Classical, Rock, Jazz etc. are your tastes evolving with time?


In being and Audiophile, where do you find your music likes/tastes to fall.  Are you more of a one type of listener or do you feel you listen to a variety of music styles?  

To fess up for myself, I find my taste/likes have both evolved and re-visited favorites as time has passed.  I believe I used to be more narrow but have come to appreciate a wider range of styles and eras. 


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Oddly, I've been attending live concerts and such much more regularly since I retired from my lifelong home town of L.A. to tiny Hilo HI.  Sure, when I was in L.A. I saw top flight artists such as the Vienna Phil, the Berlin Phil and Vladimir Horowitz. I saw Miles Davis, the Doors, the Byrds, Springsteen and CSN...with guest artist Neil Young(!)  Joni Mitchell was the opening act.  I had season tickets for the L.A. Chamber Orchestra at the Ambassador Auditorium.  I saw Joe Pass at a small club.  I was a regular at the Troubadour and the Whisky.  I saw Bob Marley and the Wailers at the Roxy.  I took my fiddle to various jam sessions at bars & such practically every week. 

Nevertheless, this little town has a vibrant live scene.  I've seen a couple of musicals.  I've seen classical chamber music. Quality has been surprisingly high.   Here, I'd thought my live music days were over.  Uh-uh.  Now, I just got to find some jam mates...
I've been a multi-genre guy beginning from the time I outgrew children's records at about age 4, 60 some odd years ago.  I started branching out with the styles of my mom and dad and listened to -- Classical, MOR and Showtunes. I found rock when the Beatles arrived in '64.  From that point on, I steadily added genres (oh, I hated C&W for soooo long) until I got to the point where genre/style ceased to be a limiting factor for me.  Now, the only thing important to me is whether it speaks to my soul...or other various parts of my being.