Continuum

I’ve always been a firm believer in the concept of musical soulmates; the interpersonal compatibility of people with intrinsically-similar musical tastes. In an my ideal world where everyone gives two shits about music, I can’t see why this won’t work; I consider my iTunes playlist to be a projection of my personality, as do many people I know. Sadly, this is not entirely applicable in reality, mainly due to the following classes of people:

1. Those who blindly follow trends; ie, those who think 'new, ergo good' and faithfully buys every song on the Billboard Top 100, only to never hear of those tracks after 2 weeks.

2. Those who literally listen to every damn genre, from deathcore to bluegrass to punkrock to contemporary jazz to yomama'sfatarse and (if we're talking about dudes) have bigger music libraries than they have porn. No really.

3. Those who religiously support their idols, thinking that they should be awarded best songwriter award for singing the phone book.

4. Those who like Justin Bieber. Really, this is the closest you can humanly get to being soulless. Shame on you.

But for the sake of discussion, let's put these hiccups aside and assume for a moment that people do care about their music. I can already vividly picture musical personalities falling into a continuum of sounds, much like the color spectrum:

Warning: Unpleasant Stereotypes Ahead!

On the violet end of the spectrum, we have the pensive and the nostalgic with all their profound and introverted glory, basking in a sea of classical music, instrumentals, waltzing oldies and incomprehensible jazz. Other propensities in this group include nerdiness, social exclusion and some degree of musical elitism, where other subgenres are considered to be excessively distasteful for their liking. On the other hand, the group in scarlet should be metal junkies and hard rock enthusiasts. Expect some antichrist activity along with in-your-face attitudes, topped off with generous helpings of rebel sauce. Personally, I would consider myself a cyan type of person. Any takers? :D

Stereotype Warning Ends Here.

Anyhow, a post about music isn't really complete without a song recommendation, so here's a nice tune that has been racking up play counts on my iTunes. In My Arms has a catchy, country-ish vibe going on with wonderful retro overtones; I felt like I was taken back to the 60s.

And in case you haven't noticed from the live performance, Teddy Thompson's voice is
pure.
unadulterated.
LEGEND.