In order for me to say what my music culture is, first I must define the concept of music culture in my own words. Essentially, I take music culture to mean the type of music that surrounds me in my situations, not necessarily the generic music in local places, but the music that the people around me listen to and what I prefer to listen to. With that, my music culture is diverse. Starting with the influences from my parents, well, both of them are young, like barely mid-30s, so they are more open to different types of music that some older parents would not. For instances, I grew up, meaning below 10, through my mother listening to the glam/arena rock groups of the 70s and 80s, Poison, Foreigner, Motley Crue, Kiss, etc… along with some popular R&B/rap hits of the era. My mother also listened to a lot of country music so by default I did too and still do; my favorite artists were Reba, Garth Brooks and Shania Twain. I still occasionally listen to country music and have some favorites, but it is not necessarily my favorite genre. From my father I received more hard rock, heavier music such as Metallic, Megadeth, Slayer, etc… My father also helped influence my likes of 50s and 60s music like Buddy Holly and Janis Joplin. So from their influences and my favorites from that I have developed my music culture which consist of those but includes other areas like alternative, grunge, indie, soft rock and R&B/hip-hop. Most often I learn about the music I listen to through word of mouth. Since music is generally a universal object in our society, conversations can be led there very often. I also like to listen to the songs on my favorite TV shows, the best show I have found for new or rising artist is Grey's Anatomy. I have found several great bands through watching that show, and it's a good show. Almost always, when looking for a particular band, other bands that are similar or in the same genre pop up, so it is almost like an endless loop of discovery.
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Very cool way of saying how you find music. Because it is laways a new unending discovery.
ReplyDeleteI also love finding music through TV shows! The people behind Gossip Girl generally play music I already like or start me off to finding a new band. That's cool that you were influenced by your parents in really different ways. My parents are private about their music tastes.
ReplyDeleteIt's definitely a big role that younger parents can play in shaping/contributing to our music choice because the gap isn't quite so big. I can relate to your parents having such an influence on the music that is a part of your musical culture.
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