Good music is so hard to define, and even harder to find. Everyone has their own definition of what good music is and what is needed to create good music. I offer my humble opinion as both a musician and a common consumer of music: as a musician, i enjoy music that uses great technique and has just overall great musical work behind it, great dynamics, great tones, great rhythms, i love listening to bands with fantastic lead guitarists because hearing people who are so good is so enjoyable. Also music that goes a step outside of what is normal, abstract parts, abstract rhythms, anytime a song goes outside of a 4/4 beat and dares to be different, that is attractive. But also music needs a sense of simplicity, so much music today is “more is better, bigger is better, but that kills the authenticity and the creativity behind it, the best songs are ones where you can strip everything away but just a piano and vocal or acoustic guitar and vocal and it’ll still be a great song. Music is extremely intricate yet extremely simple. As a consumer, I think good music is music that speaks to you, everyone has songs that almost define them, songs that they come back to after and after again, songs you can never get tired of, songs that speak to your soul. But music is also fun, it can be loud and fast and enjoyable. Music is above all else, meant to express the deepest parts of our hearts, and good music is what does that.
