Monthly Neurodiverse Megathread #5! Theme: Music

Hello neurodivergent comrades and allied neurotypical comrades! This month's megathread is all about music, so feel free to talk about anything music related.

Share songs and artists you listen to, talk about musical instruments you can play, debate about music theory, or just vent about how your neighbors always have the bass turned up too high in the middle of the night.

If you have music OC you'd like to share, then you can share it here and/or in the c/music OC Thread, just make sure not to dox yourself.

If you can't think of anything to talk about then here's some questions to consider:

What type(s) of music do you like and why?
What type(s) of music do you dislike and why?
Do you dislike all music and why?
How does your neurodivergence effect your relationship to music?

Or feel free to completely ignore the theme and post what you want! We’re just happy to have you!

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How does your neurodivergence effect your relationship to music?
My ADHD effect the music I listen too quite a lot tbh. The types of music I listen to have stayed mostly the same for the past few years, but the specific styles and sub genres vary significantly month to month or even from week to week. For example, just within the past month alone: I started out listening to loads of Jungle, then completely switched to only listening to Techno for about a week or so. Then I did another stylistic and genre 180 and got really into Foghorn Drum & Bass last week. I'm still kind of in that phase right now, but I'm slowly starting to listen to more music from Current Value and to more Jump Up in general, so I'm kinda in a mood where I'm just listening to a bunch of Drum & Bass thats some combo of cheesy, abrasive and heavy. I'm starting to get a bit burnt out with this style though, so who knows what I'll be listening to by next week lol.
Anyone else also go through similar cycles/phases when they listen to music?
- idk if this is an ADHD thing but do u get chills sometimes? especially if its something with a lot of build up
  
  Yeah definitely. Like you said, not sure if it's an ADHD thing though lol.
  
  this one and this one definitely trigger it for me
  
  This one's my go to for triggering that feeling.
  Also, I did a little bit research and it doesn't seems like it's an ADHD thing, but ADHD does impair emotional regulation, so maybe it might make it easier for people with ADHD to get that feeling. Idk though, I didn't look into it enough to say anything for certain. It occurs in 55% of the population, so it's definitely not limited to just people with ADHD.

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