What Counts as "Music?"

        One of the main things my dad and I argue about is our music tastes.  I am very mainstream.  I like Top 40, trap, and rap/hiphop.  My father on the other hand likes folk, classic rock, and bluegrass.  He always asks me "Why do you like this crap? It's not REAL music!"  And so the question dawned upon me.  WHAT IS MUSIC?  Some believe that "real music" is anything musical.  Some believe "real music" only was produced during a certain time period.  Some believe that "real music" is the stuff that they listen to and that's it.  But I believe that music is anything that the artist has created with some sort of emotion to motivate them.  If it's heart-break, happiness, or just the pure enjoyment of creating something musical.  I, also, believe that music is something that the listener is given something by it.  If it's a sense of relation, a message, or just an emotion (like joy or sadness)  And in conclusion, if the music is meaningful to someone.  That can be the artist or the listener.  It doesn't matter if someone doesn't constitute it as "real music," if it means something to you that's your "real music."