I think it depends on how important music is to you.

My Sister (Kathy) used to say you could tell a lot about a person’s character just by the type of music they listened to and I have come to find that is true over the years and the same could be said about a number of other things such as their likes, their dislikes, the way they interact with others, the type of people they are friends with and look up to, the way they spend their weekends, the subjects they are passionate about, their beliefs, their values, their views etc. For me, a person’s musical tastes are important along with their knowledge of music because music is important to me and while I am not exactly saying they need to have the same favourite artists as me they need to like the type of music I like listening to if I’m going to live with them and that excludes Rap, R&B, Death Metal and Techno.

Maybe that might sound a little picky to some people but that is just me and most people I know are the same way with musical tastes too. Thankfully, my Wife and I have similar tastes in music and she grew up listening to Alternative Rock and Country Music and her favourite artists and bands are Bob Evans, Jebediah, Divinyls,Alex Lloyd, Pete Murray, The Whitlams, Something For Kate, Powderfinger, Magic Dirt, Melinda Schneider, John Farnham and Veruca Salt. I have literally lost count of how many concerts and music festivals we have been to together over the years because we are both obsessed with music and that is why I couldn’t picture being with a person that didn’t love music and have the same musical tastes as me. My Wife’s love of music and the fact she could sing and play instruments was one of the things that attracted me to her too and I have a thing for women that can sing.

It is good to see I am not the only musician on here.