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I've literally hated one song, and then understood it months later and
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I've literally hated one song, and then understood it months later and
learned to love it. lol
so learned.
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its innate for me.....no matter how much of it I've heard.....i won't like it unless i like it
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I believe that taste in music is learned through surrounding and self willingness to be open if one is a lover of music. I personal whd sevral bands that I didn't like when I first heard them, but through constant trying to find new music I kept finding them and now they are my favorite band. I think learning taste in music is all about exposure.
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Bwaahaa! Have a friend who teaches Bollywood dance classes, which I *love love love.* Can (and have) listen to the Indian shitakke all day long. So fun and yummy.
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Bwaahaa! Have a friend who teaches Bollywood dance classes, which I *love love love.* Can (and have) listen to the Indian shitakke all day long. So fun and yummy.
Methinks we have an innate disdain for anything our parents like(d); musically or otherwise. My parents listened to the *really* crappy 50-60's western choral music, ala 'Sons of the Pioneers.' Makes my ears bleed just thinking about it. *shudder*
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Isn't it true that Gospel and Blues are yin and yang. Like them both, love blues more. What the hell would the world's music be without African Americans? That being true, if it is innate, then maybe it goes back to the birth of mankind. Kinda cool. If we thawed out an ancient, would he dig it?
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I think its a bit of both. I will always like metal, I liked that before I even cared about music. But I have learned to like Jazz, electronica and some country (classic stuffy, not this new age garbage)
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I read this thing once where they did a study and found out monkeys like music. The music they liked had completely different qualities to music we like, though. Like different rhythm or time signature or something like that.
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I read this thing once where they did a study and found out monkeys like music. The music they liked had completely different qualities to music we like, though. Like different rhythm or time signature or something like that.
So there's that.
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All I know is, I am 31 years young and my all time favorite band is The Beatles. Whether or not it has to do with my mom playing her vinyl every weekend I do not know.
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I think it is about 25% learned, 75% innate. However, innate means a legitimate exposure since a baby and you have been literally surrounded by it.
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I think it is about 25% learned, 75% innate. However, innate means a legitimate exposure since a baby and you have been literally surrounded by it.
Case it point, my folks loved both kinds of music: country and western. And today, those two music genres do not make throw up. It is not my first or second choice, but I am okay with it playing in the background.
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Innate ability to learn. To me, it can be broken down into three catagories. (and I am probably wrong)
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Innate ability to learn. To me, it can be broken down into three catagories. (and I am probably wrong)
1. Natural- for whatever reason a piece of music moves us to the point of chills in the spine, or to a point of nausea.
2. Purposeful positive- we choose to like a certain style of music to please a group of people, or to try and be something we are not, etc., etc.
3. Purposeful negative- we choose to not like a certain style of music because we don't like what is associated with that style of music, intelligence associated with the music, etc., etc.
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My vote goes for innate. I think your soul and rhythm predetermine what speaks to you and what moves you most.
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Reminds me of the line from Moonstruck about opera. 'Either you love it right away or the best that can happen is that you appreciate it' or somesuch. Not sure if that is entirely true about all music, but it may be pretty close, imo. I was exposed to classical music a small bit as a kid, but it took 'Amadeus' to grab me , many years later. Never knew blues much, but now it flips my switch. Danged if I know why. I'm just glad that I love it as I do. Come from a musical family(non pro), so maybe it's in the blood. Bizarrely, that love splits with my grandmother. Her sisters progeny are financially successful, but artistically barren. Millionaires who don't even have decent stereos,lol.
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Much of our response to music is how it matches our emotional responses. Music can be a reflection of our inner selves.
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Much of our response to music is how it matches our emotional responses. Music can be a reflection of our inner selves.
The sitar music used by Thievery Corporation; I love that. But I also love the thump in Rihanna's pop music. And the raw energy and raunchy humor in Reverend Horton Heat. And the amalgam of sound from Los Lobos. And the talent of Robert Randolf. Linkin Park. Korn. And the loudness of the Rebirth Brass Band. And the... well, you get the picture. I even like Taylor Swift for goodness sakes.
This also is in part a personality issue, IMO. Our tastes are acquired. What is more a part of our nature is whether or not we enjoy change, how adaptable we are. Music speaks to each of us. People choose to listen, or not.
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