Doghouse
Super Member
I like jazz trios.
This from my teens in the fifties.
and this more recently, but still a while ago. I play my CD quite frequently.
Getting older - Did your music taste change? I think mine is starting to. why?
- Thread starter jobrewer1983
- Start date
I like jazz trios.
This from my teens in the fifties.
and this more recently, but still a while ago. I play my CD quite frequently.
Well, my tolerance for modern day (c)Rap and other defecate has lessened . . . . Does that count?
Yea i fee the same, while I do like a lot of vintage hip hop from the 90's not a big fan of modern Rap.
Its funny to see multiple folks claim they dislike Rap music, I am the same.
Last edited:
maxhifi
Addicted Member
This is a well known phenomenon, so well known in fact, that AI had a great explanation -
AI Overview
Data analysis and user data from streaming platforms show that people tend to stop actively exploring and listening to new music around 30 to 33 years old.
The Timeline of Musical Taste
AI Overview
Data analysis and user data from streaming platforms show that people tend to stop actively exploring and listening to new music around 30 to 33 years old.
The Timeline of Musical Taste
- Formative Years (Ages 13–18): Musical tastes cement during adolescence. Studies show that songs popular during these early teen years leave the deepest imprint on long-term preferences.
- Peak Discovery (Age 24): Data indicates active searching for new artists and weekly tracks reaches its high point in the mid-20s.
- The Taste Freeze (Ages 30–33): Streaming data analysis suggests the average person's musical curiosity drops significantly by age 30 to 33, after which listening habits default to familiar favorites.
- Brain Development and Memory: The brain links music heard during youth to intense emotional spikes and nostalgia.
- Life Changes: Busy schedules from careers and raising children leave less free time for active music searching.
- Auditory Fatigue: Some research suggests older ears process complex, unfamiliar rhythmic patterns and chord changes with less ease, making new songs sound alike.
I get it. It's like being hungry but not wanting to eat anything you can think of.
There is also the idea of 'who you are' you are a music lover so why would you not enjoy music??! It can really mess with your self image.
I am a musician. That being said, I have had a few times in my life where I could not find any inspiration. It is disturbing. During these times I have also been disillusioned with other artists and seen the whole endeavor to be frivolous. Like I said, disturbing. Then the guitar and Piano collect some dust and one day I find myself playing and listening again. So far I have always come back to music, but maybe with new reasons. Instead of being young with something to prove with innovation and/or perfection, I maybe move to focusing more on the emotion of the music, other times the sheer therapy of it. Motivations change.
Don't let yourself worry to much about it. Appetite is not always in your control. If your tastes or reasons change in your listening, I think that is natural. My guess is that you will come back to your enjoyment with time.
If you want to try to kickstart your passion instead of just waiting for it's return. Go see some live local music. That has helped me before. Not a big show, just a small show where the musicians are just there because they love and enjoy it.
There is also the idea of 'who you are' you are a music lover so why would you not enjoy music??! It can really mess with your self image.
I am a musician. That being said, I have had a few times in my life where I could not find any inspiration. It is disturbing. During these times I have also been disillusioned with other artists and seen the whole endeavor to be frivolous. Like I said, disturbing. Then the guitar and Piano collect some dust and one day I find myself playing and listening again. So far I have always come back to music, but maybe with new reasons. Instead of being young with something to prove with innovation and/or perfection, I maybe move to focusing more on the emotion of the music, other times the sheer therapy of it. Motivations change.
Don't let yourself worry to much about it. Appetite is not always in your control. If your tastes or reasons change in your listening, I think that is natural. My guess is that you will come back to your enjoyment with time.
If you want to try to kickstart your passion instead of just waiting for it's return. Go see some live local music. That has helped me before. Not a big show, just a small show where the musicians are just there because they love and enjoy it.
