I like to think of myself as pretty diverse. I look at the types of music I listen to which varies greatly, I look at the type of people I hang out, the foods I eat, etc. and I notice a common trait where I’m diverse in all those areas. However, in some core areas I stick to my own values, but generally I am very open to new things and new ideas and people. I really don’t focus on certain type of anything; I just go on what I like.
As a contemporary music artist, my fans would range from all different races, classes, countries, etc. (bearing I am that popular). So I would be more in tune with experiencing diversity than the average person since I would be around different cities, peoples, countries, and cultures. I would most likely “grab” certain things from those cultures I liked and incorporate them into my own life. If my fan base is strictly a certain core group of people than I would most likely put my effort and creativity in appeasing that core group of people because after all they are the ones that make me money. However, if I was more globally known or popular in different races or classes or regions than my diversity would allow me to never become bland and also force me to make music that targets all my audiences and not just one group.
As a 58 year old man, I would think that I had witnessed a lot of diversity and change that would have influenced my life greatly. I think I read a poll that said by 2025 minorities will be the majority in the US and I think that speaks volumes in itself on how I would respond to diversity 30 years from now. I think that I would have become accustom to change and new things and ideas to the point I wouldn’t notice them as much as I would earlier on in my life. But I also feel that 30 years from now a part of me would like to still have niche that represents the comfort and sort of normalcy that I experienced growing up.
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