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Comment on My Brain Made Me Hate It… by Steve Layton

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:26 GMT

If you never try sushi, you'll never like sushi. :-)

Comment on My Brain Made Me Hate It… by Paula

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:17 GMT

And exposure…I forgot to add exposure. How can we adapt to something new if we aren't regularly exposed to it?

Comment on My Brain Made Me Hate It… by Paula

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:16 GMT

I do think our tastes develop and deepen with time–and training, of course. However, I think there is some validity to the premise that brain chemistry does affect what we like (music or otherwise).

Comment on My Brain Made Me Hate It… by Taylor V

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:40 GMT

Paula – what a great post! I definitely think brain chemistry has a lot to do with what we like and dislike. For example, I used to hate jazz because I like structure in my life and can only do one task at a time. Jazz is too much like multi-tasking with your ears. However, now that I understand what's going on in jazz from a theory standpoint, it makes a lot more sense.

Thanks for sharing the comments too! Pretty hilarious.

Comment on My Brain Made Me Hate It… by Sean Hickey

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:16 GMT

Yikes, what a can of worms this is. Kyle's comment made me laugh out loud. I suppose brain chemistry affects what we like and don't, but my tastes are so wide-ranging and without any sense of order that I'm content with liking some music and not liking others, for no reason at all in many cases. Sometimes serialism is a great tonic for a hectic day. People talk about guilty pleasures when discussing music that they're not supposed to like, ie, 80s hair metal bands, young country, whatever. I have lots of musical pleasures but, despite my Catholic upbringing, none of them are guilty.

Comment on New Amsterdam Conversations: Corey Dargel Talks to Matt Marks by Matt Marks

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:50 GMT

For those of you that don't know, this interview is actually a transcript of a conversation between Corey and I on the NYC subway. Luckily, that event was filmed. View the live, unedited video interview HERE.