en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 60 http://www.audioscrobbler.net/data/webservices http://www.last.fm/user/Randwer/journal The Last.fm journal for Randwer. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. http://www.last.fm/user/Randwer/journal/2011/09/30/4qr0zi_the_interface_of_musical_taste Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:14:30 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Randwer/journal/2011/09/30/4qr0zi_the_interface_of_musical_taste I wondered for a while, about my personal preferences aka my musical taste.
Whether it was the circumstance, that I like the works of artists which are very different from each other, or the fact that I rarely like music from artists announced as similar as my favourites, I am not sure.
Nevertheless I pondered for a while about the nature of my taste and the way it is formed.
As software engineer, I'm prone to use technical terms. So if you read this, please be lenient with me, concerning the language.

My conclusion so far is, that the interface of my musical taste has three main parameters. These are mind, soul and body, or in even more physical terms head, heart and belly.

To match my taste a title must attract me by one of these methods at least, and it should not repel me on either way.

So, having a lot of entirely different artists among our favourites, we should not fear that that might be a mark of schizophrenia. The works just approach our tastes by a different method. :-)]]>