How Can We Describe Ourselves through Music?

It's not what type of music appeals to us, but how we approach music that defines us. How would you classify yourself:

• a person with set beliefs, based in the past?

• a person who lives totally in the present?

• an evolving person?

Let's reflect on our approach to music to define ourselves.

Questions to consider:

• Do you prefer one type of music, such as classical, folk, 60s popular, electronic?

• Are you open to listening to, singing, or playing different types of music?

• Is there something else about music than the genre (type of music) that appeals to you?

• Do you prefer to listen to different types of music different times of day? different times of year?

• Do your listening preference depend upon with whom you are listening? How the music is being played/sung/orchestrated? Your mood? Your energy level? The environment?

Science Shows Your Taste in Music Says More About You Than You Think,

Here are some fun questions to define yourself through music:

• If you were a piece of music, what would you sound like?

• If you were an instrument, what would it be?

• If you were a key, what would it be?

• If you were a mode, what would it be?

• If you were a musical era,what would it be?

• If you were a song, what song or kind of song would it be?

• If you were a percussion instrument, what would it be?

• How would you describe yourself using a song title?

More self-defining musical activities:

• How to Write a Song about Yourself

• Create a Playlist of your favorite musical pieces (View sample of Susan Cain's Playlist here).

• Describe Yourself in 3 Sounds

• Listen to 20 songs about describing yourself.