Anything that's non-repetitive and unique sounding. Not a song that just loops the same things over and over and over, which excludes the majority of trance, techno, several other genres, and most popular music.
However, I tend to contradict myself, even though I do believe in this, because I like metal so much I can't help but step it despite a lot of it being a bit repetitive and/or generic. Not all of it, though. Dream Theater, of course, is a great example of this, but most of they're stuff is a pain to sync. Most progressive metal is more interesting and provides much greater potential then, let's say, power metal. a.k.a. Dragonforce, haha.
Of course, I'm speaking solely about keyboard files. Almost anything can be turned into a pad file, and so, I don't really care what I step. As long as the song is awesome, and it's not to long.
Generally, I prefer to step metal, video game music, and orchestral/classical. |