Often musicians are pride of their own ability to turn specific styles and genres into wondrous art piece. The problem with that, in my opinion, is that limiting yourselves in specific genres kill your true potential of creativity. Like borders or genders, genres are construct that stop interactions between humanity and building cells jailing their own thought. These thoughts become perspectives that damage their own true self, and wrongly express their opinion.
Music affect by the same problem. We often told ourselves that classical is better than every other genres, but truth is classical is part of the problem. Genres are meaningless. There is no boundary in sound, and how it was formed.
Music is a form of language, and when we learn a new language, it changes the way your brain and thought functioning. Embrace the difference and dive into the new. Communication should be universal and should not be divided by culture, class, sex or race. Music is communication.
Be open mind on how you listen, play or write music.
It will enventually change the way you observe this world. Maybe even be more acceptance for fellow humans like me. We look different than you or live in a different world, doesn't mean we don't share the same world.
Be open. We are not your enemy.
Falsesouth
Some people are terrified to go out of their comfort zones in terms of genres, but I have started to embrace this fear a little. People like to develop skills in specific genres because they progress faster in producing songs of the genre; the key word is produce. It doesn't always inspire you when you 'produce' a piece based on your experience/knowledge alone.
I am not saying everyone can just love making all genres, because that is near impossible. But there are definitely amazing pieces from all genres out there (that most people can appreciate regardless of genre).
zybor (Updated )
Flexibility versus accessibility. Most people like to pick one, and forget that both intertwined. They are not much different. Learning a single genre may seem fast, but in long run it actually slows down your ability to express your skill and most problematic of all, your creativity.
Not to boast, using myself as an example. The time I wrote drum and bass was 1/100 the time I spent to learn music. Yet in unimaginably short time, I could turn a single genre into a fusion of many many styles and sounds. I was able to find my own unique voice, even in super generic genre like DnB. That's what I meant by opening mind.
It's like going to a buffet. Most choose to have beef steaks. But there are many other foods that equally delicious. And most important of all, you can mix them. Just like music.
But thank you for your response!