Mixtapes and Sharing

A couple of years ago, a friend of mine asked me if we wanted to exchange mixtapes. I was actually deeply afraid. Despite working with music, I'm very self conscious about my taste, probably due to some bullying during my formative years and my brother going "still listening to your Japanese stuff?". Others like me, who listen to a lot of different genres, are often at loss against "What kind of music do you listen to?" and risk answering "You know, all sort of things...". I had this conversation with my old piano teacher (the asshole one) once, and he replied "oh, so you don't like music!"1. But, after explaining this little issue with the worms in my brain, I trusted him and started exchanging mixtapes every few months. The first one was awkward, with the second I was finding my own footing, and after that it's just been fun. So much so that I've also suggested doing the same with other friends, and I've realized: we don't share our music very often, do we2? And if we do, sometimes…