True, but if you start with an artist I like today, and work backwards through some of her influencers, I'm likely to find I like some of those. Then repeat. I may find myself liking, or at least appreciaing, one after another.

I enjoy blues. I started with curiosity about current sound tracks on popular movies and TV shows. Then I followed it back to it's roots in rudemantry instruments played by African Americans in the Deep South. That, in turn, can be traced back to the music of Africa mixed with American Folk.

I feel like I have a stronger appreciation when I learn it in reverse.

Of course, I am not learning it in order to get a full knowledge of it, rather, I am enjoying it in reverse.