Conclusion

What has surprised me most about this book is that I ended up doing MBTI 101 but not really. The ways in which I talk about how to spot cognitive functions, how to determine the stack, and when a function is missing or too present –you can get those from introductory videos on a variety of great channels, or from a book.

So if I just did what everyone else did, why did I bother doing it? (It might be an INTP thing or just a me thing, but my brain likes to tell me my content has to be completely nonfungible or else I shouldn’t make it.) Besides that I just like talking about music, I think there is particular value out of this endeavor:

1) It’s interesting per se that functions and personalities can be mapped this closely to music. That I wrote an MBTI primer, just with all the examples changed, is something I’m not sure I knew was possible going in. I probably understand music better than I understand people, so it’s nice to play to my strengths.

2) It creates a baseline for others to start typing media they are familiar with. I hear so often in the community that MBTI has so many real-life examples and is true to life, yet I don’t see many people going out and applying it life beyond some people they know. If MBTI has revealed something about how brains work, then the fruits of those brains (or Mind Fruit, to reference an Opus III album) should to some degree line up behind the system as well. And songs are very good for typing, because anyone can listen to them, they normally don’t require vast prior knowledge to understand, and they’re normally short. This isn’t like typing a fictitious protagonist, where you’ll have to read the whole book to be sure; these are discrete, manageable items that still have enough in them to try typing.

3) It expands the notion of what MBTI content is. This is the same point I made in interviews for the second album: the more types of content are in the community, the more creators can come in and the more options existing creators have (so they don’t burn out and leave). With more understanding of how to make content fusing MBTI to various items of interest, the more everyone can incorporate what they like into their channels, which gives them more content while making each channel more personal and distinct. All of these things sound good to me.

4) If you just wanted a variety of songs to listen to, this book gives you that. And if you just like reading song reviews, you’re in luck (or were in luck if you’ve gone through them all). That’s worth something regardless of type considerations – at least I hope so.

Whatever you use this book for, I hope you’re glad that you read it. If nothing else, I saved you having to go to the library on a weekend when it was really hot/rainy/snowy/volcanic.