It's curious how musical journeys can differ. I've often heard that people's taste in music is defined by what they heard in their teens.

I was born in '52. Up into my mid-teens I really wasn't impressed by much of the new music of the time. There was some "good stuff", but mostly I listened to "classical" music. In the late 60s I started discovering the "progressive rock" bands and my tastes moved towards them. By the mid 70s, I was moving again, now towards soul, then jazz-funk, then jazz. But on the way I'd also discovered African-oriented styles; Osibisa, reggae. Then more fusion sounds, AfroCelt Sound System, Gotan Project, Salif Keita, Baaba Maal, Abdulla Ibrahim, Radio Tarrifa, Rap; then I pulled in some earlier stuff ... Buena Vista Social Club, jazz standards & the American songbook.

So I wonder what percentage of people are really defined by the music their formative years, or whether our "formative years" actually go on right up until until we finally check out.

Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful.
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