Different Music Tastes

I really liked exploring the idea of how different genres of music may sound the same to one person while also being diverse and interesting to another and why that may be. I think that Professor McGrath input that was along the lines of “with familiarity comes noticing those kinds of differences” helped me better conceptualize and make sense of why this might be. When we talked about this in class, I realized how true this idea is due to my own likes and dislikes have changed throughout the years. When I was younger, I listened to country music all the time because that’s what my mom liked. I rarely listened to modern hip-hop, but when I did I didn’t like it and it all sounded the same. Now that I’m older, I listen to all kinds of music that I wasn’t exposed to as often when I was younger and they no longer sound the same like they did when I was less accustomed to listening to them. Now, I don’t listen to country as often and they somewhat run together. It’s interesting how the tables can turn. It’s also scary to think that many people do this everyday except with people, cultures, etc. I think familiarizing one’s self with other cultures is crucial to understand and appreciate other people as well as to get along better with people that may be very different from you. I really believe that this is something America as a whole struggles with. This causes lots of problems because we have so many unique and diverse peoples in this country.