[turnipmonster]

if I were in your shoes, I would listen to as many types of music as possible with them. rock, bluegrass, sufi chanting music, classical, gamelan, jazz, whatever!

I would also emphasize listening as a completely valid activity to do in and of itself (i.e. put on an album, sit down and listen to it) as opposed to music being a background to other stuff that you're doing. the latter is common everywhere you go, but many people I've met would never dream of doing the former.