28-Jan-2012, 8:47 PM
I was surprised to notice that rock was the most popular genre here. I'll listen to most varieties of metal, chiefly progressive such as Dream Theater, Redemption, Shadow Gallery and Zero Hour, but also including power, Christian, extreme and post-metal, as well as acoustic, gospel or otherwise Christian music, world music, classical, musical theater, jazz and electronica (all of which can routinely appear in progressive metal!) Music is a vast world of expression, a system which seems meticulously designed for our enjoyment in utterly intangible ways that seem rationally unexplainable otherwise. My whole outlook and worldview has been changed by music and what it has taught me about this state we call existence and the realities within it.