I’ve wondered recently if “What is a band you’ve gotten into recently?” might be a better question than “What type of music do you like?”

Eclectic.

I could break it down into genres I don't like, but I think developing better music taste means not confining yourself to a specific genre.

Listening to too much 2010's EDM that follows the same old formula made me realize variety is the spice of music.

It's only the ones I like until I get tired of them and my tastes change completely.

"Oh you should totally check out so n so, it'll be right up your alley"

=> tends to be music that I don't like.

Sometimes people ask me what sort of music I like.

The first few times I tried hard to list all the genres - then I realized that it's all bullshit; now I always answer: "can't narrow it down other than I like good music."

If I had to choose between attending a local punk concert and a local classical concert though - I'd choose the punk concert, without hesitation.

I've struggled to find some kind of logic or way to describe this to folks that doesn't make me sound like a snob, but also avoids making me sound like a casual listener that listens to everything at the surface level.

My musical grounding is certainly a mix of post hardcore and prog metal, but over the years I have come to love music for all the forms it can take, and I've found songs or artists I truly love in a wide array of genres, eras and languages, to the exclusion of maybe modern country.

mfers that say they like all kinds of music when I play Agoraphobic Anal Prolapse x Christian Fetus Evisceration

I like the music which is good.

I like a lot of different kinds of music, but I think I've broken it down to one main factor: how cool is the bass line?

Also, horn sections will always win me over.

yeah. holding to one type you miss s lot of good harmonies

It's really weird for me to have a music type, like, do you really listen to such a narrow selection of song or only language you know of? To me if the vibe is right the vibe is right, i don't care if i don't understand it.

Devo once described themselves as the sound of things falling apart. That is pretty much my genre: falling apart, being ripped apart, or smashed to bits. If you can describe a song that way, I'll probably like it.

That's pretty much mine, too: I like what I like, and I don't like what I don't like. What's a genre?

Valid, I've heard more songs that I liked than songs I didn't

This is called "eclectic" if the reason its hard to answer is because there's lots of variety

Main selling point for me is BPM; songs need to have some pace to them to keep my interest. Slower songs have to work a lot harder to achieve the same.

You know what, fuck it. This should be how everyone’s music taste develops. There’s way too much good music out there to lock yourself into a few genres.

I “like” whatever made the charts for long enough, because by now they have a feeling of nostalgia. Other than that, there is actually a very short list of songs or artists I like, and they are all over the place. Some weird metal, some techno, lots of classical, some old ballads…