How eclectic is your taste in music?

krimsonhead

Very cool- KC 50th in Oakland.

Happy Listening!

For me, music is an important part of life, a way to relax and unwind, cheer up, get aesthetic pleasure. But I always listen to different music, rock, pop, classics, it all depends on the mood. It happens that I don’t listen to music for a couple of days, just because I don’t want to.

+1 @edcyn

On a scale of 1-10 I am 10.   Will listen to anything at least once.

When I was younger, music appeared to be an enormous playground awaiting exploration. 

As I've aged, however, it's become very evident that the size of the playground is somewhat of a moot point, given the fact that my capacity for approaching and appreciating unfamiliar music is not only a significantly limiting factor but deeply ingrained. The origin/foundation of aesthetic preference is mysterious, whether we're talking music, food, poetry, dogs, cars, furniture or sexual partners. I watched a video yesterday by a guy who loves canned mackeral sandwiches. . .  but even more than mackeral sandwiches, he loves the bones, which he sets aside and hordes as a special treat. What's normal to him appears bizarre from my perspective. And no doubt, vice versa. 

I'd like to be able to assert that I'm open to anything but it's simply not true. The fact is, I avoid entire genres. 

I suppose what it comes down to is, I'd simply rather spend my listening time playing stuff I know will give me the maximum of pleasure.

This doesn't mean I've stopped discovering artists I like, however. It just means I tend to look for them in genres I already enjoy.