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Originally Posted by zephyrclaw

...what song would you choose?

I'd have to say some of the orchestral stuff from FFX. I get good responses from people when I play 'To Zanarkand'. (Not Chocobo music!!)

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Originally Posted by Dhsu

In general though, I find that casual music listeners have a particularly strong anti-nonvocal bias (while VGM fans typically have the opposite). To them, anything without lyrics is boring, and listening to it is a waste of their time. That's why you have a hard time selling the young 'uns on classical music.

Good point.

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Originally Posted by Cellius

But video game music isn't supposed to be good; it's supposed to be all ugly electronic-y sounding.

Haha, I can't count the number of times I've heard that? Or at seen a facial expression that communicates EXACTLY that.

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Originally Posted by Dhsu

I've already come out to my friends. It takes a while, but eventually they learn to accept you for who you are.

LMAO. So true =).

I'd go with a wide spread of different music types. Touch on a number of different genres, both because a wide selection offers a greater chance of the person hearing something he/she likes, and to demonstrate that VGM is far beyond mere beeps and boops these days.

The trick would be to avoid just hitting all the songs I like, since my musical tastes can be a bit specific.