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Do you think that you enjoy music more than NTs?

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I can't explain it, but yes, I think I enjoy music much more than NTs. When I listen to my favorite music (which tends to vary since I'm always finding new stuff) after a while of not listening to any music, or (especially) being busy or out, it's really satisfying, like a food I've been craving all day. I can seriously almost taste it, that's how good it is. I think that has something to do with my synesthesia, in some weird way. Also I really treasure pretty much every song in my library. They all came from different parts of my life and mean something to me. I actually have mix albums I've built in Media Player full of random songs from random artists, and also random instrumentals that I've found online.
 
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No, music has never been a big part of my life. I like a few different genres and specific artists, but I couldn't tell you much about any of them except that I like certain tunes. I own almost no CDs. I find songs frustrating because when I hear the lyrics I have no idea what they're talking about.
 
I have a hot and cold sort of relationship with music. As someone with synesthesia, music can be superbly stimulating visually and emotionally. At times, this is too much for me, and I can't listen, not even to my favorites. Frustrating when I am stressed and I need something for calm and strength. I know little about music even though I had piano lessons for 10 years, and love playing the piano. I'm kinda weird.
 
I doubt if I enjoy music more than NTs, they seem to spend more time at concerts than I ever will :)

My relationship with music is odd as I use music to link memories of events and people, so it's always playing in my head.
 
Yeah I love music especially 80s rock and pop music I listen every night on my iPhone and it helps me feel better and can sometimes even give me ideas for drawings.
 
I listen to music almost constantly when at home. It is an obsession and been my biggest interest for the past 30 years. Drives my wife nuts at times.

We have a very musical house and I'm very lucky that she has recently agreed to me converting our garage into a "man cave". Thinks it will be good for me to have a space I can go to and relax.
 
I don't know about music in general but specific songs I feel I appreciate more than NT's like some music really "speaks" to me (figuratively). I just feel this intense connection between me and the song and then I listen to it on repeat constantly until I'm finally sick of it
 
As you might know from some of my recent posts, music is a passion of mine. I belive I do enjoy sounds much more than the average person. A great melody can give me goose bumps, bring tears to my eyes, and make me arch my back in rapture, all at the same time. I can become obsessed with the tonal qualities of a can or a plastic bag.
Even so, I believe there are many NTs who love music just as much as myself.

While my tastes are quite eclectic there is actually a lot of music that I either dislike or am indifferent toward. With notable exceptions, most top 40 music bores me, even to the point of frustration. That, combined with the atrocious format of commercial radio, means that I am frequently out of touch with the mainstream, preferring to inhabit my own musical pocket dimension. At that, a lot of the music I like would be considered too grating or strange by most people.


Many people also find it hard to understand why I listen to music in languages I can't comprehend. I would say this is mainly because the music has always spoken to me more than the words. It is also sometimes nice not to have the lyrics as a distraction, or have a great melody ruined by bad poetry.
 
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Datura, music is it's own language, you don't have to understand the words to feel it and know what it's saying.

As you pointed out music is everywhere, not just on a stage or in a recording. I love the birds near my home in the evening, two Whippoorwills, a few Diamond Doves, a covey of Bob White Quail and, the chittering hummingbirds that come to my feeders all seem to get together to create a concert of their own every evening here.
 
I think I enjoy music as much as anyone else. I love good music, but I can survive a few days or weeks without it. Sometimes I appreciate the lyrics of a song more than the overall rhythm or beat. I won't listen to music with words containing an immoral or inappropriate message. Although I am very picky with the music I listen to, my taste in music is a wide range. I look at everything in the song: the message of the lyrics, the music itself, the voice of the singer, the vocal tone, vocal ability, and its uniqueness. If a song remotely sounds like another, I simply cannot listen to it. My range in taste of music goes from classical to opera to musical theatre to instrumental to soft rock, etc.. It's not the band or a particular artist or even the genre of music that I'm into - it's more the song as an individual, the song by itself. I consider it no more than a song, one song. It's not 'favorite kind of music'. I don't know if anyone else is the same way.
 
I have a deep appreciation of music, and have a wide range of styles that appeal to me. It was more intense when I was younger, now I can go days, weeks even, without listening to music. I do, however, have a song in my head most all the time.

I do have a rather strong intolerance to songs/styles that I don't like, so maybe that sets me apart somewhat. I suppose most people wouldn't have as strong of a reaction.
 
My bf is an NT and he's just as obsessed with music as I am. We both pretty much need music to live but there are two differences in him and I: he only really listens to one genre of music and I listen to all kinds of music. The other difference is I can constantly listen to the same songs/band over and over without getting sick of it and he's the complete opposite.
 
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Same here, I think I could probably get by with maybe 10 carefully chosen songs.
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Haha exactly. Im pretty sure I can listen to one certain band for the rest of my life too. Listening to them makes me feel good and calms me more than most things
 
Yes, I can find songs that feel like I am feeling at the moment, with people this is mostly a miss.
I have passion for music, NT's do not share this this....seems that they do not feel the music..
 
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