In today's modern world a lot has changed, including music. In the 1980s before modernization and digitization, songs started with a melody on a musical instrument. Nowadays, everyone has access to a variety of electronic devices, the ability to create music using them and place songs on many different digital platforms. When compared to the 1980s, music education is no longer that important and there have been significant changes in the ways and rituals of listening to music. The main goal of this research was to identify the reasons why peoples’ music preferences today are different from the ones in the 1980s. The research included four subjects from Generation X and Y and the semi-structured interview. Subjects were presented with the set of 20 questions where they had to express their views and opinions. The initial assumption of this research was that there was a big difference between today’s generation and the 1980’s generation, i.e. between their rituals of listening to music and their preferred music genres. This initial assumption turned out to be true and the subjects explained their musical habits and the most significant changes that have taken place in music.