Music taste vs personality type

I think that the general population could be described as "putting on the radio and then forgetting about it, and not even caring or knowing who is playing as long as it doesn't get on their nerves". Therefore, the percentage they constitute of any radio stations numbers are a sign that audience numbers are not representative or "hard core" fans of the genre or music classification.
I.E. - mainstream radio success means little as far as actually building a lasting career. Compare to the music genres outside this so-called mainstream - Alt-Country, Prog, Bluegrass, whatever ... and the acts that have been around for a decade or so, yet never get to make the charts or the covers of the various music media.
Lucinda WIlliams, the Flower Kings, Del McCoury, and many others make a living because of fans, i.e. people who care about the music their idols make.
And this survey does not differentiate betwen the avid and casual music listener.

I guess my self-esteem is high as f**king hell.

Henry Plainview wrote: The problem with this is that a few weeks ago I saw a similar study that said jazz fans were loners, not outgoing. And how can almost everyone be "creative"? It sounds to me like everyone wants to think of themselves as creative, but I haven't met very many truly creative people.

Not that I believe in this tests accuracy, or that musiclisteners only listen to one genre. But its not that weird that listening to all kinds of genres also suggests a complex (schizophrenic) personality. Its possible to feel both outgoing and introvert and have both low and high selfesteem, no?

And I'd think that if you gather all the blues, jazz, classical, opera, soul, metal, indie, bollywood, (Ok, and I can't explain why dance is included) fans, it might only cover about 5 - 10% of the world's population.  Chartpop and Rap could very well cover as much as 70-80% alone. I guess most people not really that interested in music, would be closer to answering chart pop (as in whatever is on the radio) than jazz or classical.

sleeper wrote: Probably because it covers the general pointlessness of research polls.

Yeah, you could probably tear the methodology of the survey to shreds if you wanted to.

Luke. J wrote: If I relied on this test, my diagnosis would be at least fourfold schizophrenia. I had a low and a high self-esteem, am out-going and not outgoing, gentle, not gentle, creative, hard-working, not hard-working and at ease.

If I relied on this test, my diagnosis would be at least fourfold schizophrenia. I had a low and a high self-esteem, am out-going and not outgoing, gentle, not gentle, creative, hard-working, not hard-working and at ease.

Slartibartfast wrote: What if you like both jazz and indie?  Does the high and low self esteem cancel each other out?

Yes, and you're left in a catatonic stupour with no opinion on yourself or the world around you at all, going by this study's logic..

sleeper wrote: ^Birminghams Broad Street on a Friday night when the clubs close is a war zone for piss heads, so that doesnt surprise me at all.

Nor me, although there is dance music and there is 'Dance Music' if you know what I mean..

The techno/Hard House clubs I used to frequent in the early to mid 90's, were 100% trouble free. It probably had something to do with the fact that the people were off their barnets on pills...and I dont mean Holsten Pills. Thats the difference.


The above is not advocating drug use, it's merely an obseravtion of reality.

^Birminghams Broad Street on a Friday night when the clubs close is a war zone for piss heads, so that doesnt surprise me at all.

fandango wrote: Blacksword wrote: Apparently there are simularities in the personalities of fans of classical music and fans of heavy metal. Both are said to be 'creative' and 'at ease with themselves' but 'not outgoing' Music taste vs personality I guess we all knew this anyway, and it's a bit of a generalisation, but an interesting study nonetheless..   Prog Metal and Classical are my two favourite forms of music, Andy...in fact they are by far and away the two forms of music I listen to most these days...and I have to say I'm most of the things listed by Alan...

The description for rock is quite accurate for me too, although I would say I am fairly outgoing.

I'm certainly a layabout waiting to happen....