Confessions Of An Audiophile

Over the past few days I have been going through my extensive collection of music, and believe me, it's extensive. If you listened to every CD I have consecutively, you'd be listening to music for over a month straight.

While going through my collection I realized something. I don't seem to stick to one specific genre of music and stay there. I have a little bit of everything. Rap, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Pop, Funk, Ska, Jazz, Country, Classical and the list of genres goes on and on. When it comes to music, I guess I keep a very open mind. I don't automatically think that because a piece of music is from a specific genre, or from a specific time period that it's terrible and I shouldn't listen to it. Music is like my life force. I play musical instruments, and have for most of my life. If I didn't have music in my life, I think I'd absolutely go crazy! When someone says "Music saves", in my case, it's true :)

Now, with all that said, we come to the point of this post. Due to the fact I listen to so many different genres naturally I'm going to encounter people who don't share my love for a particular piece of music. I can respect that, everyone's taste in music is subjective, like personal definitions of words or senses of humor. I guess where I get annoyed is when a piece of music isn't given a chance because of the genre it belongs to, or the time period it came from. Just because a piece of music doesn't sit somewhere in this weeks Much Music Top 40, does not mean it's not a good piece of music. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with the music that appears in that list, but there is so much music out there that will never make it there that is worth listening to. If people would just open their minds and their ears a little more and just give something different a chance maybe they could discover something new to enjoy.