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Why Your Music Tastes Are Stuck In The Past

Ever wonder why the older you get, the less you enjoy new releases? A study discovered that our music taste is basically set by the time we are sixteen. That’s…

BRISTOL, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 14: A record dealer in Wanted Records in St Nicholas Market puts on a vinyl record on the shop’s turntable on October 14, 2015 in Bristol, England. Although sales of vinyl records declined dramatically with the introduction of digital formats such as CDs and downloads it is now seen as a premium product and sales this year in the UK of newly pressed LP records on vinyl are expected to top 2million double what they were in 2014.

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Ever wonder why the older you get, the less you enjoy new releases? A study discovered that our
music taste is basically set by the time we are sixteen. That's the reason why we gravitate towards the songs that were popular when we were in middle school and high school.

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