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IT's Musical Habits
operand sent in a fun little article about the listening habits of IT. It seems that developers are headbangers, Microsoft certified pros are Britney fans, and management goes for Mozart. Tragically The Who is not included... Linux users tend toward Electronica, and Security goes for The Dead.
"Shockingly, the results of its poll among 200 students at the Training Company's UK residential courses reveal that developers are malodorous headbangers playing air guitar to Megadeth, Microsoft Certified professionals get their rocks off to Britney while IT directors can be found sipping the finest wines while Mozart tinkles away in the background. No stereotype-fulfilling findings there, then.
Wow, a poll of a whole 200 students...not exactly a big enough sample size for this study to be taken seriously...plus, what do the british know about music anyway...(oh, c'mon)...
"Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true." - Homer Simpson
Of course, refers to The Grateful Dead.
While often simply dismissed musically as "hippie crap" and "meaningless poetic fluff," this is not what is important here.
What is important is that The Dead flies right in the face of the music industry.
You see, The Dead is often considered to be the most sucessful band in history, as they have played in front of more people then any group in musical history. Not only that, but each year the group (or whats left of them) makes millions in profits from various sales.
All the while giving away the vast majority of their music for free!
This is my favorite example of a "happy middle ground" that can be reached between bands and listeners. Sorry RIAA, your claims are false. And The Grateful Dead proves it.
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You comment on ANY type of music saying that you're not into it or don't understand it and you're labled "closed minded" and have no understanding at all on music.
What is it with people. Can't anyone have likes and dis-likes in music? If someone says they don't like hip-hop, then people jump down their throats calling them small-minded, yet would a hip-hop fan sit down and listen to an album of Hank Williams Sr.? Or Patsy Cline?
Would a fan of opera actually spend his or her time going to the store to buy a Megadeth album? Life is too short, there are only so many hours in a persons life they can actually listen to and enjoy music...why waste it on stuff you don't like?
There is no one out there that likes every form of music there is, you may think you do, but trust me, there is always something out there that will make your skin crawl no matter what you like. If you like a particular style or genre of music, don't worry if someone else doesn't like it. Music is a personal thing.
People are different! Wow, what a concept!
"Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it." - John Lennon.
Ever occurred to you that we could be into music played on real instruments simply because of the technology *not* involved in making it?
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When you code 10-14 hours a day, I find it's nice to listen to something *not* coming out of a computer (well, ok, the sound *is* coming out of a computer, but way back once it actually came out of an analog instrument).
The beat is set by a human being, an undertuned 8-string guitar roars thru the distorted tube amplifier (ok and then it all goes into a 12-bit ADC, back and forth between different media and in the end comes out of speakers attached to a computer - but never mind the last part.) - see, that is the kind of music that gets me thru the day in front of the 22" CRT