Engagement on taste or what we enjoy 🦋

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This post is not about any particular song. Instead it hopes to stir engagement.

When you listen to music what do you pay more attention to? The lyrics or the musical elements such as tune, melody, harmony etc..

Do you listen with your eyes closed so that you can concentrate better or do you like to watch the musicians/singers?

What type of genre of music do you like?

What is it about that genre that you like?

Who are your favourite singers/musicians and why do you like them?

Have your taste and interest changed over time?

Does the music you listen to affect your mood?

Please feel free to add more questions to the list so that we can have more discussion on this post.

🦋 pay a lot of attention to the lyrics. 

🦋 like lyrics that are written like poems.  The poetry adds beauty to the lyrics.

🦋 also like  lyrics that convey a message. 🦋 Like to teach or write posts to bring out the message in songs.

Eg He's ain't heavy, he's my brother.

🦋 is a HSP or highly sensitive person. Emotions in songs affect me more than for most people. 🦋 can see hurts that are buried in the lyrics and how the song writer or singer is hurting to the extent of being suicidal. 🦋 have written several post of such songs eg  - Sometimes when we touch.  - Starry, starry night
When 🦋 was young I did not listen to classical music and did not pay that much attention to lyrics.

As a teenager, I developed a crush for 👩‍🔬C who enjoys classical music.

So I started to listen to classical music. Some of them are nice.

Among those composers that 🦋 enjoy are Mozart, Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, Strauss. Pieces that have catchy parts that is repeated is easy to remember eg Eine Kleine Natchmusik, Fur Elise, Blue Danube
As my brain is not a great as 👩‍🔬C's and able to fully appreciate classical music, I  started to listen intently to lyrics of songs rather than just shallowly enjoying the tune.

I did not appreciate Chopin and found him boring until many years later when I heard Tiffany Poon.

I became a fan of Tiffany and through her my enjoyment of classical music increased and widened to include more  composers.

Alice Sara Ott is another pianist that I like. Perhaps the reason why I prefer Tiffany and Alice to fantastic pianists like Lang Lang and Yuja Wang is their personalities that grabs me.

Violinists that I like include Cloe Chua, Karolina Protsenko, SoHyun KO. These 3 are young prodigies.  Others include Ray Chen, Hillary Han and the comedy duo, Two Set Violin.

Singers or bands that I like include Lobo, Carpenters, John Denver, Bee Gees, Abba and many more in the genre of pop music or soft rock

Gospel music is another genre I like as I pay attention to the lyrics. Gospel music ministers to my soul and spirit and is uplifting or comforting.

I do not enjoy hard rock, heavy metal, jazz or blues
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