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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Only a Poor Old Man, post: 4560346, member: 111037&quot;]The kind of questions people ask you may wonder... But actually this is a fun little thread that got the inspiration from similar threads like &#039;Who are you?&#039; and the hobbies one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reading the replies in those threads I got the impression that we are a pretty interesting bunch. Popular belief would make you think that coin collecting is boring and that collectors (especially the ones of ancients) are old misers dressed in tweed ruining their posture over a table full of precious coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>That doesn&#039;t seem to be the case. We are a diverse lot from different backgrounds and an array of interesting professions with even more interesting hobbies. What surprised me in the &#039;Who are you&#039; thread is that there are lots of collectors in the age range of 30 to 60. I would expect that especially with collectors of ancient coins the medium age would be higher, but I was pleasantly surprised with the amount of young people I saw. This means that the future of coin collecting is looking good. I am also younger that you think. The &#039;Only a Poor Old Man&#039; refers to a classic Scrooge McDuck comicbook story by Carl Barks.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I figured that we may have interesting tastes in music too. The good thing about this kind of thread is that can be a goldmine of musical information and may open our eyes to genres of music we didn&#039;t know exist. The popular music that somebody finds on the TV and radio nowdays represent only a tiny percentage of the wonderful music there is out there. Share your musical tastes please. It doesn&#039;t matter if it is mainstream or unique, somebody will probably appreciate it either way.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let me make a start. I am a metalhead. I like metal and heavy rock and love music that incorporates technical guitar and bass elements. Lately I came to love the fusion of traditional and modern instruments with a rock twist. I am very interested in Japanese modern and traditional culture and I found the following band that combines rock with traditional Japanese instruments like the koto and shamisen and traditional enka singing. Every member of this band is a virtuoso in their field and the result is phenomenal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a taste of them live. The shamisen solo in the middle is the dog&#039;s boxxxxks!</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]ponTbDDMYjw[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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