country has its moments. just like everything else, there's good country and bad country. Chet Atkins, for instance, is f'n amazing.
I've been playing for ~10 years now. Went to music school for 2 years, which completely stressed me out, so i went into computer science. Anyway, my musical interests range from 70's jazz-rock, to prog rock, to cheesy piano pop... and also some electronic influences.