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RoundTheBend
I miss the comfort in being sad
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- Posted: 01/12/2016 05:16
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| Gowi wrote: | | sethmadsen wrote: | Kinda... I mean I'm passionate about the stuff I already know. If you take a look at my charts, you can tell I am not the person that just heard something on the radio or a friend was listening to it so I thought it'd be cool to start listening to it. I'm not that type of person. I'm a musician (not by trade) and have been playing bass almost 20 years, so music is definitely NOT a fickle background noise.
What I am afraid of is not being able to appreciate new ARTISTS. There's a song or two that a new artist will release, but then I check out the album and I'm like, eh, that's ok.
I have yet to fall in love with an ARTIST that can stand up to artists I love that broke into the scene within the last three to five years. New albums, from artists I've always loved, sure. But when I look at the top ten of 2014 and 2015 charts, I can't really get into some of that stuff. Not sure why.
Having said that maybe you're right. |
No disrespect meant, but if you asked me to look at your chart and base an opinion it wouldn't be too favorable (it wouldn't be particularly negative, either). It might just be one of those moments where my quasi-elitism comes out to play, but it feels like a pretty standard taste spectrum that is commonplace. It's definitely more "esoteric" than someone who only listens to music as background noise and listens to pop singles exclusively, but compared to some more developed charts it doesn't seem like the most passionate music listening spectrum.
That aside, I think what it may be for you is you don't know where to look or start with some newer music (since the amount of records released a year is ridiculously huge compared to say when we were growing up). I could tailor some suggestions if you'd like.
| Quote: | | I almost immediately associated it with that band and then said, well, I don't really need another band very similar to the band/artist I already love, so why would I invest time into this new band... |
This is a bad way of looking at things and will only limit your musical enjoyment. You like REM, well how about this other jangle pop band? NOPE TOO MUCH LIKE REM. It's frankly, ridiculous and counter-productive. |
Thanks, I appreciate it. Well put.
Also I mentioned my Art Music chart, or decade charts because my overall chart really is exactly what you say it is... very limited to only my favorites, not my "study" of music in general (as you'd see more on the decade charts/Art Music charts).
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