i love music... and my taste in music has evolved over the years. i grew up on 90's alternative: third eye blind, red hot chili peppers, stone temple pilots, soundgarden, etc... and i still love it (especially TEB!).
late in high school and into college, i got on the christian music kick; and anything that wasn't 'christian' wasn't worth listening to.
now, i've come to ignore 'labels,' such as christian, when it comes to music. music is an art form. i believe in a creator of all things, thus also creating this form of expression... and i believe that it was meant to be a good thing. so if music is 'good' (i suppose that depends on the opinion of the listener), then it is of God, in my opinion. there is a lot of great music out there, no matter the label placed upon it; people using their talents and creating something beautiful from nothing... that is what God had in mind (at least in my mind). there is also a lot of bad music out there, including christian and secular music.
over the years i have tried to outline what makes music 'good' to me. i hope you can do the same for yourself... i'm not trying to persuade anyone to like 'my kind' of music. here is my criteria for music these days. a piece of work must not fit all of these for me to consider it worthwhile; it only has to meet one. but more than one is a super-bonus!
1. CREATIVE: music must be creative, either musically (melody, progressions, movements, etc.) or lyrically (poetic, witty, even persuasive). [the album leaf, future of forestry, relient k, come to mind for me].
2. PLEASANT SOUNDING: simply put, if a tune is pleasing to my ear, then i am a fan and it is a good piece of work.
3. PASSIONATE: you can usually tell if a song or album was born out of something real, with a certain passion behind it. i am a fan of eminem's "when i'm gone," his 'farewell' song. it overflows with passion that has been brewing for some time.
this obviously isn't an all-inclusive list... and it will probably evolve as time progresses... but that's it for now.
