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When I was in elementary school (mid-late '90s) I mainly listened to country.

 

In middle school I mainly listened to rock/alternative/pop (late 90's-early 00's)

 

In high school I switched mainly to alternative/rock because of the rap invasion taking over the pop/rock station I liked. (early-mid 00's) :okiedokielokie:

 

From mid 00's to now I still mainly like alternative/rock, but have gotten into classic rock like Led Zepplin, Fleetwood Mac, The Beatles, etc. I also have more 80's music. Since the Mid 2000's I also have really come to like the British bands Coldplay (their older stuff- they've gotten REALLY lazy as of late IMO.), Keane, Blur, and Gorillaz. I've also come to like a little electronic music (Smoother stuff- Not dubstep/techno type stuff though.)

 

I've found that i don't care much for the newer country much  at all. Here in the US it's the fastest growing Genre. It all seems to sound the same to me kind of like a "droan" and doesn't have much variation or much high and low end range (vocally or instrumentally.) The country I liked  (and still do) from the 90's seems brighter and more interesting sounding to me.

 

Funny thing is at our cottage or camping people always want my iPod on at the fire, out of everyone else's phone/ iPod.

 

So how has your taste in music changed over the years?

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In 2010, I began to like a More extreme form of metal and over the years my tastes expanded in the Metal genres universe and I started to think about the evolution of the genres I like in metal in overall:

For Thrash Metal I think it's still alive, it does not sound like the great old 80's and 90's old-school style, but it's still enjoyable

For Death Metal I think it's the same, better the old-school way from the end of the 80's and 90's, but yet again still great today

For Black Metal same

For Progressive Metal I think it changed too much, in the 80's it was the greatest form of prog. metal that was played, but today the genre seems way to modernized, but luckily there are still some bands/artists/projects that have a decent type of playing whitout so much modernization.

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In Elementary, Rock N' Roll and Metal only

 

In High School, I added country onto the list.

 

Now, I listen to all three plus funk, punk, a bit of dubstep/electronic, a tiny bit of rap.

 

The very first song I ever heard was "Black Sabbath" by Black Sabbath.

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Kind of. When I was really young I didn't really listen to much of anything except the music in my video games. I was always dissatisfied with what I had heard everywhere else, though I didn't dislike it either.

 

Tried listening to some pop stations and the only things I really liked were songs like Headstrong by Trapt and whatnot.

 

In my teenage years I found Linkin Park and listened to music like that for awhile but it still wasn't enough.

 

Eventually I started venturing into heavy metal with stuff like Metallica. Now we were getting somewhere but none of the shit I could find through the radio was doing me any favors. Metallica, ACDC, Scorpions...none of these popular bands really did it for me. I started to give up on metal.

 

Then I arrived at the gates of heaven:

 

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This game introduced me to so many new bands and genres and the game itself kicked so much ass. I then began to really look for new stuff and I haven't stopped listening to metal since.

 

Skeletonwitch

Masterplan

Iced Earth

Nocturnal Rites

Thunderstone

Falconer

Scar Symmetry

Kiuas

Kamelot

Hammerfall

Black Majesty

Mindless Self Indulgence

Amon Amarth

 

I will never let go of the metal gods. They have brought me much joy and I'm always looking for new metal. :wub:

 

I also dabble in electronic genres as well though. Hardstyle, Trance, Jumpstyle...it's a relatively new experience for me but these genres have a way of pulling me in and not letting me go. Electronic music is music incarnate. Everything that music needs sans the traditional instruments. It's an amazing sound.

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Before I turned 12, I'd always listen to any sort of rock music. But after that, I'd mostly listen to pop music. However, in late 2010, I rediscovered rock music after stumbling upon a new Linkin Park song. I still liked pop, but it began to dwindle over the months, to which point, rock and metal would take up most of what I'd listen to.

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When I was little, like 4 or 5, I listened to a lot of country, apparently.  Up until I was about 13, I basically had no preference, I listened to anything, stuff my Mom liked (Classic rock- Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, The Beatles, etc.), stuff my sister liked (J-Pop, anime soundtracks, pop). I think there was a brief phase when I was 11 or 12 where I wanted to listen to rap a lot, but it didn't last long.  

