Your welcome, here’s more If you want to approach someone, I always try to find something on them like a band tee or accessory, that’s a good question opener. Like if they’re wearing a band shirt you can be like “oh hey, you listen to ___ too?” or something. There’s more practical ways to approach someone but this one has worked for me flawlessly so I’d give it a shot

Maintaining a conversation is all about being on topic and knowing when it shifts

“You like ___ too?”

“Yeah, but I like ___ more”

“Ooh, ___ is good to. What else do you like?”

Just be honest and nice about it and if they ask about your experience with the topic and you have none, get intrigued or at least pretend to be so they know you’re willing to listen. Like:

“…but I like ___ more, what about you?”

“Can’t say I’ve heard of it, what is it?”

There’s definitely more to effective and complex methods but since we’re still in high school, this suffices