Study shows we stop discovering new music when we turn 30

If you’re past the age of 30, then you’ve probably noticed that you’re a lot less curious about new music than you used to be. And that will happen more and more as you age! We now not only have scientific evidence that this phenomenon happens, but now we also know why.

by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0

Taste Lock

It turns out that our musical tastes begin to get locked in stone when we hit 24, but by age 31 we’re in the middle of a musical paralysis that we can’t get out of. Whatever was popular during our teenage years, particularly between the ages of 11 and 14, then that’s what we’re going to listen to from that point on. As a matter of fact, there’s some evidence that our musical tastes are shaped by the very first music we hear, even though we’re very open to just about any type of music until we reach age 11.

A major study also found that as we grow older our music listening time goes from 20% during adolescence to 13% when we become adults. Frankly, I’m surprised that it’s