If Mozart was ever asked this of his music, I wonder if he would have said something exotic, like "the sound of a waterfall hitting a cliff wall" or "tears on loaf of bread" or "kind of like Handel". It is a fair question and a difficult one to answer, regardless of if someone is trying to play rock, metal or whatever. For an artist or composer to commit to making the comparison it puts them at risk of sounding more advanced or developed from a successful career standpoint than they are, yet it provides a reference point for the person asking the question to decide whether or not to give the music a listen, even if they don't outright say that. I think if one dodges that question altogether it could ruin the chances of getting someone to listen so I always give a whack at it...even if it comes out as being borderline faux hipster like "it sounds like Sargent Pepper got Pet Sounds pregnant" or "it's like Jimmy Buffett meets Warren Buffett". If you really have to give that one a straight answer I'd just say play the averages and be like...."Celine Dion" or "Guns and Roses"....or both! Anyway, I guess it's human nature or force of habit to want to categorize things. For an artist this serves as a benefit, if for no other reason, to know what direction to point potential long term listeners, your crowd, to find out how to access the music and possibly buy it or see a concert or both or neither, even if you don't outright say that. There are no stupid questions.
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