I enjoyed the topic of this week’s blog post because we can have more control over what we can write about. The article i chose really stood out for me.
Being a piano and viola player myself, I am very interested in music. I have always had a suspicion that people’s music preferences are related to their personalities, but this article confirms it. I can relate some of the music choices to my friends, and they really do listen to the type of music that supposedly defines them. I was somewhat surprised about the comment that heavy metal listeners are gentle and creative. I hate to admit to stereotyping, but i always thought they were louder and more arrogant or outgoing. I would also like to point out the second to last statement about the richer people always blasting the music at full volume from their convertibles, and the more financially challenged ones listening to relaxing music. This struck me as odd at first, because I when I picture the cars with loud music, I always see a teenager or someone in his twenties. Teenagers usually don’t have that high of a salary right? And the millionaires I always have in my mind are usually old and wealthy, but I see them listening to something like Mozart or Schumann. Also, the article seems to have contradicted itself. Earlier in the passage, it states that the wealthy ones like opera more. Although opera does not necessarily fall into the “relaxing sounds” category, I just don’t see it as the type of music that you blast from an expensive sports car. It was just something I felt like pointing out.
Although it was just a survey and a personality test, this study seems to have a lot of truth in it. It applies to a lot of my friends, although I can think of some people who are probably the opposite of what is said in this.
