Indie fans music’s most open-minded, study finds
Fan of acts like Beck? Chances are you're a fan of a variety of musical genres, according to a study by McMaster's Matthew Woolhouse.
Is your iPod filled with the likes of Beck, Radiohead and Arcade Fire? If so, chances are good your collection also includes some country, rock or maybe even jazz.
That’s because indie music fans are more likely to listen to other music genres, according to research from McMaster’s Digital Music Lab.
Researchers led by Matthew Woolhouse have studied more than a billion song downloads from the year 2007 to 2014, and found that indie fans are the most open-minded music fans out there.
Pop music fans? Not so much.
“Some genres are very exclusive,” Woolhouse told CBC News. “That says something about the type of person who likes that type of music. We think it relates to personality.”
Read Indie fans most open minded about music, pop fans most closed off
Matthew Woolhouse will appear this week on TVO’s The Agenda in the Summer for a feature interview on his wide-ranging research into the complexities of music.
Woolhouse, an assistant professor of music cognition and music theory, discusses what our musical tastes actually reveal about our own personalities and our culture.
The interview airs this Friday at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. on TVO.
