I can't describe music - I find it very hard to put it into categories. As to what sort of music I like - I've just downloaded onto my new mp3 player some Beethoven early piano sonatas, gypsy music from Spain to India, a fabulous acapella vocal group, some Lithuanian songs and dances, Handel's water and fireworks music, some Soviet film music and Yoyo ma's The Silk Road ...

I don't. Here's my simple musical philosophy: If I sounds good to me, I'll listen to it, whether it's the easiest listening classical opus :angel:, or the most brutal death metal. :devil:

I always am intimidated and confused by the arbitrary categories music stores display. How am I supposed to know whether a particular piece of music is in Rock, Alternative, or Metal?

But I'm not a "music person." I never know names of songs, performers, albums, lyrics--anything like that.

And that's,,, ok. :)

ask me about history, or literature or something and I rock. Just don't ask me the name of a particular song or group.

Let's say you play some death metal for a friend. The friend says that he really likes it, and asks what kind of music it is. You tell him that it's death metal. Your friend asks you how he can tell whether something is death metal, because he wants to buy some for himself. How do you respond?

If he asks me what the band's name is, I'll tell him to look for that. It's really not easy for me to tell the difference between some genres of music, so I usually don't bother.