{"id":12228,"date":"2023-07-17T12:00:45","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T11:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/?p=12228"},"modified":"2023-07-17T12:21:16","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T11:21:16","slug":"music-preferences-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/2023\/07\/music-preferences-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Music preferences 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anon asks on Twitter:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1habvwh r-1wbh5a2\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-k200y r-gu4em3 r-6t5ypu r-1roi411 r-1fuqb1j r-deolkf r-dnmrzs r-1ny4l3l r-ymttw5 r-1f1sjgu r-o7ynqc r-6416eg\" role=\"presentation\">\n<div class=\"css-901oao r-jwli3a r-37j5jr r-a023e6 r-16dba41 r-rjixqe r-bcqeeo r-1udh08x r-bnwqim r-fdjqy7 r-1rozpwm r-qvutc0\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"tweetText\"><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">i&#8217;m just curious. what&#8217;s your favorite genre of music?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"tweetText\">It seems like a good diversion from the usual serious posting on the blog. What I listen to depends heavily on context. For working, I listen almost exclusively to instrumental music because I find that this interfere less with my pattern of thought. Mainly I listen to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.di.fm\/\">di.fm<\/a>&#8216;s e-radio channels:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"tweetText\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12229\" src=\"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/di.fm-favorites.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"372\" height=\"860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/di.fm-favorites.png 372w, https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/di.fm-favorites-130x300.png 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"tweetText\">I am mostly fond of the dark drum and bass channel. It has music like this stuff:<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Drum and Bass Mix #132 (Deep Dark Drum and Bass)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/21bsSdIyKbo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For walking around solo, I like the jazz channels:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12230\" src=\"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/jazz-radio.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1246\" height=\"998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/jazz-radio.png 1246w, https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/jazz-radio-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/jazz-radio-1024x820.png 1024w, https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/jazz-radio-768x615.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1246px) 100vw, 1246px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mostly I like the Piano Trios channel, which is also mostly instrumental. Smooth jazz is better for background music for socializing. And speaking of music for socializing, some stuff I like:<\/p>\n<p>Dizzy Mizz Lizzy. Danish 90s rock (in English).<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dizzy Mizz Lizzy - Dizzy Mizz Lizzy [FULL ALBUM](1994)[ALTERNATIVE ROCK]\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-Atsme0EdYY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>D-A-D, also Danish rock, is also good:<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Everything Glows (2009 - Remaster)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0QNRXdzu8vQ?list=PL7a03YXHaABQ2AKEdU_hzeOa9w_x2tyIK\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Foreigners will not benefit from this, but Red Warszawa is excellent Danish language drinking music:<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Red Warszawa - H\u00e6vi M\u00e6tal Og Hass (Fuldt Album)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e0TXALdUidk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Many evenings were spent &#8220;warming up&#8221; (with vodka and cheap beer) to go to a bar by first listening to the best &#8220;hits&#8221; from Red Warszawa, then eventually never leaving the apartment. It takes a while to listen through all the hits (Hurra skolen br\u00e6nder, Mosekonen Brygger, Analfabet, Lugter af fisk, B\u00f8rn er dumme og grimme, Aldi, Singelingeling, Sl\u00e5 ihjel, Satanisk kommunisme, Fj\u00e6sing, Sindssyg af natur, Nord for nordkap, Julemandens selvmordsbrev, osv!).<\/p>\n<p>Other than Danish music, there&#8217;s the usual classic rock songs. Pink Floyd:<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Comfortably Numb\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x-xTttimcNk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Led Zeppelin:<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Led Zeppelin Greatest Hits Full Album - Best of Led Zeppelin Playlist 2021\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AOK0FG0ejqA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Doors:<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Doors - Riders On The Storm\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iv8GW1GaoIc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Jimi Hendrix:<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Jimi Hendrix Experience - All Along The Watchtower (Official Audio)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TLV4_xaYynY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Black Sabbath:<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BLACK SABBATH - &quot;Paranoid&quot; (Official Video)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0qanF-91aJo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Rolling Stones:<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"D&#039;yer Mak&#039;er- Led Zeppelin\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_pFZz3OXcMs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Other than rock, I particularly like the modern synthwave stuff, such as Kavinsky:<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kavinsky - Nightcall (Dark Cruiser Remix)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WQhLkVrs7XQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As well as the more exotic variants, Xurious is a fun right-wing artist:<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Xurious - Trigger 50 (432 Hz)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZV_Vu0tBSjs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>His stuff is a bit hard to find because Youtube censored him after the Brexit\/Trump victories. Another awesome song (Rivers of blood):<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Xurious - Rivers Of Blood\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Es2pPwbCR34?