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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

I think it's a little strange to assume that a collection becomes redundant if you don't listen to it much. People like collecting things and these tend to be very precious.
 
 
I suppose I'm am displaying my personal attitude towards collecting music: I don't collect music for its own sake, I collect music to listen to, even if only occasionally. Also, I usually only collect music that I like, I have little interest in collecting entire discographies.
 
 
Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

There is also a lot of old music that is still new to me
 
The words "new" and "old" in the title were intended to be relative to the listener, not about how long ago the music was released. Although most of the music I acquire nowadays is from the 21st century, there is still music from older times that is new to me and I obtain (largely thanks to PA).
 
 
 


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I think it's a little strange to assume that a collection becomes redundant if you don't listen to it much. People like collecting things and these tend to be very precious. I very rarely get rid of anything. 

I probably listen to more new music than old music. My favourite album Brain Salad Surgery gets an 'outing' maybe once or twice a year.  There is also a lot of old music that is still new to me. ie VDGG. I'm going to see them in less than a month but don't really have a handle on them. I tend to stick to Godbluff and Pawn Hearts too much.

I guess its about 50:50 but its really heard to say!
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In the "How much time a day do you listen to music?" topic, something was mentioned that I think is worth exploring further in this topic: What is the proportion of time that is spent listening to music to add to your collection compared to the time that is spent listening to music that is already in your collection?

Consider the two extremes:

(1): If you spend 100% of the time listening to music listening to music to add to your collection, then why do you have a music collection?

(2): If you spend 100% of the time listening to music listening to music that is already in your collection, then how do you find music to add to your music collection? Do you add all the music to your collection without first listening to it?


I estimate that 95% or more of my music listening time is spent listening to music that is already in my collection. I suspect this is quite high compared to others here. That is because I have relatively little interest in adding more music to my collection, and prefer to allow music to somehow find me rather than actively looking for music.


 
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