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Old 09-20-2016, 07:36 PM   #129 (permalink)
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Here's my list of genres that I concentrate on. I put equal emphasis on collecting each category. They're divided up in idiosyncratic ways that reflect my preferences. There's some overlap because of this, and some genres are extremely broad. Each line is a category. The slashes on a line usually mean that I take turns between concentrating on each (so the first time through the list I'll do the leftmost genre on that line, then second time through, the second one on that line, etc.) The genres sharing a line I think of as related in some way, and in a couple cases, it's simply different names that more or less the same stuff is known by.

I like all of these genres equally, and because I collect them per this list, I pretty much listen to them equally, too:
  1. afro cuban jazz
  2. ambient/drone/noise
  3. art pop/sophistipop/zolo
  4. avant prog/RIO/zeuhl
  5. bluegrass
  6. blues
  7. blues rock/boogie rock
  8. broadway/showtunes
  9. bubblegum/teen pop/radio disney artists/top of billboard charts
  10. circus/carnival/mechanical music
  11. comedy stand-up/comedy music
  12. country/western
  13. country-rock/americana
  14. dance/disco/"club music" (all dance-oriented/club music in other words--IDM, house, techno, etc.)
  15. experimental
  16. folk/singer-songwriter
  17. funk
  18. fusion
  19. gospel
  20. hard rock
  21. hip-hop
  22. jazz
  23. latin
  24. metal
  25. modern classical (from the 20th century on)
  26. nu metal/groove metal/funk metal/rap metal/rap rock
  27. pop
  28. pre-baroque classical music
  29. pre-rock pop (pre 1956)/pre-British Invasion rock (through 1963)
  30. progressive rock
  31. punk rock
  32. psychedelic rock/psychedelic pop
  33. r&b
  34. reggae/dub
  35. rock
  36. soft rock/yacht rock
  37. soul
  38. southern rock
  39. western classical music
  40. world music
A lot on that list are just sub-genres, and sub-sub-genres. I get your point but I think a list like that doesn't necessarily means more "different" types of music, it's just more type of related music being listed. Say if I listed 80 genres, it doesn't mean I listen twice amount of different types of music than you do. I don't think it proves I am more open-minded, or I'm any better a music listener.

I've seen people on the internet say they only listen to ABBA or The Beatles, and in a way I am fascinated by that, not getting tired of hearing the same stuff constantly. I don't think I could restrict myself to one band. However they love ABBA or The Bealtes that much and that's all they want to listen to than all that counts is that they are listening to music they love to hear.


Spoiler for list:

  1. Jump Blues
  2. Western Swing
  3. New Orleans R&B
  4. Rock and Roll
  5. Rockabilly
  6. Instrumental Rock
  7. Surf
  8. Prat Rock
  9. British Invasion
  10. Beat music
  11. Tottenham Sound
  12. Garage Rock
  13. Baroque Rock
  14. Psychedelia
  15. Acid Rock
  16. Progressive Rock
  17. Acid Folk
  18. Folk Rock
  19. Folk-Jazz
  20. Avant-garde Folk
  21. Experimental Rock
  22. Blues Rock
  23. Hard Rock
  24. Detroit Rock
  25. Southern Rock
  26. Pub Rock
  27. Punk Rock
  28. Ant music
  29. New Wave
  30. Mod Revival
  31. NDW (Neue Deutsche Welle)
  32. Ska
  33. Rocksteady
  34. Reggae
  35. Dub
  36. Cold Wave
  37. Minimal Wave
  38. Hardcore Punk
  39. College Rock
  40. Dunedin Sound
  41. post-Hardcore
  42. Noise Rock
  43. Neo-psychedelia
  44. C-86
  45. Gothic Rock
  46. Jangle Pop
  47. Twee pop
  48. Brit Pop
  49. Shoegazing
  50. Dream Pop
  51. Electroclash
  52. Grunge
  53. Alt-Rock
  54. post-Rock
  55. Math Rock
  56. Post-Punk Revival
  57. Jazz
  58. West Coast
  59. Cool Jazz
  60. R&B
  61. Soul
  62. Philadelphia Soul
  63. Champagne Soul
  64. Funk
  65. Country Blues
  66. Piedmont Blues
  67. Delta Blues
  68. Louisiana Blues
  69. Electric Blues
  70. Exotica
  71. Bossa Nova
  72. Boogie-woogie
  73. Swing
  74. Be Bop
  75. Cool Jazz
  76. West Coast Jazz
  77. Appalachian Folk music
  78. American Folk Revival
  79. Bluegrass
  80. Old Timey

This is what I like to listen to, depending on my mood. I left out nonsense genres like proto-Punk, proto-Metal, Yatch Rock, Dad Rock, and Freakfolk, which I really don't listen to. I try to avoid the terms like indie, world music and Freakbeat, which I sometimes listen to. I don't care for the term "Twee" but I listed it anyway.
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