Musical Taste Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

The science is in: You CAN judge a person by their musical taste

It used to be that judging a person by what music they listen to was considered to be a form

It can be really tough to be in a relationship with someone who doesn’t share your taste in music. How

Dating is hard. Maintaining a serious relationship is even harder. Sure, you probably have plenty of things in common. But

Is musical taste nature or nurture? For me, it’s gotta be nature because my parents have terrible taste in music.

Looking back on my upbringing, I really shouldn’t have ended up in radio or the music business. Sorry Mom and

May 20, 2016 Alan Cross 1 Comment Musical Taste

We all fight about music because everyone has an opinion about it. But is there more to these fights than

We’ve all done it: judged someone’s personality by what kind of music they like. Is that a valid way to

If you were to create a Venn diagram describing the musical tastes of me and my sister, there would be

Do you actually pay for the music you listen to or are you happy to find free streams? Or maybe

Chasing a Dream – Kevin Porter in Conversation with TBP Podcast EP 036 October 11, 2021
Many of us – at one time or another – dream of being professional athletes. Most of us realize in high school that we won’t be making it to the big leagues – unfortunately. The lucky among us flirt with the minor leagues in hopes of that big break. But what happens when that big […]
Andrew Dick
Being your Authentic Self – Richard Crouse in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 035 July 2, 2021
You would be given a free pass if you forgot that before the rise of the social media influencer there were already pundits and personalities on TV, radio and print. There’s just been that much exponential change in the media business over the last 15 years. Yet today, those who were formerly the audience are […]
Mark Silver
The Business of Radio – Elliott Hurst in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 034 June 21, 2021
The commercialization of streaming audio is not a new phenomenon. Going back 100 years, it was simply known by another name, broadcasting. With the launch, rise and now transition to digital and apps, the business models of audio-preneurs have generally been the same, mostly because of the challenge of measurement, a problem audio’s cousin television […]
Mark Silver