Types and music preference
Hello people, I have talked to people about the music they like, and I have noticed a few things.
Examples of people:
For me, ISTp, the lyrics arent very important, its the overall sound of the song, I like 'atmospheric' sounding music
An INTj I know also dosent concentrate on the lyrics but the sound
An ENFp I have known for a while concentrates a lot on the lyrics, considers it what music is really about, likes rap music.
An ESTp I have known since I was a ickle, likes rock and heavy music, also like 'strong' dance music
Ok, thinking about other people and their types I think it goes something like this:
Si - lyrics not important, likes music which has a calm atmospheric effect on the inner state.
Se - lyrics and sound both important, likes strong music thats gets you pumped up.
Ti - lyrics not important, likes mainstream music and old classic songs
Te - lyrics and sound both important, likes mainstream music and old classic songs
Ni - dont know any :(
Ne - lyrics important sound not so much, likes music that has impactful lyrics that make sense and are about something recognisable
Fi - dont know :(
Fe - lyrics and sound both important, like mainstream stuff and popular music
These are guesses, I dont know if music style and type are very well correlated, and people usually have a strong like for music that was in their era, when they were teenagers or early twenties, but maybe there is a bit of a link to type. I find it interesting though that some people really listen to the words and judge a song quite heavily on the quality of the words, as its something I dont really consider.
Any thoughts??
Re: Types and music preference
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Hello people, I have talked to people about the music they like, and I have noticed a few things.
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An INTj I know also dosent concentrate on the lyrics but the sound
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Ti - lyrics not important, likes mainstream music and old classic songs
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Ne - lyrics important sound not so much, likes music that has impactful lyrics that make sense and are about something recognisable
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These are guesses, I dont know if music style and type are very well correlated, and people usually have a strong like for music that was in their era, when they were teenagers or early twenties, but maybe there is a bit of a link to type. I find it interesting though that some people really listen to the words and judge a song quite heavily on the quality of the words, as its something I dont really consider.
Any thoughts??
So Ti is less about lyrics, but Ne is about lyrics? Makes being into music as a TiNe or NeTi kind of hard does it not? And your description of Ne may work for those with Fi in their ego, but not necessarily Ti.
But my main genres of music come from Classic Rock, Contemporary Indie, and some off-centered anime music for something different. But I do not think that the information elements are necessarily about lyrics vs. sound as much as what the song itself does or appeals to the person. For example, Ne may not be so much about lyrics as it is about a different sort of unique sound while Ti manifests itself as the repeating pattern, rhythm or structure of the music.
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Fi - dont know :(
I think :Fi: got to do with how my personal experiences relate to the lyrics and melody of the song.
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An ESTp I have known since I was a ickle, likes rock and heavy music, also like 'strong' dance music
For me, it's about trip hop with syrupy beats - very sexy music - big beat with some proper hard beats, Amon Tobin's Rhino Jockey, Underworld's Born Slippy, and some goa trance; I'm looking at Juno Reactor for this one.
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Si - lyrics not important, likes music which has a calm atmospheric effect on the inner state.
Se - lyrics and sound both important, likes strong music thats gets you pumped up.
I agree. But I see myself as a combination of both as opposed to simply Se. My taste in trip hop and lounge music suggests Si, but my love of harder beats points to Se.
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Ti - lyrics not important, likes mainstream music and old classic songs
I disagree with this one. I know someone with Ti leading, and mainstream music is his nemesis. I think he'd also argue that lyrics are important to an extent. However, he likes some classics if they're from the '40s or '50s.