Are you more of a fan of Uptempo or Slow music?

It depends on my mood but I've noticed that many of my favorite songs are more on the soft,mellow and slow side.
When I was a child up until 18 I would only listen to loud and fast music (Hard Rock,Heavy Metal,etc.) and as I grew older I started to appreciate slower music much more and grew to love it.

Before I go to sleep:

 

At the gym:

 

It really just depends on the mood and what I'm doing.

 

Do you prefer your black and white movies to be all black or all white?

 

I have always shunned categories and to me "uptempo" and "slow" are just another pair of meaningless attempts to herd music in arbitrary pens. Besides, time is relative, and sometimes slow becomes uptempo and uptempo slow.

Or - to put it simply - anything goes.

 

I like the tempo somewhere in between the two.

 

I would just note that slow music is not necessarily relaxing; it can be quite ominous or tense sometimes.

 

I voted fast and energetic most of the time.

Radio prefers the opposite as the ballad will almost always play longer than up tempo.

 

It depends on the genre. Nowadays everything's EDM based so it's quite the opposite.

 

I vote for good music regardless of speed.

 

EDM?

 

Electronic Dance Music..

 

Exactly. I like my music slow but not relaxing, but there was no option to vote for that.

 

In general, fast/energetic. I have a theory that one's musical tastes in this regard complement (i.e., are opposite to) one's overall personality.

It helps if it's well-produced and well-constructed (I Only Want To Be With You; Story In Your Eyes) rather than sprawling and unfocused (Shout, Anarchy in the UK / God Save the Queen). My preference however was much more the rule in the '60s; there were very few slow songs I liked back then. Everyone's Gone to the Moon was a notable exception.

 

If I was to try to answer, generally speaking, I'd say fast and energetic.

 

Everything?

 

From Charlie Parker to Hopkinson Smith and all points between.

 

Mainstream Pop/Hip-Hop and even Rock.

 

Somewhere in the middle. I don't like music played too fast, but on the other hand I want it to be fast enough, so I guess you could say I like music that's played half fast.

 

The faster, the better for me

 

Fan of mid-tempo, otherwise known as toe tappers delight.

 

Anything under 130 bpm. Dubstep need not apply.

Some fun beat facts:

• Drum and Bass averages a BPM of 160-180
  • Oldschool jungle is around 160-170
  • Drum & Bass and Drumstep and Neurofunk 170-180
• Dubstep is around 140 BPM
• House varies between 118 and 135 BPM
  • UK garage/2-step is usually between 130-135 BPM
  • UK funky is around 130 BPM
• Techno 120-160 BPM
  • Generally around 120-135
  • Acid Techno 135-150
  • Schranz around 150
• Hardstyle is around 150 BPM
• Trap is around 140 BPM
• Juke/Footwork is around 160 BPM
• Hip Hop is around 80-115 BPM
• Triphop / Downtempo around 90-110 BPM
• Concert marches are typically ~120 BPM.
• Screamers are usually 130-150 BPM
• Largo is 40-60 BPM
• Larghetto is 60-66 BPM
• Adagio is 66-76 BPM
• Andante is 76-108 BPM
• Moderato is 108-120 BPM
• Allegro is 120-168 BPM
• Presto is 168-200 BPM
• Prestissimo is 200+ BPM (These last according to my Sabine Zipbeat.)

 

A good song is a good song, tempo shouldn't matter........unless you're into speed metal or turtle races.