Classifying Sub Genre

Sub Genre Are a lesser category of the Main category for a genre. Sub Genre help us find a more specific versions of the music we are into. For example, Hip-Hop has a plentiful amount of genres mostly based on the style and region in which the music is coming from. An example of sub genres for hip-hip would be east coast, west cost, trap, and dirty south. These are just a few in that category. Sub genres can branch out to even more distinct styles of the overall genre. Its kind alike splitting  atoms except at the center of the nucleus there is a hipster in a coffee shop telling you how he was listening to west coast based indie folk before it was cool (I liked blind pilot before they stopped using bikes to tour).

So, when is there a time when sub genres become there own respected Genre on its own? Good question Bri-Guy, but stop thinking out loud I’m trying to write my blog entry. There are a few things that actor into a sub genre becoming its own genre. A big factor is the size of fan base of a genre. For example, Grunge exploded in the early 90’s and because of its very large fan base for a unique sound it broke off from rock and became its own style. Often times, when a genre becomes mainstream and sometimes monotonous genres will break off and and form to keep the lineage fresh. The 2000’s saw that with the appearance of Alternative music from Rock with bands ranging in style from the in your face Rise Against to the folksy style of the Shins. Music Genre is an interpretation of our own minds, its less black and white and more of a huge color pallet making a awesome big picture made up of tinier awesome pictures.