Starting to dislike bands/music genres that I used to be really into? D:

[dontcheeseme]

After about 1 year of listening to different classical music (including atonal). Is this normal?? How do I get my taste for rock/dubstep music back? I just can't seem to appreciate other types of music, they sound like kindergarten songs to me now...ANybody have similar experiences, or is it just me?

[ajspiano]

I would suggest you find yourself some lesser known artists in different genres that play actual music.

I personally was a big fan of a lot of mainstream rock/punk music in highschool. Now I'd listen to something like the dave mathews band, bella fleck and the flecktones.. jaga jazzist..  for music outside the classical realm.

^this is victor wooten, he plays with bella fleck, and occasionally dave mathews..  obviously my tastes may not match yours..

[outin]

I have also found that recently I do not care to listen to other genres of music, I still like it, but I just enjoy listening and learning about new piano music so much that it takes all my time. I have an enourmous collection of jazz, house, jazz funk and soul music that I haven't really touched for over a year now. Even if my taste in classical music is rather narrow (basically if there's no piano, then it's not for me) there's still plenty that I don't know yet and so many composers to learn about... But it doesn't really matter, probably at some point my focus will change again.

[newkidintown]

Haha, same thing happened to me, only in reverse!

Just listen to/play what you love. If that happens to be classical, listen to/play classical. There's no point in trying to force yourself to love something just because you did before, that sucks the fun out of music.