Brings back childhood memories. "I would like some milk... from the milk man's wife's tits." Unlike film, which I've just got into in the last three years, I've been dedicated to exploring music for most of my life. Playing classical piano since age 3 (still playing) and picked up a bunch of other instruments later on. Have been into just about every genre I can think of, at some point, and have an appreciation for virtually all kinds of music.
But ultimately my personal listening habits seem to have settled on:
1. Classical (from the romantic period), esp Chopin, Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky. These are mainly because they know how to write a compelling melody and were the best at writing piano concertos and solo piano stuff, in my opinion. And I'm biased like that.
2. Electronic dance music. This includes mainly trance, house and popular dance music, and also some of the faster-paced, well-produced, melodic hip-hop (no "dirty south"-style stuff, and nothing with a slow beat).
Mat Zo (and others) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYQrA_H_ ... re=related
Robyn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6ImxY6hnfA&ob=av2e
Snoop (Doggy) Dogg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1PVmANeyAg&ob=av3e
One of my favourite things about electronic dance music is that there is so much collaboration between artists, and that creators are constantly using other people's work to create new even better stuff. Nobody seems to sue each other, they just take what they want and create. Also there is so much that can be found in this genre on youtube alone, and many excellent professional-quality tracks produced by unknown amateurs on their computers/turntables/synthesizers at home.
