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everytime I try to find music I like I think I like, but I listen to it again and think it is complete crap Why do I have this problem, it is as if I want to hate all forms of music

http://www.myspace.com/dreamtheater

To be specific: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.

Hey, I like Dream Theater too.

Why worry about it? It's okay to not like music.
Or maybe you're tone deaf or something, in which case it's all meaningless noise?

2you will hopefully find music you permanently like one day

How about Pink Floyd? Ive always found the more I listen to it, the more their music grows on me (usually I suffer song-fatigue very quickly too)

what kind of music do you like?

some albums I love:

Air - moon safari
Air - premiers symptoms
Bonobo - animal magic
Moby - play
Underworld - second thoughest on the infants
Tycho - sunrise projector
Zero 7 - the garden
daft punk - discovery


Air
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV_oBB1iQQk[/youtube]

Air
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S49USY0uOsQ[/youtube]

I would recommend not to trust personal music recommendations. Trust impartial sources.

Here's my recommendation:

I am assuming that you have some music that you actually like. Some long-standing favorites that haven't gotten old on you yet.

-- Visit Amazon (the online bookstore, not the river, although that's worth visiting as well).
-- If you don't have an account already, create one.
-- Rate the music you like with appropriate ratings.
-- Rate the music you don't like with appropriate ratings.
-- See what kind of music Amazon recommends for you.

(Note that I am not specifically recommending that you buy music from Amazon. I'm not trying to promote sales, make anyone money, or get anyone to buy anything. I'm only recommending that you use their web site as a free online service for music recommendations.)

What Amazon is using for these recommendations is a type of "collaborative filter", which is an instance-based learning algorithm. It's comparing your reviews with the reviews of other customers, and conjecturing what other music you will like, based on the preferences of others. This algorithm is completely unbiased w/r/t personal preferences, and it's startlingly good. (It could be better, as they need to make runtime compromises and instance-based learners are "lazy" -- pardon the comp-sci lingo -- but it's certainly a good enough place to start.)

Give it a shot.

I can be the same way. Sometimes I think I like something based on the samples, but soon after listening to the complete album I lose interest. Other times I will like something for the first few listens and then I’ll get tired of it quickly.

Nowadays I just download stuff to see if I like it before I put my money into actually buying a CD.

Have you considering composing music that you like and playing that. We have nice free programs you can use (like Rosegarden) to create your own music. I admit there isn't much I like very much, and I don't find it is really genre specific. (although certain genres tend to have more bad stuff than good stuff)

Here are some of my favorite groups:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VBozuqBkAg[/youtube][youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g0DRN5ujxw[/youtube]
Estradasphere
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LB5Vwgl2bY[/youtube][youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dkmc_l3NWGE[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LybEk_3U7Co[/youtube]
Secret Chiefs 3 - Live @ KVRX parts 1-3

Try this. http://www.purevolume.com/ They're pretty sloppy at getting the genres right but they have a lot of genres.

Just keep experimenting and if you don't like anything, that's okay. Keep in mind that a lot of popular music is boring if you listen to it instead of just hearing it in the background.