listen now almost exclusively to classical. but now & then go back in time to decades when i was young, even a child. however, every now & then i come across something current that i enjoy. mainly b/c of the guitarist.

I used to listen to music all the time but prefer silence more now. I used to live closer to public radio signals and heard a lot of jazz and that could work all day. WHere I am now it is country and country hispanic . I might listen more again if there were other options

I used to have music blasting anytime I drove anywhere. Now, it's just noise. I drove from Pennsylvania to Florida awhile back, Then from Florida to Nashville,TN, then from Nashville back to Pennsylvania. Only had the radio on the entire trip about 15 minutes, and it was annoying. I'll turn on a CD in my house, and suddenly realize it's grating on my nerves, and off it goes. I think it depends on my mood and what I need to concentrate on. Have been very unsettled the past year and a half.

Music is an immensely emotionally powerful factor that I use regulate mood. There are abrasive sounds many classify as "Music" that I find nothing more then noise pollution in need of mitigation. For me, great music can bring tears of sorrow or joy, from cold loneliness to warm, enveloping compassion. I've used music to escape darkness and when there is too much light, descend into the calm darkness of solemn rest.