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Some people like classical music, others like rap, others rock. There are so many other genres and sub-genres to those genres. Some people prefer heavy beats, others despise beats altogether. For some people, it's necessary that a song have lyrics. To others, the music is more important. Some people need to hear a guitar, while others enjoy simple piano melodies. And there are more subtle variations I don't know if I'm capable of recognising consciously. |
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Some people just have a natural propensity to be wrong. |
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I like this topic. We all have undergone a variety of outside influences that has contributed to our personal preferences which molds our personalities. Everyone has different taste and no two people will have the exact same taste in everything. I think the largest influence would be one in part, the cultural/social environment an individual is raised within. (hence the term, "I was raised on this type of music") It is that very same environment that supplies the meaning to the variety of genres we have (or don't have) for the individual listener. However, a diverse set of factors also contributes a major part in shaping who we are and underlining our taste preferences. (i.e, cultural identity, age, peers, background, social environment and a variety of personal experiences that relates to certain stages and events that has played major influential factors in our lives which has significant meaning to us). Considering personality types are not mutually exclusive, most of us are a complex combination of many many traits and these traits overlap each other and each exerts a certain influence over us and the result is the infinite variety of preferences we see and our eventually exposed to shaping more of our personality and taste. |
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However I do believe 2 people with the same personality type might not like the same type of music either. I guess it depends heavily on what type of music you came in contact first, what music you grew up listening to, and probably what you are looking for in a music too. |
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I believe one of the biggest factors in choosing music, for a lot of people, is social stigma. When I was younger, I showed metal to my brother, and he never really commented on the actual music, he focused much more on things like what the artists looked like and what the fanbase is like. I've found exactly the same trend in a friend of mine as well. When I mention Slayer, he immediately goes on about how all fans of Slayer are 12 year olds. |
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I think most of it is in some sort of social context. What your group of friends shares to be "cool" and how you interpret the lyrics to relate to your life are important factors in what you would like in music. I noticed that if someone shares a band with me that I wouldn't otherwise have really liked finding on my own and puts it in a certain context like "imagine this when your listening to it" or just indirectly, it puts life into it, and I enjoy the actual music more than I would have otherwise. It seems to be common that bands have an obvious turn-off trait to the average listener, and the only way you can really access the music is to get over this by some sort of context. I got over metal vocals early because my group of friends were metal heads, and there was a sort of esoteric appeal to it I guess. Once I got over the vocals in this context, and even started liking it, the music was open for untainted observation. There are horrible metal bands, many, but the good ones have some seriously awesome instrumental work in all dynamics and very profound lyrics. I also listen to a lot of progressive rock, which is another good example. The high pitched voice of bands like Rush and Yes definitely turned me off when I first heard them, but after reading the lyrics I couldn't look back, now they're some of my favorite bands lol. Sharing in Xei's attitude a little bit, I do often think there is an objective aspect to it. Some music is actually music... actual melodies, dynamical and well thought out compositions, while other "music" is just beats and excessively repetitive lyrics that seem like pure reptilian brain products lol. To answer your question, I think it's mostly about how you interpret the music to relate to your own life and a sort of objectiveness that the artist inevitably reveals about themselves in their creations that resonate with you. |
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Last edited by Wayfaerer; 12-28-2011 at 07:34 PM.
I can tell if I like a type of music from what I grew up on and what's familiar, but I do find myself liking songs that I wouldn't consider my music genre. If a song strikes an emotional spark in me...I like it...I don't really know if it has to do with randomness or personalities, but a part of it must. Maybe it goes beyond that. We are all unique. Maybe it's more than a brain thing. Maybe there doesn't have to be an explanation for it. |
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Personally, I grew up on "gangsta rap" and hardcore hip hop. I was exposed to the likes of N.W.A, Tupac, Wu Tang Clan, etc at a very early age since that's what all my older cousins were listening to and we all hung out a lot. I picked up on what they were into and kind of went with the flow. Listening to rock was kind of frowned upon because it was "for the white folks" according to everyone I knew so I didn't really get into that because of the social stigma (although I did kind of like Nirvana and Korn). |
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I agree to some extent. As Wayfaerer said, some songs just aren't very well thought-out, are too simple, are not really music. But even while considering only music that is well thought-out, people will have different preferences. I often see comments on youtube videos that go something like "anyone who doesn't like this song has no soul," and I understand entirely where they're coming from. Some songs sound so incredible to me, I can't imagine that a human who experiences emotion anything like that which I experience could possibly dislike it. But it happens. And I've felt that about songs which I eventually stop liking. |
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Last edited by Dianeva; 12-29-2011 at 11:08 AM.
I think music preference stems from how its perceived. A culmination of the factors that everyone has been naming off leads up to the final perception. I personally don't pay attention to the fanbase or the artist, it just happens to be the case more often that the same artist(s) happen to make more quality music in comparison to others, which leads me to explore more of their albums than others. For the most part, I like music on a song-based level. I can hate a band almost entirely but still like one or two of their songs, they could even be my favourite songs. For the most part I don't dislike music based on genre, but generally I can't stand country, nor can I stand christian rock. For me, the more modern the music, the more obscure the artist tends to be. Popular songs usually sound like garbage to me, in most cases if I happen to like one, it's only saving grace is that it's catchy and nothing more. Ever increasingly the "popular" songs seem to get worse and worse to me--something that I hated that I would hear on the radio two years ago I would listen to in a heartbeat over what is playing now. Good music is being made, but it isn't being listened to by mainstream society, which I am perfectly okay with. The further music gets back though, I tend to like the bands you usually hear things about, though still some more obscure ones here and there. I also really enjoy classical music. |
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With a large dose of cynicism (as well as a childhood filled with music-related things, learning instruments, being in choir and band, etc.) I cannot stand hearing music that is autotuned to make someone sound "good." There's something about the robotic nature of it that irks me, it's obnoxious and makes me sad that people with REAL talent are overlooked for autotuners. To me, it's lying/cheating (others may disagree.) |
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I think most of the applications of autotune we're familiar with are pretty obnoxious, but then there's always that possibility that something can be put in a very unique direction. Here's an example, you might not have heard anything like this before. It's heavily autotuned but I thinj it's kinda nice. Then again I can see how someone would find it super-obnoxious. |
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Last edited by IndieAnthias; 01-03-2012 at 02:41 PM.
That's not bad, actually. Because it's not being used to fake anything. (I figured out another thing that bugs me... when you can tell they "edit" out breathing. Breathing is part of speaking/singing, so hearing it just makes it sound ... complete to me. Otherwise it feels a little emptier.) |
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Once my band has completed our first Dub-Rock album, this thread will be irrelevant for there will be but one good genre of music. |
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Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.
I grew up on my dad's collection of classic rock, and I still have a special taste for that kind of music, but not as much as I used to. More than genres, though, I like music that actually goes somewhere throughout the songs, ie, more than 3 or 4 chords repeating over and over again. Billy Joel is great with this, probably because he is so influenced by classical music, which goes all over the place. My dad never really liked Billy Joel so I never grew up listening to him (except on the radio sometimes), but now I'm hooked, so I don't think social/environmental factors contribute much ultimately to your musical tastes. I like all kinds of electronic music as well. To me, lyrics are of little importance compared to the music (well, some importance). |
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I also like when songs 'go somewhere' |
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