 

I started to get into metal when I was 13 and I think the first metal band I liked was Metallica. They're still one of my favorites, especially their pre-Black Album stuff.  After I left high school, I lost interest in music until about 3 years ago, when I got out the iPod I got for my 15th birthday that had been sitting for like 4-5 years. I've always preferred stuff from bands that got big in the 80s, Metallica, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Dio, Ozzy, etc. but I've started to get more of it, albeit very slowly (I don't spend a lot of time looking for new music). I'm not as big on more modern stuff, and a lot of it has to do with me being picky about the vocals. If I don't like the singer's voice, then it's a no-go.

 

Re-listening to some Rammstein songs I liked in high school got me interested in them again, and in German-language and foreign-language metal as a whole.

 

As of late, my newest additions to my music library are a bit more... Russian.

 

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At some point I should probably get some more music in a language that I can actually understand. Maybe later.

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As a child, I began to listen to Rock and Roll music, mainly because my father was a huge fan for it at the time.

 

After that, I kind of dwindled away from that, and started listening to techno/electronica music. 

 

One day, my father asked me what kind of music I liked, and I said metal, because I didn't want to make him ashamed of me (this was around 6th-7th grade).

 

Then, shortly after that, I actually began to pick up Rock and Roll/Metal again, and began to like it.

 

I now continue to listen to it, and punk music as well.

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I can't remember the exact years, but I started out with liking video game/movie scores and some songs that show up in some of the movies/video games/TV shows I like. I remember things from The Legend of Zelda and Indiana Jones in particular.

 

I then started listening to things like Coldplay, U2, Snow Patrol, Five for Fighting, and basically just a lot of Alt. Rock.

 

I got a little tired of that kind of music though, so I started listening to Prog. Rock (e.g. Pink Floyd, Yes, and Rush). I also got into more experimental things like later Radiohead.

 

I eventually started listening to more electronic music, specifically Electro and Progressive House, but then I moved on to Melodic Dubstep.

 

Currently, I've been listening to a lot of Gorillaz which includes genres like Experimental, Rock, Electronic, and Hip-Hop. I also enjoy synthpop, ambient, post-rock, and bouncier genres of Electronic like Glitch Hop, Trance, and Trap.

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If it sounds good, I listen to it. I hate most rap songs, with a few exceptions. When I was younger i mainly listened to rock or pop songs, but now I listen to all types of music except country (I never have liked that an I never will)

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Not really, I've always preferred electronic music and video games OST.

When I was ~13 I used to listen to rock music, but it was mostly because all my friends preferred this genre.

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I never listened to music in elementary until the last year. In the last year of middle I had a few songs from shows or other things that were mostly pop, rock, and country I think. By the last year of middle school I started listening to music from games, more shows, fandom made music, and a couple other random songs. By high school I listened to even more if all those things and I also found MonsterCat in which I now listen to Electro, Nu Disco, and House in addition to what I already listened to. I grew more and more passionate about music over the years. I didn't even listen to it nor care about it in elementary but now I not only listen to tons but I also practice singing.

 

So, pretty big change I think. ^^

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I started off with pop, classical and electronic.

 

I've kind of ditched pop and I rarely listen to classical so I just listen to electronic.

 

Right now I'm starting to also get into rock and rap.

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Ooooh this is a fun topic. Here's my usual tl;dr post! Get ready for my musical autobiography. xD

 

Growing up, I recall very little exposure to music independently. So I grew up with what my parents listened to, 70s and 80s mainly. Some 90s thrown in, since it was the 90s. lol

 

It wouldn't really be until middle school that I would start listening to music myself. At that time (early 2000s) I listened to what was on the radio. I remember really liking pop rock artists like Michelle Branch, Vanessa Carlton, and even Avril Lavigne (she doesn't appeal to me anymore.).

