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    Posted: September 18 2023 at 09:25
When I look at the site, it often seems that many of the regulars know the entire prog "canon" more or less by heart. A good example is these "pick artists and albums that begin with E" threads, and when I look at other people's answers, they often select 20-25 albums or artists, and typically I am only able to select 2-4.

Knowing this many albums, you must really have to listen to a heck lot of music, i.e. multiple albums every day while doing other things at the same time. I couldn't possibly do that myself, because I can't concentrate on other things if there is music. Moreover I would just experience sensory overload. As I am writing this, I am not hearing music at all. I listen to an album or two now and then when I feel like it: sometimes it is a classical recording, sometimes it is rock, sometimes folk, sometimes prog, jazz, electronic and so on.

But that is just me, and obviously for other people things might be different. So my question is: how much music do you actually listen to on a daily basis?


Edited by The Anders - September 18 2023 at 16:39
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I try to listen to music every day. I don't always succeed. 
It's never the same, there are days I listen to a few songs, and there are days I listen to several albums. 
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I'd say I average 3-4 albums a day, either at home or in the car. I don't watch much TV these days (although I have been known to 'binge watch' a series); music is just more important to me...
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I listen to two or three albums a day. I mainly listen to music on my PC now. I still love buying physical music though, mainly CD's. Smile
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I'm retired now and probably listen to one hour a day. For 23 years at my day job I listened, on headphones, an average of five hours a day five days a week.
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Listened to online yesterday:-

 3 stars 1992: The Beach Boys - Summer in Paradise - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtGDN7i8dXA59PaX64Sq0A1urz4dIVmJK
 4 stars 1996: The Beach Boys - Stars and Stripes Volume 1 - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpBKS47q7J6c0h_oMAJn1VoD4VbUZOkWU
 3 stars 1998: The Beach Boys - Endless Harmony Soundtrack - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k3dNxnppmc3Ma1gOdk_f5jZDi1WSrIlkg
 4 stars 2012: The Beach Boys - That's Why God Made the Radio - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMxkpnetcodPb7redh85fKMGf4Xc1MLnQ

 4 stars 1969: Aesop's Fables - In Due Time - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np0JS6MRZmE
 4 stars 1972: Aesop's Fables - Pickin' Up the Pieces

 5 stars 1976: The Enid - In the Region of the Summer Stars - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdU5MQKDXsk
 5 stars 1977: The Enid - Aerie Faerie Nonsense - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJOT707sogc
 5 stars 1979: The Enid - Touch Me - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja0bqTOyecU
 5 stars 1980: The Enid - Six Pieces - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsMQfw_0L0s
 4 stars 1983: The Enid - Something Wicked This Way Comes - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mKHWGN-FcDirVvf05Jm3rF-cSvL_or-m4

Just another typical day of listening to albums back to back for twelve hours a day. Smile
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The whole albums or just enough to give a star rating? 

I probably list to around 5 hours a day. My job is such that 50% is meetings and 50% is working alone. I always have music playing when I work. I've been like that ever since I was in my teens. I find I concentrate better with music. I'll normally list to an hour or two in  the evening depending on whats on TV.
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Originally posted by The Anders The Anders wrote:

When I look at the site, it often seems that many of the regulars know the entire prog "canon" more or less by heart. A good example is these "pick artists and albums that begin with E" threads, and when I look at other people's answers, they often select 20-25 albums or artists, and typically I am only able to select 2-4.
 
Yeah, I'm with you there.
 
 
Originally posted by The Anders The Anders wrote:

Knowing this many albums, you must really have to listen to a heck lot of music, i.e. multiple albums every day while doing other things at the same time. I couldn't possibly do that myself, because I can't concentrate on other things if there is music. Moreover I would just experience sensory overload. As I am writing this, I am not hearing music at all. I listen to an album or two now and then when I feel like it: sometimes it is classical recording, sometimes it is rock, sometimes folk, sometimes prog, jazz, electronic and so on.

But that is just me, and obviously for other people things might be different. So my question is: how much music do you actually listen to on a daily basis?
 
