At work typically ill go on bandcamp and toggle through genres that I'm currently feeling, and then go by album cover/if I've heard the band before but not that release. Or ill browse through Aquarius records (genres or just searching randomly for stuff) and hope its available for streaming.
I've also got a huge list of artists/record labels on my phone, so if all else fails ill resort to that (its mostly a combination of stuff from above, with scaruffi stuff as well)
i almost never actively seek out new music now, i just wait for something to catch my eye
which is enough
Me too.
I know there will be some other brilliant music out there. But I know that I've already listened to and appreciated most of the all time classic albums and artists properly. As well as some hidden gems. So I'm content at the minute.
But yeah, album cover is important for me - it's the only reason I listened to King Crimson's debut. _________________ ''Isn't He A Bit Like You and Me?''
Lately I've had some good luck checking out some lesser known stuff on RYM with average ratings of say, 3.8 or higher.
I think the old saying about a book and its cover applies to albums too. For me, cover art is arbitrary, neither here nor there, a complete irrelevance in all honesty. I don't believe there's a link at all between the quality of an album's artwork and the quality of the music that album contains.
A few months ago I was exploring some New Zealand music and saw the impressive ratings for this one on RYM
It wasn't until I had added the album to my collection and played it three or four times that I began to notice how poor (understatement) the album art was (and the bandname sucks too). But, whatever, this album contains some of the best '80s indie pop tunes that I've heard.
Usually, I have a "structured" way of listening to music...This basically means that there is usually an underlying "theme" to whatever I am listening to...It could be exploring a specific genre, a specific time period, a specific group (along with pre and post influences), a specific chart, a specific BEA game and so on. RYM is a good resource when it comes to genre-listening. BEA games are good for targeted listening. I am usually on a computer when listening to music so there is (usually) a fair amount of research involved with each listening: reading about the specific group, release, reviews and researching influences, similar groups/releases, etc. This leads to a "spiral" listening, following influences, "jumping" to other genres and so on..The last ingredient to this, is to have fun while doing it...if it becomes too obsessive, I stop... _________________ "And can’t you see you’re in on it?
You were born though you need not
And is that not some cause
For worship, being born among these trees?"
Usually, I have a "structured" way of listening to music...This basically means that there is usually an underlying "theme" to whatever I am listening to...It could be exploring a specific genre, a specific time period, a specific group (along with pre and post influences), a specific chart, a specific BEA game and so on. RYM is a good resource when it comes to genre-listening. BEA games are good for targeted listening. I am usually on a computer when listening to music so there is (usually) a fair amount of research involved with each listening: reading about the specific group, release, reviews and researching influences, similar groups/releases, etc. This leads to a "spiral" listening, following influences, "jumping" to other genres and so on..The last ingredient to this, is to have fun while doing it...if it becomes too obsessive, I stop...
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