I guess since I was a child I have always had a love in music. Unlike most of my peers in my community I did not grow up listening to old school rock, but I listened to more eletronica/techno stuff since that's what my mother exposed me to (major old eletronica/techno ). And over the years my music interest expanded rapidly! From rock to punk, from country to pop, from jazz to world! You name it I have probably heard of it and/or will like it.

But I suppose that confuses a lot of people. With a music library of over 9,000 songs (according to my itunes) people get really confused with me. To most people I look like your typical tom-boy type person. I don't really have a set style. I guess with the way I dress and act people thought I would listen to much more metal, scream-o, rap, and rock stuff. But when they get into my car and I'm blasting classical or country music they seriously make this face that is expressing utter confusion.

I get the, "You listen to this?!" a lot. Haha!

But it shows how much the media effects people.

So do you believe that the type of music you listen to helps defines you? Why or why not?

Hey No problem Crypster...I totally agree

Music is all about personal emotion, it can lift you when you are down, or calm you when your stressed ... 

So you keep playing your classical and country and keep getting your strange faces.... and I'll keep playing my club and techno and get the rest of the people to pull faces at me...

Chrissty

My opinion is that musical taste doesn't define a person.  It may be that someone listens to a certain genre because that's the musical "uniform" of their chosen fashion and that just defines them as being conformist, if not a little sad too.

It so much depends on how I feel.  But any given night a great sound, or an awesome performance will turn my head.

I think for certain people, their image will only allow them to listen to certain types of music and they expect the same thing from everyone else.  I get the same looks that you do.    I mostly listen to punk/rock/psychobilly, but even I have to admit to owning certain pop cds, loving classical, and you'll even find me listening to certain types of country music. 

I would only say that music defines a person only if they explicitly say something to that effect.

Mostly I listen to varying forms of rock, with some pop and metal in there. I don't believe that the songs I love define me per se, but there are certain aspects of each song I love that I hold dear and believe firmly in and/or can really relate to.

I subscribe to the belief that all music is far more than the sum of it's parts, and it's meaning for one person (for example the person who created it) could be astronomically different from it's meaning for someone else (a fan interpreting the music); consequently, it's difficult to say a certain genre or specific song "defines" a person, when there could be and are so many meanings inherent in the music itself.

But maybe that's just me. 

Tom Jones defines me, last time he played I had panties for the next year before I had to do laundry.