Best Ever Albums

Re: The Challenges of the Internet.

Luigii — Sun, 16 Jul 2017 19:28:31 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 07/16/2017 23:28

Honestly, if I was listening to albums I don't care for I move on. If the cover of the album interest me, I'll let it hang. Sometimes I just let it go by taste and if I like or love it I take it. Don't get drained by bad music. Or keep on listening to music if you don't feel good.

Re: The Challenges of the Internet.

RoundTheBend — Sun, 16 Jul 2017 18:30:56 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 07/16/2017 22:30

For me it is the opposite - it's like - I already have 500 albums I could listen to over and over and over again and likely not be bored of them because they are so good.

I really, therefore, don't have the patience to go through 500 shit albums to find one more good one to add to my 501... so yeah, it's like classic training/pavlovs dog... if after 300 shit albums... you kind of don't go back for more.

Which is wrong and sucks... so I want to go through 10 shit albums instead so I don't get demotivated.

Re: The Challenges of the Internet.

Luigii — Sun, 16 Jul 2017 11:01:12 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 07/16/2017 15:01

@Temporary33
That is true, So far I have reached to listen to almost 100 albums as of now. And I am in my early 20's. Give it a decade, I will be able to tell what I like as well as what I don't like.

Re: The Challenges of the Internet.

Temporary33 — Sun, 16 Jul 2017 10:21:33 GMT

Author: Temporary33

Posted: 07/16/2017 14:21

At some point you listen to enough albums where you can cover your spectrum of moods quite easily and know what you enjoy at almost every moment. I don't have the issue presented in the opening post anymore, but it used to be one I would sort of deal with. Mainly because I didn't have the experience I do now with the amount of albums I do.

Re: The Challenges of the Internet.

Luigii — Sun, 16 Jul 2017 10:18:56 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 07/16/2017 14:18

Honestly, we wont get it faster until the internet knows us individually. And when that happens we lose. But on albums that were in the 70's range but I enjoy immensely were Jamiroquai's Automaton, Disclosure's Caracal and The Orbs Moonbuilding 2703 A.D. And those records got a 71,73 and 75 respectfully.

Re: The Challenges of the Internet.

RoundTheBend — Sun, 16 Jul 2017 01:13:48 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 07/16/2017 05:13

Luigii wrote:

That is the true magic of the internet. Appealing to our itches. And in all honesty don't care about what is the hottest thing in music. Sometimes the biggest thing that hits you probably is in the 70's range on sites like Metacritic. Even when I don't agree to it or idealize it

Yeah -it's tough finding that great catch with a low ranking or score, but when you do...

I just wish there was a way to find those great catches faster.

Re: The Challenges of the Internet.

Luigii — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 21:11:55 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 07/16/2017 01:11

That is the true magic of the internet. Appealing to our itches. And in all honesty don't care about what is the hottest thing in music. Sometimes the biggest thing that hits you probably is in the 70's range on sites like Metacritic. Even when I don't agree to it or idealize it

Re: The Challenges of the Internet.

RoundTheBend — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 20:26:33 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 07/16/2017 00:26

What I love about the internets, is having such a resource of great music.

If it were still 1997... I'd probably still only really own about 200 albums and those 200 albums would probably only be what I listened to beyond radio. I would have maybe listened to 5 or so ALBUMS in their entirety for the year releases, and then of course many more singles.

I wouldn't have listened to the 1500 or so albums and then created my top 100 list... I wouldn't be on this site. And for this I'm extremely grateful for "the internet". Especially sites like this, or I hate to say it, 15 years ago, Rolling Stone. At the very least it was more straight forward.

idk... just glad I don't have to sort through so much music and have "sources" to sift through it for me, even if i don't agree and know I'm totally missing out of some great stuff friends will show me.

Re: The Challenges of the Internet.

RoundTheBend — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 20:19:13 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 07/16/2017 00:19

Tap wrote:

20% seems awfully high. The most recent numbers I can find are from Nielsen in 2010, saying that 75,000 music releases were released that year. This likely does not include a large number of independent releases. But even just going by that, that would mean there are 15,000 things that are of interest. I feel like I'm probably between 0.5% and 0.6%, and it's still a feast. It's more than one for every day of the year, and I will probably never get around to some of them.

Oh for sure... I guess I was saying of the music I sample, only 20 to 30% of it is any good.

For me unfortunately, that's low enough for me to be demotivated to find new music, especially since my local scene does enough for me in that regard.

Re: The Challenges of the Internet.

Komorebi-D — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 20:01:10 GMT

Author: Komorebi-D

Posted: 07/16/2017 00:01

Tap wrote:

FOMOphobia, the fear of experiencing the fear of missing out, is very powerful. There's so much to experience and committing fully to one means there's 5 other things on your mind that are interesting and you really want to be a part of the group that's experiencing and discussing the thing, but there's so many things.

Well... I guess I'm just a massive fomo and that applies to every aspect of my life.

Re: The Challenges of the Internet.

