether positive or negative... not everyone's going to see what you see in it, that's just life. 50% of my mates wouldn't see any techno record I own as groundbreaking, cause they listen for something completely different to me in music - I reckon they're missing out and they reckon I'm missing the point of the electro-folk ot whatever they're into - that's why music's great, it's a personal thing.

This topic was an interesting one before it got derailed.