You had me until this statement. I HATE HATE HATE when people say X is real music. There's not such thing as "real" or "fake" music.Just shut up and listen to real music instead of the garbage that the industry just pours down your throat.
As terrible as most of it is, mainstream music is still music whether or not it fits your personal taste. Saying to listen to real music is the same as telling someone that their opinion is wrong and your opinion is right. You wouldn't like it if someone came up to you and told you to stop listening to country because its garbage and listen to pop because its real music, so why would anyone feel they have the right to do the same to someone else?
Yes, it is sad that some people only listen to what's "in" or what's mainstream, but that does not make their choice in music any inferior than yours.