Top 10 Best Reasons to Like an Artist's Music

This is the base for every other reason one can have for liking the music an artist makes. Ultimately, the impression you have of the band/artist overall must be positive before you really find out why. You hear their music and it gets to you, and you want more.

Once the music starts, you can feel emotion in each note and second. For a more "serious" artist, it might be desire, misery, concern, or overwhelming beauty, amongst others. For simpler artists, it might be the sudden urge to dance or sing along.

Blues is the only music that has this effect on me.

Some artists and bands sing about what they feel and what they think, and that might as well be what you feel and think at the moment.

Sometimes, you simply enjoy that an artist is completely different to what you're used to, and offer something you have never heard before.

Whether you agree with their points of view, when an artist is 100% authentical, it almost always comes off as something positive compared to artists who simply deliver what others want to hear.

Never underestimate that aspect. When you want to hear several songs by one artist again and again and get hooked on their melodies and hum them all day, it is very likely you enjoy them simply for that.

Often, artists want to get a message across, and want people to re-think some of their opinions. And it often turns out that they are right. And when an artist has their heart in the right place, it's hard to hate on them.

Whether visceral and heartfelt, poetic and lyrically complex, or simply creative and fun - good lyrics can make an artists' music a lot more enjoyable. But sometimes I think people overrate them, and overhate songs with bad lyrics even though they are musically good.

You know, sometimes artists have limited technical ability and are flawed but the ambition and idea behind it is so exceptional and sympathetic that you still like them and support them.