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You never know what you might like. I considered Western art music to be either boring or contrived until I went to a company training seminar where they mixed practical sessions with various invited guest speakers. One of them was a pianist who talked to us about modern art music. When he played Phrygian Gates by John Adams, my reaction was normal: politely trying to look attentive and respectful of his effort. When he played a few fragments of Steve Reich and Philip Glass during his talk to illustrate something about minimalism, it was as if I was struck by lightning. "This! This is what music sounds like!" I thought and looked around me to see if everyone else was as shocked as I am. Nope, everyone else in the room that I could see was politely trying to look attentive and respectful of his effort.
My MIL (a big lover of art music) looks at me like I have two heads when I listen to music for 18 musicians, but I don't care, I love it.
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