 

In 2004, there was a shift. I started out listening to modern radio just as before. However, I think it was then that the radio station I listened to either started playing a lot of rap (not for me), or became a dance music station. I then switched back to one of the stations that I listened to growing up, that played love songs from mainly the 70s and 80s (some 60s, too). Although I still liked the modern music that I liked (mainly 3 Doors Down and Michelle Branch at that point), I began to move away. It was then that I fell in love with 70s music. Many of the soft rock and soul artists I love today I discovered then.

 

In terms of pop music, from late 2004 to mid 2007, I began listening exclusively to the music above. I loved soft rock like Bread, America, Eagles, and Jim Croce especially. I still do!

 

Somewhere in 2005 I found an interest in classical music. I largely associate it with my interest in starting to play the bassoon. In the beginning it was mainly Baroque and Classical.

 

In mid-2007 my pop music interests moved toward including more rockier artists like Boston and Foreigner (from before the 80s lol), as I found a Classic Rock station I listened to. Although in early 2008, I found another station that played a mix of Classic Rock and Oldies, mainly from the 60s and 70s. That really began to shape my current love for the 60s/70s. It was then I was introduced to Chicago beyond If You Leave Me Now and their 80s hits. (I had heard early Chicago before, and liked it, but that was back during the early 00s and it was my parents' CD). Chicago became my favorite band at this time.

 

I still hadn't broke back through to modern artists, but listening more to hard rock as opposed to only soft rock was a shift for me, as I had become rather snobbish during the three years beforehand, and called all loud and/or modern music "noise", sticking with soft rock and classical. =/

 

In 2010, I had another important shift. This one is hard to describe... It might make more sense if I described what had been happening in my life since 2007, but this isn't the time or place! During that time I had listened to music almost solely for nostalgia, thus while I was adding new artists and bands from the 60s/70s to my library, I didn't really explore them beyond what was on the radio, and, in fact, it had always been this way. During that time I began recognizing what it was I liked in music, and began wanting to explore beyond, and the internet really helped me. So I started exploring all of my favorite artists' music and beyond. I emphasize, started.

 

I also was opened back up to modern music. One of my friends introduced me to Streetlight Manifesto in late 2009. My first reaction was "OMG... It has wind instruments, but... It's so loud. I want to like them, but they're noise." It doesn't help that my friend told me that the band's genre was 'Ska', which he described as a combination of punk, reggae, and some jazz. Punk was noise to me. Reggae was completely unappealing to me. The jazz (and wind instruments, of course) was the only part I was interested in... And the only part that got me keep trying to open my mind for them. And eventually I did, and it opened my mind to more modern music. In particular, I started listening to punk music. lol

 

Back to the classical end, the class of Music Theory IV introduced me to French Impressionism, which I really liked. I also took a Music History course in 2010 which made me interested in Early Music. So whereas beforehand I was exclusively Baroque and Classical, now I shifted toward the opposite 'poles', of Early Music and Impressionism... Although they aren't really 'poles' (I'd think it would be better to say that Baroque/Classical and Atonal are more opposites lol), I like to think of them that way. I don't know why.

 

My most recent developments in music tastes have mostly just been expanding outward from (and within) bands and artists I like... Explaining my recent interest in more Brass Rock and Soul/R&B. But most importantly in late 2013, I discovered Folk. In the very beginning it was the Indie Folk band Fleet Foxes. I don't even remember how I came upon them. Lol. But it was that little bit of sprinkling of elements of early music in some of their songs that caught my eye. I then discovered British Folk and the rest is history there. =P

 

Um... I think this has gone on long enough. lol

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Ooooh this is a fun topic. Here's my usual tl;dr post! Get ready for my musical autobiography. xD

 

I enjoy reading well written long posts, as I tend to have many long posts myself.   ;)

 

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To save myself from getting overly detailed... I'll quote my response to a different thread that was about music - it's relevant enough - in this spoiler:
 

 

 

Good question.

Let me start by saying: Music is music.  One can only give their personal opinion about what they like and dislike.  Therefore it is but a mere personal opinion when someone says that new music is bad.  It is erroneous for a person to declare that such an era of music sucks in general because if it exists and other people like it, it cannot logically be bad in general.  It can only be one's own opinion to say that they do not like it.

Now, for my own view on music:

Personally, I listen to mostly rock music from the late 80s, all throughout the 90s, and into the early 00s.  I love Nu Metal and Alternative Rock.  My personal favorite bands are, in no specific order: Adema, Korn, Linkin Park, Stone Temple Pilots, Nirvana, and many others.

Now, just because I like those bands from that era, doesn't mean I don't like other music.  I have older parents who introduced me to many other kinds of music from many eras.  I like music from many older bands and artists such as: Johnny Cash, The Beatles, The Who, The Beach Boys, Aerosmith, Guns N Roses, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and many other bands from years before I was born.

I also like a few oddball other bands/artists from genres that don't quite match my usual tastes: Eiffel 65, Alanis Morissette, Jamey Johnson, Pentatonix, Ellie Goulding, Skrillex, and many others.

Of course I can also mention some artists from our very own fandom such as DJ Pon3, Rabies Bun, and a few others.

I have a wide array of music that I like.  Of course there are a few that I don't like, but that's to be expected.

So, is new music bad?  No.  Do I like it?  Some of it.  

And lastly, to the original question: Why do people complain about "how bad music is today?"

Because they don't like it.  Lol, it's that simple.  Deal with it.

If you don't like hearing it, quit listening to them.

 

 

 

 



~ Miles

 

 


 

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I would have been able to make a long post for this if I had ever actually gone through much change, but truthfully... I haven't.  

Here's my simple music-change history:

When I was really little and up until I was in 4th grade, I listened to whatever mom and dad played.  Mom usually played either 80's rock music, or 90's pop music; dad played a variety of older music, but mostly it was 60's and 70's rock that I heard him play.  

 

Then came the first major change... Before 5th grade, I typically wouldn't listen to full albums, but more just random songs.  Well, one night when I was in 5th grade, I heard a song playing on VH1 that just sparked something inside me.  It was "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day.  

From 5th grade up until 8th grade, I was hooked on Green Day... lmao.  Two albums - International Superhits and American Idiot - I listened to them all the time.

Then, after having felt like I wanted a new favorite band for while, a friend turned on a song by Linkin Park, it was "Faint."

From 8th grade to 10th grade (sophomore high school), Linkin Park was my new favorite band.  I downloaded their full discography, hahaha... And still to today I love them.

(This paragraph and the next will take place simultaneously), In the middle of high school and through to the end, I opened up to more than just rock music, though rock has and likely always shall remain my favorite.  I got into Skrillex a little bit, as well as some other Dubstep-ish music. 

My junior year of high school I got into alot more grunge and nu-metal... and other late 80's into the mid 90's alternative kinds of rock bands... (see quote in spoiler above)... Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Korn, etc.  

So, by senior year of high school... my favorite bands - in order - would have been: Linkin Park, Nirvana, Korn, and STP.

 

(Before I get to college, I'd like to say one thing: my father is a part time DJ - plays music for parties and such, but not an actual "disc jockey" lol - on the weekends... though he does it much much less now than he used to.  Anyway, he's played music from pretty much any genre imaginable, though not everything.  So, I like some country.  Some.  Lol.  But anywho - he has been doing that since before I was born, so you can be sure that I've heard a lot of different kinds of music throughout my life - but again I must say, I like my rock music.)

My freshman year of college... a new friend played music from a band I'd never heard of - Adema.  I instantly fell in love with them.  Like I had done previously with Linkin Park, Nirvana, STP, and Korn, I downloaded Adema's discography.  

Now, as a sophomore in college... my favorite bands, in order, are: Adema, Korn, Linkin Park, Nirvana, STP, and a few others.

*Note: Obviously I can't name ALL the bands I like, as there are many other bands I've listened to.  I just named the ones that I like the most, and listen to the most.

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And now you know my music history.  :icwudt: 

~ Miles

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I first got into video game music.  Until I was ridiculed for it in middle school.  Then I gave rock a try; particularly liked Led Zep and Ozzy.  Gave J-pop and jazz a listen somewhere between sixteen and twenty.  Decided to check out this Bach fellow in my twenties.  So now I might listen to / appreciate J.S. Bach, instrumental jazz, video game music, J-pop, and rock. xD  If I mixed all my tracks into one playlist, you would hear everything from Bach's Prelude and Fugue in A minor (BWV 543) to Kyary Pamyu Pamyu's "Cherry Bonbon" to Led Zep's "Dancing Days" to Keiko Matsui's "Dragon Wings" to "Bloody Tears" from Castlevania II: Simon's Quest.  To...  Scissor Sisters.  I really like Scissor Sisters, actually. x )

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Sort of.

 

I grew up listening to bands like ICP, System of a Down, Korn, Linkin Park, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Creed, Alter Bridge, Nirvana, and so on. I essentially listened to mostly rock-rap, nu-metal, metal, grunge, punk, and alternative.

 

As I've grown older, while I still keep my roots and continue to listen to all the previously mentioned bands (plus I've expanded into other similar bands, such as Audioslave, Seether, Staind, Bayside, etc), I have since branched out and dabble in more forms of rap and electronic music.

 

I now enjoy artists such as Daisuke Tanabe, Ace Hood, Kanye West, DJ Pon-3 (brony artist), Pusha T, Chance the Rapper, Lil Wayne, and various other scattered artists and songs in their respective genres.

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To save myself loosing fingers from typing a massive paragraph I will just make it short and sweet.
I started out like most common teens these days, I like Dubstep, that was it, but my taste evolved after listening to my brothers band on Youtube.
Chase the Morning, there a Punk Rock kinda band, this made me like Punk in general, and that made me like Rock, Jazz, and other music types.
So yeah, started out as Dubstep and now it's pretty much anything!

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Oh definitely. I used to just listen to whatever was on the radio, but over the years I started to branch out more. I wasn't interested in foreign language music at this time a couple years ago, since I just didn't know about it.

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As a child, I listened to whatever was on the radio and usually was totally fine with whatever came on, save for perhaps a few songs. So pretty much I grew up with Christian/alternative and country. That slowly but surely changed to rap and pop music when we moved away from my grandparents' area, and once I started using the internet at the young age of 7 I'd get in to a lot of electronic and rock, and eventually metal. Right now I listen to pretty much anything, with exceptions of course. I don't hate genres, just songs and artists.

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Definitely. When I was growing up, I pretty much listened to whatever my parents would put on the radio. That means lots of reggae, R&B. There was also the popular hip hop songs of the time too and the old hip hop hits.

 

Eventually my brother would bug me into listening to some songs he liked. Which led to the more rock-esque type of songs. That was around middle school or so, I believe. So in addition to popular hip hop songs, I now listened to some selections from Linkin Park, and System of a Down, and Gorillaz and such.

 

It wasn't until High School where I really started to pick up my own songs to listen to. I got my saxophone right before now and started to play all the songs I loved from the games I played at the time. I also got really into my own animes at the time too, started storing those songs. So at that point I got into the J pop genre and really started to love instrumentals (It's so saddening that so little of my family has any real appreciation for music without words. It's pretty much just my dad and his jazz; just "standard" jazz really). 

 

Somewhere in the middle of high school, I also hit the Dubstep phase. I know, I know. I was crazy.  :adorkable:

That did lead me to EDM though. I started using internet radio more at the time and fell in love with Drum n Bass. From there, I picked up nu jazz and liquid funk and here I am today.

 

So the final score? Well, I pretty much like everything I've picked up, besides reggae and the vast majority of R&B. Though, I guess I don't put enough effort into the rock genres to really figure out which are the ones for me.

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When I was very young, my parents made me listen to classical music and that started my lifelong love of music! :pinkie: (Hey, it pays off, so make your kids listen to it!) 

In elementary school, I pretty much only listened to pop because that's what "cool kids" listen to. B)

In middle school I started switching over to alternative rock,which I still enjoy. :)  

Now that I'm in high school, I still listen to a lot of alternative rock, and I started liking EDM, J-pop, Vocaloid, and a bit of metal.  :yay:

Ooh, and I have always, always, always loved classic rock!  :wub:

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