Has anyone ever tried to hook you up with people based on music taste??

**Janszoon** · 07-15-2010, 07:27 AM

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What actually qualifies someone as a genuine music lover? I've always found it to be a bit perplexing as to where the line is drawn exactly.

There is no line, it's all completely relative. I'm just talking about my personal experience relative to my own level of music interest.

bannister · 07-15-2010, 07:36 AM

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One thing that's kind of fascinating to me in this conversation is the number of guys talking about dating women who are really into music. No offense to any of the women present but in my experience women who are as into music as I am are very few and far between. For whatever reason, being a massive music geek seems to be largely a guy thing. When I was out there dating I honestly never was with anyone who was super into music. There were a couple punk/hardcore scenester-types but I don't really think of people like as being into music, they're more into the scene than anything else.

It's a fairly even split, in my experience.

I know lots of women who are really interested in music, and it's not just "scenester" types either. In fact, one of my best friends (female) is a music major in her second year of college, and a self-professed audiophile with a wall full of vinyl and shockingly diverse music tastes. Likewise, I know plenty of men who could fit within that criteria as well.

Although, what the hell do I know. I'm female, and I suppose I'd qualify as a scenester type myself. :P

**Janszoon** · 07-15-2010, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by bannister

It's a fairly even split, in my experience.

I know lots of women who are really interested in music, and it's not just "scenester" types either. In fact, one of my best friends (female) is a music major in her second year of college, and a self-professed audiophile with a wall full of vinyl and shockingly diverse music tastes. Likewise, I know plenty of men who could fit within that criteria as well.

Although, what the hell do I know. I'm female, and I suppose I'd qualify as a scenester type myself. :P

That's good to hear. How old is she? Maybe it's a generational thing.

Seltzer · 07-15-2010, 07:53 AM

To be honest, I've met very few women who are full blown music geeks and that does make me a little sad. Having said that, I don't consider music taste a requirement for friendships/relationships... after all, one of my mates listens to nothing but power metal, a whole group of my mates worship Dream Theater, and a couple of my other mates are obsessed with Bon Jovi

But I suppose compatibility of music habits/tastes can only help... and I'd love to meet a Bowie fanatic of the opposite sex

bannister · 07-15-2010, 07:56 AM

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That's good to hear. How old is she? Maybe it's a generational thing.

She's 20. It could maybe a generational thing, or it could be that my city has a higher concentration of people who are obsessed with music... I dunno.

Interesting, though.

**Janszoon** · 07-15-2010, 08:02 AM

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She's 20. It could maybe a generational thing, or it could be that my city has a higher concentration of people who are obsessed with music... I dunno.

Could be... except I too have lived in the bay area.

Astronomer · 07-15-2010, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Seltzer

To be honest, I've met very few women who are full blown music geeks and that does make me a little sad. Having said that, I don't consider music taste a requirement for friendships/relationships... after all, one of my mates listens to nothing but power metal, a whole group of my mates worship Dream Theater, and a couple of my other mates are obsessed with Bon Jovi

But I suppose compatibility of music habits/tastes can only help... and I'd love to meet a Bowie fanatic of the opposite sex

Coincidentally, I know a female Bowie fanatic who lives in Auckland... but she's taken, and she is also fanatical about Lady Gaga.

Dr.Seussicide · 07-15-2010, 08:06 AM

Well... I've never really found anyone with my taste where I live

**Janszoon** · 07-15-2010, 08:18 AM

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Well... I've never really found anyone with my taste where I live

To be fair, there aren't that many people in that van down by the river.

Dr.Seussicide · 07-15-2010, 08:21 AM

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To be fair, there aren't that many people in that van down by the river.

You'd be surprised

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