To me, REAL music is that wich makes me feel other sensations than usually. OR: amplifyes my mood.
Real music is that wierd feeling of happyness in your stomack when you are raving.
If something I listen to for some reason doesn't inflict anything upon me, (Like most Metal). Then it's just some people casting away some notes.

I personally really don't care whether the musicians are "talented" or not, if it is great, you'll know it.

I can listen to "20 Hz" by "Capricorn" and "What is Life" by "Aqualite" forever even though they are incredibly repetitous and consist of simple melodies.

They're two of my favorites for these reasons:
Uplift, danceability, energy, "Explain What Life Is!", rave!, drug effect, clean ugly sound.... Not because the melodys are high and migthy ambitous.

If the sound gets to me it's music otherwise it's a waste of time and I turn down my speakers or skip it.
It's really hard to explain isn't it?
Sincerely Dj Chriss
http://djchriss.has.it