Mainstream music is catchy. Annoying. Corny. Doesn't always require talent. Repetitive.
I mainly like mainstream music when I'm at a party or at a lounge. It's great stuff to sing along and dance to when you're out with friends looking to have a good time. Though I am (and will continue to be) a Britney Spears fan, I don't buy into mainstream very much. There's a lot of raw talent out there that I would rather go in search of than to turn on the radio and let them dictate what I'm gonna hear. I can't stand it when people say they love music but all they listen to is what's on the radio. Or what's playing when they go to a club. Many times it's not even what a musician puts out as a single that is their best work, but a song that gets neglected on their album because it won't market well.
Mainstream music is what people listen to because it "has a good beat." I'm much more interested in the words, and the emotions conveyed in the song. I'm a poet at heart so a good beat can only take me so far. And that's why I've stopped listening to anything Pitbull says in any song he is featured on. I can only take so much nonsense and empty words at a time; for example in J. Lo's "On The Floor."
As much as I would love Robyn to be as successful in the US as she has been in other countries, I would never want her music to go mainstream. Going mainstream lessens the quality of music. Back when the Black Eyed Peas were just three guys rapping they showed much more talent than after they added Fergie and started doing Pop music. Don't get me wrong, I have been jamming and jumping up and down to their music lately..but I don't call myself a fan.
My favorite artists are the ones who sell out smaller arenas. And play free concerts that are crowded but won't cause a riot.
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