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A similar artist is Daniel Deluxe:<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Instruments of Retribution\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZBrywNfFvK0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This music is also instrumental so good for working.<\/p>\n<p>Another Danish artist I enjoy is Trentem\u00f8ller, mostly the older stuff:<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trentem\u00f8ller - Moan\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5vkj-t1ytzo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>His newer stuff is more chill, which makes it better for background music than work music in my tastes.<\/p>\n<p>Old Deadmau5 is also excellent:<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"deadmau5 &quot;FML&quot;\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g34B-YOaC7c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Jungle can also be decent, Hilight Tribe:<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hilight Tribe - Abakwa [Tranceludic]\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TPAW5cIOHCw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Getting into the more obscure stuff, this song is an all time favorite I&#8217;ve listened to since I was a child and my dad had the LP (City):<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"City -  Am Fenster 1978\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZFtMtalfa_Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I speak German but I can&#8217;t understand what he&#8217;s saying. Too much east German dialect.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of German, Kraftwerk is an all time favorite as well:<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kraftwerk - Das Model\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OQIYEPe6DWY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And speaking of German music, a classic (Trio):<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trio   Da Da Da  Official Video\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xqTBlft8gQA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Semi-related, but Pendulum&#8217;s remix of The Prodigy&#8217;s Voodoo people is excellent and crazy music video:<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Prodigy - Voodoo People (Pendulum Remix)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XQEBzauVIlA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In a more chill vein, I love this old, obscure Santana song:<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Santana - Sessions - 02 - La Puesta De Sol\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uJlMIsbfRJQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Going into the rock again, I like especially Metallica&#8217;s old 4 albums before they turned too boring in the Reload-Load era:<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"One (Remastered)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/apK2jCrfnsk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I enjoy old disco songs, and especially modern remixes of them, e.g. Donna Summer:<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Donna Summer \u2013 I Feel Love (Danny Howells Remix)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FZyDW6yeetw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On the more soft, classical side, I love Morricone and these Danish national symphony versions are top tier:<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Once Upon a Time in the West - The Danish National Symphony Orchestra &amp; Tuva Semmingsen (Live)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/efdswXXjnBA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For singing along, I especially enjoy the old stuff featured in e.g. Fallout 3:<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Way Back Home\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DPkizW2SFSY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In general, I am particularly fond of weird remixes, say, Eminem, but in medieval style:<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ONE HOUR OF MEDIEVAL EMINEM | The Real Slim Shady, Lose Yourself, Without Me, Godzilla, Stan + more!\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_fhDVVfELsM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Or weird Finns (Steve&#8217;n&#8217;Seagulls) playing 80s rock in bluegrass style:<\/p>\n<p class=\"responsive-video-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Thunderstruck by Steve&#039;n&#039;Seagulls (LIVE)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e4Ao-iNPPUc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>The serious part<\/h3>\n<p>You could use the above as inspiration, but you could also try to psychoanalyze me. After all, everybody believes that music tastes relate to psychological variation. In fact, one might use music preferences as a covert personality measure. A good starting point is something like this (<a href=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/record\/2003-00779-011\">Rentgrow Gosling 2003<\/a>, 70ish students from USA, Texas):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The present research examined individual differences in music preferences. A series of 6 studies investigated lay beliefs about music, the structure underlying music preferences, and the links between music preferences and personality. The data indicated that people consider music an important aspect of their lives and listening to music an activity they engaged in frequently. Using multiple samples, methods, and geographic regions, analyses of the music preferences of over 3,500 individuals converged to reveal 4 music-preference dimensions: Reflective and Complex, Intense and Rebellious, Upbeat and Conventional, and Energetic and Rhythmic. Preferences for these music dimensions were related to a wide array of personality dimensions (e.g., Openness), self-views (e.g., political orientation), and cognitive abilities (e.g., verbal IQ).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The correlations are not generally impressive in size:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12232\" src=\"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rentgrow-Gosling-2003.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2682\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rentgrow-Gosling-2003.png 2682w, https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rentgrow-Gosling-2003-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rentgrow-Gosling-2003-1024x782.png 1024w, https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rentgrow-Gosling-2003-768x586.png 768w, https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rentgrow-Gosling-2003-1536x1173.png 1536w, https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rentgrow-Gosling-2003-2048x1564.