Outsider music is music performed either by social outsiders, who have no or few associates in the mainstream music business, or by musicians who choose to live and work in seclusion, often due to compromising behavioral or psychological conditions. Outside music reflects these conditions in various ways. Lyrics are often bizarre or emotionally stark and songs show a great ignorance or disregard for structural conventions or popular trends in mainstream music. Also, outsider musicians frequently have no formal training and/or significant music skills in the traditional sense. The end result is music that is much stranger and more abrasive than more popular musical styles. Outsider music is a form of outsider art.

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Articles in category "Outsider music"

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Outsider music A Hasil Adkins B Syd Barrett Y. Bhekhirst C Cherry Sisters D Del Rubio triplets E Roky Erickson H William Hung

J Jandek Florence Foster Jenkins Daniel Johnston L Legendary Stardust Cowboy List of outsider musicians M Joe Meek Mrs. Miller Moondog P Lucia Pamela

P cont. Harry Partch Eilert Pilarm S The Shaggs Shooby Taylor Jared Smith T Tiny Tim W Wild Man Fischer William Shatner's version of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" Wesley Willis