These days when I speak to beginner guitarists my age, I always ask what kind of music do you listen to and 99.9% say pop.Realistically if you favourite song is Miley Cyrus: We Can't Stop and you ask your guitar teacher (who likes rock/blues etc) he/she is going to say 1. "i don't know that song"
2."that has no guitar in it' or 3."its just power chords its to easy for you". There are no pop instruments it's just Justin Beiber with auto tune turned up to full or a guy from one direction playing a Yamaha as if it's a 59'.
Rock music for people who don't think that new means better, with phones YES, with all tech YES but with music and guitars NO! Music has down-graded ever since the pop chart became dominant and people forget what a guitar solo is. All the roots of music have just disintegrated, blues and jazz are literally dead and rock is nearing that . The only way people no about any music but pop is either their parents,friends or by pure chance. Rock and blues aren't on the radio so no one has a chance to experiment with the music they listen to if they know no difference.If you under 18 and you have heard of Led Zeppelin or Cream the your in one of the small minorities in the world. Pop is like a disease its just takes over peoples lives and washes way any other music that they ever new but rock its with you for life.
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