I have yet to get bored with my music selections. Most of the older stuff I listen to takes me back to younger days....and I like reminiscing. I listen to very little new music. I have no interest in most of it. Rap doesn't work for me......I can't deal with most of the lyrics, and I am an OLD SAILOR!New country is just rap about cows. I will admit, some new artists, and I use that term very loosely, have sparked my interest. But not enough for me to throw away my Hair Band albums!! SO I guess I am an old stuck in the mud, gonna listen to Fooled Around and Fell in Love and remember the HS girls!
I agree, I just don't relate to modern Rap music. Just not my thing. I do like a lot of older stuff, but the modern stuff just seems to filthy for me. Im totally ok with music being explicit that is fine, but when it gets to a point where its just filth set to music I tune out. Its not always rap either, there are some rock songs like this too.
I had a member in this thread try to troll me over this exact topic, and to me his comments say more about him then it does about any ones choice in music. Not everyone has to like the same thing, and if someone dislikes something you like, its not personal its just one preference. Its not personal. I never push my music on others, so really not sure why he insists I like what he likes.
I made this thread so that folks can talk about how their music taste has changed as they aged, yet I had/have folks trying to tell me I was wrong and what I should listen to. Same member today said he was going to "Ignore me" over my music choice. Called me a boomer, and said he was going to block me. I reported the post and just let it go. For one I am not a boomer, and 2, I realize that he may feel I am attacking his style of music. Anyone with a set of eye balls can read this entire thread and see what is going on. Im not trying to cause any issues, I just want to talk music and how its changed for me and others is all.
Anyway back to the topic at hand, So I picked up a few new albums yesterday, ones that I assumed would be off putting to me due to the fact that they were Nu-Metal. I picked up Manson's new album, and The Deftones Around the Fur album.
The Manson Album was actually really good, had his more pop/metal sound than his screaming sound. I am a big Manson fan, this album sounds more like his early stuff like the "eat me drink me" album.
I assumed I would not be able to take it for long but i actually finished the album and really liked it. (ill post a few pix)
The Deftones on the other hand I could listen to "My own summer" and "Be Quiet and Drive" All the rest of the tracks was hard for me to get through. When I was a teen I would blast that album like there was no tomorrow, I know it like the back of my hand, yet I cant seem to stand it now.
Something in me has shifted, Ive been learning that the shift has me listening to more instrumental, and Jazz and blues. I have been going down the road of classical again too. Soft rock, and R&B, and oldies seem to hit the spot for me. Also have really been getting into Louis Prima. Not sure why but have really been feeling his vibes. I think I played "Want to be like you" the song he did for the Jungle Book a million times over the last few weeks. IKD what it is but that is one swanky track if you ask me!
Good info Max, and good to see ya on!
I wonder if this is only streaming or if it includes physical media too. While some of it seems to be true, I was still searching for new music in my 40s and still do today. What i search for is different tho.
Ive been using a lot of YouTube lately and listening to old concerts and old live recordings. For example I love Elvis, but never really got into his live stuff but lately i have really been getting into his old concerts, the live in Hawaii is fantastic.
In my 20s i would have never been able to sit and watch the whole show, but just this past weekend that is what I did.
THAT IS EXACTALLY HOW I FEEL!!!
"I get it. It's like being hungry but not wanting to eat anything you can think of".
par4ken
Active Member
What is wrong with being a boomer?
maxhifi
Addicted Member
From a more personal perspective, I would say musical taste certainly changes over time. For example, I didn't know a lot about electronic music in my 20s, but I quite enjoy it now. I never realized how good of a singer, and entertainer Frank Sinatra was either, I thought of him more as my grandparents music. I can also understand why you'd want to hear Elvis.
As a young person, I didn't know a lot about classical music either, but after attending a lot of concerts and learning about it, it changed my perspective. Same thing with jazz... live jazz is so much more exciting and dynamic than a lot of the recordings out there would ever suggest.
If you have an active interest, it's always possible to discover new things. One unlikely place you can expose yourself to new music, is radio. No, not the normal commercial radio, but college stations, public stations, and international stations via streaming. For example, I really like a lot of the music they play on BBC Radio 3, and I can stream it directly from my streamer. Even if you never listen to it twice, it's fun to hear something interesting and new via radio, and it puts an end to the netflix syndrome of being unable to pick something due to an overwhelming number of options.
