‘Jazz Music And Your Social Status.’
Jazz - Does listening to Jazz Music convey social class and intelligence or an unreliable and unstable personality? How do your friends see you?
See what Studies at Cambridge University revealed about... yourself?
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Studies at Cambridge University show that jazz music fans elicited the most positive response as they were considered
to be imaginative, open minded, peace-loving liberals with friendly and outgoing natures.
Classical music fans are seen as quiet, friendly, intelligent but also non-athletic, physically unattractive and boring.
Rock lovers seem to be taken as adventurous but at the same time irresponsible and emotionally unstable.
Musical taste is a very personal choice and people tend to make the same
assumptions each time about other people's personalities, values, social class and
even their ethnicity, based on their musical preferences.
Music is a powerful form of social expression.
During the studies people were asked to rate fans' personal qualities, such as
intelligence, physical attractiveness and athleticism while listening to certain
genre of music.
Dr Jason Rentfrow comments on his studies:
"Humans, as social beings, develop techniques that help them to predict what
another person is going to be like from the moment they first meet."
"Because we can't carry out a full psychological assessment on the spot,
we ask them questions which help us to build up a picture of their personality.
This research suggests that, even though our assumptions may not be accurate,
we get a very strong impression about someone when we ask them what music
they like."
The research also discovers that people from different countries who share similar
taste in music are very likely to have similar type of personality and social status.
Dr Rentfrow adds:
"It is now common practice to list your favourite bands on sites like MySpace or
Facebook," "This research shows that in doing so, many of us are also making clear
public statements of who we are and how we should be perceived, whether we are
conscious of that or not."
What if you mix the best qualities from each genre:
Jazz music, symphony orchestra, a rock rhythm section and a bit of a soundtrack
atmosphere - all that lead by a jazzy trumpet?
Would that make one feel like a more rounded and openminded person and raise one’s social status even
higher in the eyes of the people around him or her? Is this mixture the next step in music?
What would happen if artists added just the right amount of each ingredient?
A jazz trumpeter and composer EDolutionary announced release of his new album ‘The Soundtrack’.
The music is full of expressions which might be the perfect mixture for a sophisticated and openminded listener.
People say that EDolutionary sounds like Miles Davis composing for the latest big films.
EDolutionary offers 3 songs from ‘The Soundtrack’ for curious fans as a completely free download.
To download the music listeners can go to http://www.edolutionary.com and get the free pieces there.
You can also watch his 1 minute video clips from the recording studio where 'The Soundtrack' was recorded.
It's all available at http://www.edolutionary.com
Soft Jazz
See what Studies at Cambridge University revealed about... yourself?
Soft Jazz
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Studies at Cambridge University show that jazz music fans elicited the most positive response as they were considered
to be imaginative, open minded, peace-loving liberals with friendly and outgoing natures.
Classical music fans are seen as quiet, friendly, intelligent but also non-athletic, physically unattractive and boring.
Rock lovers seem to be taken as adventurous but at the same time irresponsible and emotionally unstable.
Musical taste is a very personal choice and people tend to make the same
assumptions each time about other people's personalities, values, social class and
even their ethnicity, based on their musical preferences.
Music is a powerful form of social expression.
During the studies people were asked to rate fans' personal qualities, such as
intelligence, physical attractiveness and athleticism while listening to certain
genre of music.
Dr Jason Rentfrow comments on his studies:
"Humans, as social beings, develop techniques that help them to predict what
another person is going to be like from the moment they first meet."
"Because we can't carry out a full psychological assessment on the spot,
we ask them questions which help us to build up a picture of their personality.
This research suggests that, even though our assumptions may not be accurate,
we get a very strong impression about someone when we ask them what music
they like."
The research also discovers that people from different countries who share similar
taste in music are very likely to have similar type of personality and social status.
Dr Rentfrow adds:
"It is now common practice to list your favourite bands on sites like MySpace or
Facebook," "This research shows that in doing so, many of us are also making clear
public statements of who we are and how we should be perceived, whether we are
conscious of that or not."
What if you mix the best qualities from each genre:
Jazz music, symphony orchestra, a rock rhythm section and a bit of a soundtrack
atmosphere - all that lead by a jazzy trumpet?
Would that make one feel like a more rounded and openminded person and raise one’s social status even
higher in the eyes of the people around him or her? Is this mixture the next step in music?
What would happen if artists added just the right amount of each ingredient?
A jazz trumpeter and composer EDolutionary announced release of his new album ‘The Soundtrack’.
The music is full of expressions which might be the perfect mixture for a sophisticated and openminded listener.
People say that EDolutionary sounds like Miles Davis composing for the latest big films.
EDolutionary offers 3 songs from ‘The Soundtrack’ for curious fans as a completely free download.
To download the music listeners can go to http://www.edolutionary.com and get the free pieces there.
You can also watch his 1 minute video clips from the recording studio where 'The Soundtrack' was recorded.
It's all available at http://www.edolutionary.com
Soft Jazz