I  don’t know about you but I do not like music catagorised into little boxes. I like to listen to music for its passion, excitement, drive, rhythm and melody etc. I don’t care if that happens to be Rock, Dance or Classical.  I like Imogen Heap’s description of her own music where she lists various genres and in the middle of the list states “I don’t care”.

We all seem to like different things in music and like the idea that a friend or partner likes similar bands or songs. As a musician, it is often said that we have natural abilities built in to us. My Dad used to say this to me and I disagreed on the basis that it was all hard work and determination to learn. However, over the years I have often wondered what gave me that drive and determination to learn an instrument in the first place.

A recent study seems to confirm this but also that there is something in us that makes us like certain types of music. A study carried out on 4,000 twins show that a person's genes can affect which genres of music they prefer.  The strongest influences were found in people that like hip-hop, rap, classical music and pop and it seems that about half of our musical taste is predetermined for us.

Well, there you have it - the music you like is in your Genes - you were born to love Ice Berg, Eminem, Lady Ga Ga, 50 Cent, Black Eyed Peas, and Beethoven.