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Oct 19, 2008

"Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself." --Samuel Butler

What Your Musical Taste Says About You

Musical tastes and personality type are closely related, according to a study of more than 36,000 people from around the world.The research, is said to be the largest such study ever undertaken. It suggested classical music fans were shy, while heavy metal aficionados were gentle and at ease with themselves.What does your musical taste say about you? "We have always suspected a link between music taste and personality. This is the first time that we've been able to look at it in real detail. No-one has ever done this on this scale before," says the man behind the study in this article from the BBC.