The point I'm trying to emphasize is that following corporate following corporate companies filled with trendsetting propaganda is not going to get you anywhere. A person really has to dig deep to the underground world of music. Observing underground musicians is a totally different experience. For example, Ben Harper, who is not a famous man to the MTV scene. If you get a chance to hear his music though, you'll really get a nice view of how hard people try and how they really get their views out in different way.
People usually get the totally wrong idea of musical styles when it comes to mainstream music.
Just because the lead singer of Sugar Ray has his hair spiked up like Vanilla Ice, gives no intention that he is setting the new ska wave. Just because some girl with a dot on her head wearing plaid and a guy toots a trumpet for one note does not mean that they have sent ska to the mainstream spotlights. Now you can probably guess who is going to have a better time that night. My point, if I made sense in this little shindig, is that people should really open up their minds to underground music. Trust me, you'll meet some very interesting people, you'll have some really good times, and in the long run, you'll save some money.