IDK? Not sure why he said that, you will have to ask him. LOL
I love me some boomers if ya ask me, your generation is a good one and has a lot of great info to share to us xennials.
Nothing but respect for those who came before me!
I am one of those kind of people who do not really care about what you chose to listen to....if it sucks and you like it, so be it!
Humor....just laugh and move on.
Well said!
I totally agree about the radio, I actually listen to a lot of radio on my mono amps. I tend to listen to a lot of AM radio, there are a few shows I enjoy. One being "the old time radio hour" and I live a few blocks from SJSU so I can pick up the station really well. Every now and then you get someone playing death metal on it, but there is one DJ in the late evenings who plays a lot of really unique stuff, stuff i have to usually write down and google. She is only on once a week tho, her station name is Blue Something, Ive posted about her many times on AK. I am pretty active in the "what tuner are you listing to now"
I also use the FM Transceiver App on my phone, I can pick up any FM and AM station, and do use it often. Some times i like to listen to the FM stations where i grew up.
I am one of those kind of people who do not really care about what you chose to listen to....if it sucks and you like it, so be it!
Same, and I know you have seen my post in the music forums so you know I dont care LOL. Ill post Wilson Phillips and the Judds Christmas album in July. I have no music shame at all!
maxhifi
Addicted Member
Death metal can be awesome... I can't say I listen to it much these days, but if you have a system that can go loud, it's got a lot of raw energy. As a music scene it's kind of fun too. It always surprises me how meek, and frankly normal death metal singers sound when they're interviewed. Here music has more or less left AM radio in any meaningful way, which is a real shame, because I love old radios, but I have no interest in the talk stations that remain.
Yea i too love old radios, for me AM radio is calming. I listen to "Around the house" and a few other stations like "ESPN" and "the old time raido show" its on for an hour at 11PM on the weekends. They play old Si-Fi and Horror and comedy shows.
I also live DT San Jose so we have get a lot of good stations, even AM there are a lot of good investment shows in our area.
FM in our area is good, we have a lot of stations to choose from. A lot just play music on loop but there are a few stations still broadcasting live.
As for death metal, I agree, just hard for me to take any more. Was into a lot of metal in my 20s and 30s but I do not play it much any more. Ill paly some Ne-Metal but even that has been hard for me to get through.
i never really could get into death metal
anything where the "singing" sounds like vomiting in the toilet is too much for me, i don't care how killer the music is. i just can't get past the "vocals"
you should have a little bit anyway
my music tastes have never really changed. they have evolved. i think to change, i would have to start disliking stuff that i used to like and that has not really happened.
there are bands that i don't like anymore but the songs that i liked from them bands when i liked them, i still like.
i never really could get into death metal
anything where the "singing" sounds like vomiting in the toilet is too much for me, i don't care how killer the music is. i just can't get past the "vocals"
you should have a little bit anyway
my music tastes have never really changed. they have evolved. i think to change, i would have to start disliking stuff that i used to like and that has not really happened.
there are bands that i don't like anymore but the songs that i liked from them bands when i liked them, i still like.
LOL
Yea mine has changed, there are a few artists I dislike now, and some im starting to actually like...
As much as I hate to admit it, I am starting to like Dave "Kermit the frog" Matthews.
I have hated Dave Matthews for decades, but lately I cant seem to get enough of the music, his voice still drives me crazy but the music vibes are just to good. I guess i like the "Band" more in "Dave Matthews Band".
Hell you seen my playlist too....Hair Bands RULE!!! Then throw on some Motown/Philly sound.....
Last edited:
Yea i like a lot of the same stuff you do, I can do hair bands all day, throw in some collective soul and maybe some R&B and oldies and im good!
Lately I have been playing a lot of YouTube videos, IDK why i got hooked on old Stevie B tracks but it is what it is.
This is me in the evenings ^^^ LOL