It's not just how often we listen to music, but how often we listen to new music. I would listen to music for about an hour a day, but that music is mostly music I already have and listened to often. I only sporadically listen to new music. It might be months between getting more music. On the other hand, occasionally I might go on a bit of a spree. Tonight, I listened to The Mercury Tree - Self Similar for the first time... and second time. I intend to get that album. But that doesn't happen very often. It seems pointless to have a lot of music if I don't have the time to enjoy listening to it.
 

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A F#@king 5h!t Load !!

Music is always playing when other stuff isn't. Not always full albums mind you, but the pod has over 1600 songs on rotation alone.
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It is irregular for me, depending on my occupations. I don't listen to music while working/at work, which means that there is a lot of time I'm not listening to music. I often listen to the radio, sometimes for information, but most often for music. I have a favourite - and very eclectic - radio station I listen to most of the days (it goes from rock to classic, from jazz to house, from folk to electronic and every once in a while a prog band passes by...). Otherwise I listen to albums from my collection (mostly in the week-ends) or things on bandcamp or youtube that get recommended here on these forums or elsewhere. But again, the amount of time invested in all that listening time is very fluctuating, from week to week.

Added to that, prog is not necessarily what I listen most to.



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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

The whole albums or just enough to give a star rating? 

I probably list to around 5 hours a day. My job is such that 50% is meetings and 50% is working alone. I always have music playing when I work. I've been like that ever since I was in my teens. I find I concentrate better with music. I'll normally list to an hour or two in  the evening depending on whats on TV.

Yes, always whole albums and always in chronological order, apart from when I listen to snippets of albums for the purposes of a poll. The thirteen full albums listed above are about as many as I can squeeze into a typical daily 12-hour stretch. Smile

Albums listened to online so far today:-







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I would love to see a decent 'box' set of 'The Enid' albums from the 70's and early 80's. I only have digital copies of these albums.

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Originally posted by The Anders The Anders wrote:

 So my question is: how much music do you actually listen to on a daily basis?

Not nearly enough. When I was younger I listened to a lot more music, a good chunk of it in the car. These days, working from home, that's pretty much out unless I'm driving somewhere by myself. My wife and daughter aren't exactly fans of much of the the music I like so that doesn't work when they are in the car with me.

I need to figure out a way to listen to more. 
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Originally posted by Octopus II Octopus II wrote:

I would love to see a decent 'box' set of 'The Enid' albums from the 70's and early 80's. I only have digital copies of these albums.

If you're reading this Cherry Red Records? Smile
Or alternatively, you could Trip the Light Fantastic with the album below, which contains all of The Enid's best music on one outstanding double album. Thumbs Up

5 stars 2006: The Enid - Sheets of Blue - An Anthology 1975-2004 - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kqWrRJM8T1fOt-za97sFZXskadhoh7VGw


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My job is entirely on laptop (and for the time being working remotely at home), so I'm usually streaming music. It varies from 2 to 6 albums a day, with periodic days where I take a break. I don't listen to very much on the weekends because I'm either going to antique malls or working on house projects. 

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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Octopus II Octopus II wrote:

I would love to see a decent 'box' set of 'The Enid' albums from the 70's and early 80's. I only have digital copies of these albums.

If you're reading this Cherry Red Records? Smile
Or alternatively, you could Trip the Light Fantastic with the album below, which contains all of The Enid's best music on one outstanding double album. Thumbs Up

5 stars 2006: The Enid - Sheets of Blue - An Anthology 1975-2004 - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kqWrRJM8T1fOt-za97sFZXskadhoh7VGw

Many thanks. I will give that anthology a listen! Smile Thumbs Up
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Usually a couple of albums from my collection each day when I'm eating, plus some new-to-me music but it's very differently now 
how much I do that, and rather little for the time being.







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At least six-seven hours on a normal day in my studio. I'm gussing I've got about 220-230 days in a year like that. For the remaining days I still listen while travelling, walking, in the car, on trains, buses, with friends, on concerts at our cabin etc... but probably down to a couple of hours on average.
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^I'm curious about your studio. Give us some equipment details please.
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