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2682px) 100vw, 2682px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The strongest predictor is openness to experience and liking classical, jazz, and blues (reflective and complex), IQ relates a bit to that too (.19 verbal).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12233\" src=\"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rentfrow-Gosling-2003-scheme.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2176\" height=\"1714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rentfrow-Gosling-2003-scheme.png 2176w, https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rentfrow-Gosling-2003-scheme-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rentfrow-Gosling-2003-scheme-1024x807.png 1024w, https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rentfrow-Gosling-2003-scheme-768x605.png 768w, https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rentfrow-Gosling-2003-scheme-1536x1210.png 1536w, https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rentfrow-Gosling-2003-scheme-2048x1613.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2176px) 100vw, 2176px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Faster rock music is mostly associated with intelligence (.19), and openness (.16).<\/p>\n<p>To Hanania&#8217;s satisfaction, conservative music \u00e1 la country, pop and religious music has a slight negative association with intelligence (-.18), and somewhat stronger with political conservatism (.24). Rap and hip-hop is mostly associated with extroversion (.20), but not with intelligence (odd).<\/p>\n<p>To make sure these aren&#8217;t just odd results, let&#8217;s look at a second study (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/325069504_Intelligence_Music_Preferences_and_Uses_of_Music_From_the_Perspective_of_Evolutionary_Psychology\">Ra\u0002\u0107evska Tadinac 2018, Czech <\/a>high school students, n = 460):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Music is a component of human culture of a historically universal presence. Enjoyed by many and irrelevant to few, music continuously receives interest from academia and the public alike. Capable of uniting, as well as dividing, music is often in a focus of individual comparisons. In this study, we combine the approaches of evolutionary and social psychology to investigate the relationship between intelligence, music preferences, and uses of music. We collected data from 467 high school students. We used the Nonverbal Sequence Test, the Uses of Music Questionnaire, and the Scale of Music Preferences. Confirming our expectations based on the Savanna-IQ interaction hypothesis, we found intelligence to be a significant predictor of the preference for instrumental music, but not of the preference for vocal-instrumental music. Furthermore, we revealed the significant role of cognitive use of music as a predictor of the preference for instrumental music. We conducted factor analysis of the Scale of Music Preferences, and revealed five factors: reflective, popular, conservative, intense, and sophisticated. We also found the cognitive use of music to be significantly correlated with the preference for instrumental music, as well as music of reflexive, intense and sophisticated factors. Taken together, our findings support the Savanna-IQ interaction hypothesis.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Their classification factor analysis:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12234\" src=\"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/czech-music-study-factor-analysis.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1758\" height=\"1468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/czech-music-study-factor-analysis.png 1758w, https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/czech-music-study-factor-analysis-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/czech-music-study-factor-analysis-1024x855.png 1024w, https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/czech-music-study-factor-analysis-768x641.png 768w, https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/czech-music-study-factor-analysis-1536x1283.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1758px) 100vw, 1758px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And the associations with intelligence:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12235\" src=\"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/czech-IQ-and-music.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1128\" height=\"844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/czech-IQ-and-music.png 1128w, https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/czech-IQ-and-music-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/czech-IQ-and-music-1024x766.png 1024w, https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/czech-IQ-and-music-768x575.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So even in Czechia, conservative music is negatively associated with IQ, hard rock stuff positively, and sophisticated (classical, opera) positively. These associations probably generalize well among Europeans at least. The various Asian music genres were not studied in these studies, not that I listen to them. Electronic music did not fall well within their classification scheme, perhaps because boomer professors don&#8217;t know what younger people listen to, so they didn&#8217;t ask properly about it.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I play the drums, and mostly play improvisation with funk or techno elements. I guess I should record a video of this and post it at some point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anon asks on Twitter: i&#8217;m just curious. what&#8217;s your favorite genre of music? It seems like a good diversion from the usual serious posting on the blog. What I listen to depends heavily on context. For working, I listen almost exclusively to instrumental music because I find that this interfere less with my pattern of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":12239,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1839,1946],"tags":[2349,3354],"class_list":["post-12228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psychometics","category-political-science","tag-music","tag-preferences","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12228"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12242,"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12228\/revisions\/12242"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emilkirkegaard.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}