12/09: What Kind Of Music Do I Like?
This line of questioning has always been difficult for me to answer. It's actually easier for me to list off the genres that I don't like: country, rap, heavy metal....In the early years of my music purchasing, I bought very few tapes (oh yeah, pre-CD and back when CDs were too expensive for a poor teenage babysitter's wages) because the only way I could justify the purchase in my mind was if I like the majority of the songs. I tended to like soundtracks, for the variety offered. For this reason also, there were very few artists/bands that I could claim as a "favorite."
I listen to the radio more often than not. Top 40 radio. I know my mom has secretly been wishing that as I got older I would come over to the dark side and share her love of country music. I am pretty sure that's never going to happen.
Today I had a revelation, based upon an artist that I "discovered" recently: Matt Nathanson. I've heard his song
Come On, Get Higher on 101.5 lately and really liked it. So I downloaded the album and have really liked it. Upon further research via his Web site and various articles that compares him to other artists, I realized that the type of music that I like is "Cute Guy With A Guitar Who Writes His Own Music and is Prone to Coffee Shop Concerts" Yes that's a genre. Several of the articles compared him to Jason Mraz, Howie Day, John Mayer...all whom I enjoy. I would throw in Joshua Radin, as well. So I guess that's the kind of music I most enjoy: Sensitive, Somewhat-Dorky, Guitar Playing Hot Guy music.
I am so glad this mystery has finally been solved. Everyone can go about their business now.
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luos wrote: