Saturday 12 November 2022

What Your Music Collection Say's About You

I was emailed a Research Article regarding Musical Preferences which sounded interesting but as the very first paragraph included the formula S = (AQ-R-<AQ-R>)/150 & E = (EQ-<EQ>) /80, i decided to go straight to the Results section and it turns out that if we are one of those types of people who judge people by their musical tastes then well done because it turns we are right to as the kind of music we like is actually a pretty reliable reflection of us.
Whether it's assumptions about the intelligence of Country and Western fans or the working eardrums of Jazz fans, the research found that the likes of listeners to Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston or Celine Dion have an abundance of empathy while someone who prefers harder-edged, more rock orientated music is more of a logic-oriented person and open to try new experiences.
If you like Pop music and mostly listen to chart-topping pop songs then you are more likely to be extroverted, honest, hard-working and confident although less creative while Heavy Metal fans are actually a lot less aggressive than their T-Shirts would let on, they are gentle, intuitive, creative and introverted although they also tend to have lower self-esteem.
Hip-hop fans are outgoing, sociable confident, and show no higher propensity toward violence than anyone else while the much derided Country and Western fans are identified as hardworking, conventional, outgoing, right wing politically and emotionally stable although are less open to new experiences and a bit boring.
Fans of the indie genre registered as introverted, intellectual, and creative, but rather lazy and more anxious than fans of other styles but those who preferred dance music were typically outgoing, assertive, and open to experience but are not particularly gentle, thoughtful souls.
The genres which came out best were Classical, Jazz, Blues and Soul whose listeners are all introverted but at ease with themselves and the World while being very intelligent and creative whilst having a healthy amount of self-esteem.
Obviously this doesn't fit for every person, my old boss listened to nothing but Classical but you wouldn't trust her to sit the right way around on a toilet but if your record collection is full of Soul or Blues legends then you can consider yourself a decent, well rounded person but if you look and see an album by either Garth Brooks or Dolly Parton staring back at you, put it down to temporary insanity and slip them into a bin a safe distance from your home and let's never mention it again.

1 comment:

Liber - Latin for "The Free One" said...

it isn't "country and western". it is simply "country".