Music preferences: Wide or Narrrow?

My music collection is generally quite broad; ranging from James Brown, Stevie Wonder, The Carpenters through to Slayer..

My prog tastes are probably fairly narrow compared to some folk around here. I dont listen to much prog that isn't 'classic era' and 'symphonic' a few Canterbury and Neo bands being the exception...

krusty wrote: Very wide, I actually DO have Dean Martin and Sigur Ros records I probably have a recording of some sort in every genre of music, there may be some artists I don't like but in general I can find something of interest in all music.

Me too... I have a... ¿soundtrack? with Dean Martin on the cover disguised as a Bull fighter (torero), and I just started with Sigur Rós (¿could you PM me about that?. I want to trade files...)

cuncuna wrote: Norbert wrote: I don't consider myself close minded. Prog,jazz and classical  offer more diversity than all other genres together. Even subgenres could be very diverse. For instance Yes, VDGG and Genesis are very different altough all are listed as symponic prog. They are different, but only in terms of "shape". I think (I think) diversity has much more to do with different backgrounds or conceptual bases. Yes, VDGG and Genesis are more or less into the same line of creation, while Primus and Sonic youth are not. I don't know if this is clear enough. If you have three different looking persons, but they all are, for example, conceptual artists, then they are not different. Not so much, at least. On the other hand, you can have three persons that are almost clones. If one is a fan of sports, the second is some kind of Hippie and the third is a Bussines man, then you have diversity. It's the same way with music. The base concept is what gives you diversity, not line up differences, like two Italian prog bands, one having a flute and the other not, but both having that very "disctintive" () Italian prog feelling. Sorry about that, you Italian prog fans.

own approach to write songs/albums. They have their own  imagination.

It's not necessary that a Genesis-fan enjoys the music of Yes. And not all fans of Yes like Genesis.

Close to the Edge

Supper's Ready

A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers

This is more than just a matter of shape or lineup.This epics don't have much in common in basic concept and in atmosphere.

Wide, probably. I don't really even have a favourite genre. For me music is mostly about art and self expression, so naturally, I'm not very accepting of pop music. 
I think it's sort of a progression:


jazz
prog
psychedelic
acid
experimental
alternative
post grunge
grunge
heavy metal (Zeppelin, Sabbath)
speed metal, thrash metal, etc. (Metallica, etc.)
prog metal
death metal

        I've always thought that my musical tastes were extremely wide-ranging, especially in recent years.  While prog makes up the largest single genre represented in my collection, I have what most people would consider well-represented collections of the following styles, too:

        Classical    ( Medieval, Renaissance, Guitar, as well as more modern ).... about 80-100 titles.

        Jazz   ( mostly on the ECM label, but also some big band, swing, "easy" ).... about 100 titles.

        Country  ; ( from old bluegrass, western swing, 50's, 60's, and some recent )...  about 60 titles.

        Folk and Celtic   ( Fairport, Steeleye type of stuff, singer-songwriters, traditional )... 100+

        Avant-Garde Electronic   ( from Stockhausen up through recent ElectroAcoustic )...  120+

        World   ( Asian, Middle Eastern, Indian, Balinese, European, etc. traditional mostly )...  100+

        "Other" Rock   ( everything from the 50's up through today;  you won't see too many collections that have over 15 titles by both Gordon Lightfoot AND Nine Inch Nails! )...    1000+

        Comedy, Soundtracks, New Age....    about 150 titles.

        Progressive stuff....   about 500-700 titles.

        I'm underestimating all these numbers, since I also have hundreds of LP's and cassettes.