The trouble with New Age music is that there's no evil in it.
Pop is totally results-oriented and there is a very strong feedback loop.
Anything popular is populist, and populist is rarely a good adjective.
Everything is an experiment until it has a deadline. That gives it a destination, context, and a reason.
Reggie Watts is a most unusual talent: a huge vocal range, a natural musicality, and a sidesplitting wit. Is he a comedian? A singer? A performance artist? I've seen him a few times since then and I still can't decide. Whatever, he ain't like nobody else.
I had a lot of trouble with engineers, because their whole background is learning from a functional point of view, and then learning how to perform that function.