Folkcafe
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I consider myself fortunate that I grew up in a house with a large variety of music. My dad listened to old school country, bluegrass and Acadian music. My older sisters went through everything from the Beatles, Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Carly Simon, just about everything popular from the 50's through 70's. They would move on from one and I'd get all the hand me downs.
As a result, I listen to a vast array of different styles and genres. I have a friend that is the same age, and he is really locked into such a small musical world from our teenage years.
When I worked at Bose, one of my coworker's job was to audition music for licensure. Yep, his job was to listen to music all day long. Record labels would send releases and he would go through them and catalog the quality of production, sonic clarity and fidelity. He said there were many days where it was surprisingly difficult. There is plenty of music out there and a lot of it might not be in your taste of music. When he retired, I got a copy of his master spreadsheet from more than 30 years of doing this work. I ran across it recently and it got me thinking about this.
So how adventurous are you guys musically? Do you think you could do my buddy Bob's old job? Listening to everything from classical to music from all over the globe or are you one of those that are locked into a narrow world of music?
As a result, I listen to a vast array of different styles and genres. I have a friend that is the same age, and he is really locked into such a small musical world from our teenage years.
When I worked at Bose, one of my coworker's job was to audition music for licensure. Yep, his job was to listen to music all day long. Record labels would send releases and he would go through them and catalog the quality of production, sonic clarity and fidelity. He said there were many days where it was surprisingly difficult. There is plenty of music out there and a lot of it might not be in your taste of music. When he retired, I got a copy of his master spreadsheet from more than 30 years of doing this work. I ran across it recently and it got me thinking about this.
So how adventurous are you guys musically? Do you think you could do my buddy Bob's old job? Listening to everything from classical to music from all over the globe or are you one of those that are locked into a narrow world of music?