Differences in music taste in demographics.

HellCell · 08-01-2015, 12:38 PM

I'm curious. Let's start with men and women. Are there tendencies on what men like as opposed to women? Vice versa.
Well, obviously I'm sure there are, but what reasons specifically?

I remember back in high school we did a statistics poll for a project and we sampled a limited pool of genres. Like Rap, country, pop, rock, and classical.

The majority of girls picked pop. The majority of guys picked rock.
Which makes sense.

Or tell me what, is this question impossible to answer? I'd like to know. I just freaking want to know what people are drawn to.

RoxyRollah · 08-01-2015, 01:16 PM

Umm indie, rap, rock, country, avant garde, experimental, oldies, glam rock, grindcore, shoegaze, techno etc.

Pet_Sounds · 08-01-2015, 01:55 PM

I'm a 15-year-old boy who is (somewhat atypically) drawn to psychedelic pop/rock, folk (especially rockier stuff), classical (huge generalization, but whatever), glam rock, new wave, post-punk, experimental, indie, prog, ambient, etc.

Carpe Mortem · 08-01-2015, 02:48 PM

25 year old female. Like ambient ritual, lots of doom, black metal, psychadelic stuff, western/ southern tinged music, and a decent amount of orchestral work (soundtracks and scores) .

Most evident pattern in all my music is a certain dirtiness. I like things less than perfect, kinda slow and foreboding or mysterious in some way.

**Janszoon** · 08-01-2015, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by HellCell

I'm curious. Let's start with men and women. Are there tendencies on what men like as opposed to women? Vice versa.
Well, obviously I'm sure there are, but what reasons specifically?

I remember back in high school we did a statistics poll for a project and we sampled a limited pool of genres. Like Rap, country, pop, rock, and classical.

The majority of girls picked pop. The majority of guys picked rock.
Which makes sense.

Or tell me what, is this question impossible to answer? I'd like to know. I just freaking want to know what people are drawn to.

Are you looking for a discussion about why different groups have different preferences or did you want people to just list what they like, as the other replies have done?

ladyislingering · 08-01-2015, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by HellCell

I just freaking want to know what people are drawn to.

It's my 26th birthday on the 12th of this month.

(Everyone take note, thanks.)

I'm a lady. Actually, I'm the Lady. Know it, love it.

My favorite genres: classic rock, glam rock, eurodisco, glam rock, psychedelic rock, merseybeat, ye-ye, glam metal, synth pop, progressive rock and new wave.

Some loves of my life: Sparks, ABBA, T. Rex, David Bowie, Carpenters, Steely Dan, Alan Parsons Project, The Doors, The Beatles and Roxy Music.

innerspaceboy · 08-01-2015, 09:44 PM

My demographic: early 30s male upstate New Yorker, lower-middle class.

My favorite genres:

20th century music, early music, musique concrète, Berlin School /Deutsche elektronische / kosmische musik, bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, free jazz, third stream, music for films, pre-World War II ragtime, synth pop, big band, new wave, fusion, funk, rare groove, future Balearica, downtempo, shoegaze, minimalism, future-jazz, chillwave/blisscore, and most ambient subgenres (psybient, ambient techno, drone, etc).

Favorite Labels:

Blue Note, Deutsche Grammophon, FAX+49-69/450464, Ohr, Brain, ECM, Prospective 21e Siècle, Mute, ESP, Nonesuch, Vertigo, Command, XL Recordings, NinjaTune, Impotent Fury, 4MenWithBeards, MusiconVinyl, and Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs.

There is no shortage of studies on the musical preferences of various demographics. Here is one for example. What sort of information are you looking for?

Norg · 08-01-2015, 11:52 PM

im male

i like everything

I rock some backstreet boys to Berzeker to CLassical pretty much run the table

The Batlord · 08-02-2015, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by RoxyRollah

Umm indie, rap, rock, country, avant garde, experimental, oldies, glam rock, grindcore, shoegaze, techno etc.

Mr. Charlie · 08-02-2015, 06:29 AM

I suspect a whole lot of variables contribute to musical taste. The stuff our parents played when we were kids, where we live, our financial situation, our politics/philosophy, and many others, as well as age and sex.

08-01-2015, 12:38 PM	#1 (permalink)
HellCell Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 272	Differences in music taste in demographics. I'm curious. Let's start with men and women. Are there tendencies on what men like as opposed to women? Vice versa. Well, obviously I'm sure there are, but what reasons specifically? I remember back in high school we did a statistics poll for a project and we sampled a limited pool of genres. Like Rap, country, pop, rock, and classical. The majority of girls picked pop. The majority of guys picked rock. Which makes sense. Or tell me what, is this question impossible to answer? I'd like to know. I just freaking want to know what people are drawn to. __________________ http://www.last.fm/user/deannewb

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Pet_Sounds Remember the underscore Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: The other side Posts: 2,489	I'm a 15-year-old boy who is (somewhat atypically) drawn to psychedelic pop/rock, folk (especially rockier stuff), classical (huge generalization, but whatever), glam rock, new wave, post-punk, experimental, indie, prog, ambient, etc. __________________ Everybody's dying just to get the disease Last edited by Pet_Sounds; 08-01-2015 at 08:30 PM.

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Carpe Mortem Crusher of tiny Nords Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Ugly Bag of Mostly Water Posts: 1,363	25 year old female. Like ambient ritual, lots of doom, black metal, psychadelic stuff, western/ southern tinged music, and a decent amount of orchestral work (soundtracks and scores) . Most evident pattern in all my music is a certain dirtiness. I like things less than perfect, kinda slow and foreboding or mysterious in some way. __________________ [SIG][/SIG] Mirth is King Be Loving & Open With My Emotions

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Norg Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,344	im male i like everything I rock some backstreet boys to Berzeker to CLassical pretty much run the table

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Mr. Charlie Shoo Thoughts Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: These Mountains Posts: 2,308	I suspect a whole lot of variables contribute to musical taste. The stuff our parents played when we were kids, where we live, our financial situation, our politics/philosophy, and many others, as well as age and sex.