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Music Etiquette : Being considerate when listening to your tunes

What would you consider 'good music etiquette'? It might sound like a silly question to some, but to me it's a valid one. I feel like on a daily basis I am hearing and seeing things I view as rude or even "bad etiquette" when listening to music. What do I mean by this? I'll give you some examples....  You're riding the bus someplace and you hear another bus rider playing loud music. They could be playing it out loud on their cell phone or blaring through their headphones. The thing is, I am pretty damn sympathetic to loud music listeners. But if someone as deaf as me thinks your music is way too loud, it definitely is. Having loud music playing on the bus is rude.   You are taking a break at work when your co-worker, who creates his own music and wants you to hear a track or two. He takes the initiative to plop his over-sized headphones on your head without asking and turns up the track loud. This is rude because they didn't even give the pe...

To dance or not to dance?

 Dancing for some people is an easy thing to do spontaneously. And for others they need to be a little drunk or only can dance when no one is around. Then there is every combination possible, but those are the two main categories. I would fall into the second category, claiming I don't dance "cause I'm too white" and really have no real coordination.  Dancing to me is something I can only do when my heart is in it. I have a lot of respect for people who dance without care...but I am not one of those people. I get super self conscious when it comes to dancing. The only time I find myself dancing is at a great live show where it is as if I'm possessed by the music. I just can't dance to any music and I especially can't dance to music I hate.   My idea of dancing is what I call "moshing." Sometimes folks make a point of mentioning it's instead called "slam dancing" but ultimately I think it's a generational thing. Moshing a...