Luigii — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 16:46:12 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 07/15/2017 20:46

That is understandable. Honestly why you disappointed on liking new age?

Re: The Challenges of the Internet.

Applerill — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 12:39:43 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 07/15/2017 16:39

Hmm, I used to be one of those people who listened to 5 minutes of a bunch of albums and thought I was listening to them, but I found that general mindfulness was enough to mostly alleviate those problems. And you don't need expensive vinyl to do that 😉

Most days of the week, I try to commit to one or two albums that I will play that night on my Bluetooth speaker before I go to bed. My phone is charging on the other side of the room, and I normally have no blue light around me, so it's just me and the set of predetermined music until the music ends or I fall asleep. This obviously is most ideal for soothing music like New Age or baroque classical music (which I now love 🙁 ), but I also try to have a couple mornings a week free for jazz, and some energetic mixes or EPs or singles ready for while I'm running around UIC. In his book Getting Things Done, productivity and mindfulness expert David Allen calls this sort of division "contextualization", and I try to put everything I want to hear in a tagged wishlist (currently with 1200+ releases) where I can easily sort by what I want to hear at a given time.

Of course, this doesn't mean that I'll ever get done with the all of these hundreds of releases, but it at least makes me able to completely focus on what I'm hearing in the moment while still knowing that what I'm hearing is what I should be hearing in that moment (which has nothing to do with elitism and everything to do with it giving me the responses I need from music in the moment). I still haven't heard A Seat at the Table, but I've discovered hundreds of great releases from a dozen other different genres, and what I've done I've at least committed to finishing.

Re: The Challenges of the Internet.

Luigii — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 09:27:16 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 07/15/2017 13:27

@Tap
The reason I would have 20% as a consideration is due to our personal life time as well as albums that hit the 80-100% range on this website for our personal liking.
@Bowie
I kinda laugh at the in my opinion due to how you probably saw a comment where I don't really like Rain Dogs.

Re: The Challenges of the Internet.

Tap — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 00:52:01 GMT

Author: Tap

Posted: 07/15/2017 04:52

20% seems awfully high. The most recent numbers I can find are from Nielsen in 2010, saying that 75,000 music releases were released that year. This likely does not include a large number of independent releases. But even just going by that, that would mean there are 15,000 things that are of interest. I feel like I'm probably between 0.5% and 0.6%, and it's still a feast. It's more than one for every day of the year, and I will probably never get around to some of them.

Re: The Challenges of the Internet.

RoundTheBend — Sat, 15 Jul 2017 00:01:55 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 07/15/2017 04:01

BowieGhostsBub wrote:

I share your sentiments. At first the internet opens amazing doors to dive into artists you like more and find tons of other artists, albums, songs, etc. but it seems after a while it's like a chore to find good stuff rather than the initial joy it once was. This site and Spotify's and YouTube's mildly defent recommdentation system help ease the "dauntiness" of finding good stuff for me. I like to PM users whose charts I like and they usually give me awesome recommendations. Like LedZep recommended this AMZAING album (in my opinion that is) to me recently. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs. In conclusion, I agree it's overwhelming. But just don't listen to the point you feel it's a chore. Only when it's fun.

Yup.

And yes, Rain Dogs is great, isn't it?

Re: The Challenges of the Internet.

RoundTheBend — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 23:59:03 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 07/15/2017 03:59

Luigii wrote:

That is true. I would probably have my percentage at 25% due to how there will be tracks I would like. But would be at 20% at the albums I would listen and put into my collection.

good point, I might even wager 30% on the tracks. But 25% seems right too.

Re: The Challenges of the Internet.

BowieGhostsBub — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 23:02:25 GMT

Author: BowieGhostsBub

Posted: 07/15/2017 03:02

I share your sentiments. At first the internet opens amazing doors to dive into artists you like more and find tons of other artists, albums, songs, etc. but it seems after a while it's like a chore to find good stuff rather than the initial joy it once was. This site and Spotify's and YouTube's mildly defent recommdentation system help ease the "dauntiness" of finding good stuff for me. I like to PM users whose charts I like and they usually give me awesome recommendations. Like LedZep recommended this AMZAING album (in my opinion that is) to me recently. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs. In conclusion, I agree it's overwhelming. But just don't listen to the point you feel it's a chore. Only when it's fun.

Re: The Challenges of the Internet.

Luigii — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 22:13:02 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 07/15/2017 02:13

That is true. I would probably have my percentage at 25% due to how there will be tracks I would like. But would be at 20% at the albums I would listen and put into my collection.

Re: The Challenges of the Internet.

RoundTheBend — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 22:09:04 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 07/15/2017 02:09

I just get overwhelmed with how much music is out there and spending the time to find something good is daunting. I posted an article about this a long time ago that fits my sentiments exactly, but basically with soundcloud, spotify, youtube, etc., anyone can release music. Maybe 20% of it is good... I mean really good to be worth my time again... imo.

Re: The Challenges of the Internet.

Luigii — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 21:36:43 GMT

Author: Luigii

Posted: 07/15/2017 01:36

I do prefer the present way more than the past.