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Posted: September 19 2023 at 04:18

I used to listen to much new-to-me music before, but it has become difficult for me to find albums I appreciate and enjoy

as much as those I've got in my collection, so I'm now some tired of doing it - even there's always something I'm curious about.

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Posted: September 19 2023 at 06:31

A typical day In My Life...

12 hours listening to music online, gaming and reading

3 hours walking and shopping

3 hours watching DVD movies & TV shows in the evening

6 hours sleeping

...although there's never enough hours in the day. Smile

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - September 19 2023 at 07:15

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Posted: September 19 2023 at 06:45

My wife works part time on Mondays and Tuesdays. So those 12 hours are my main listening times when I play my vinyls (I never play anything when she's there - 1. She doesn't like prog 2. She doesn't like loud music). Of course if she's out at other times I'll stick something on too. If I can't sleep at night I'll listen to something in the spare room - with headphones of course - until I nod off. So all in all about 20-25 hours a week.

I sometimes wonder how others' get on dealing with their other halves when playing tunes.

Edited by Gentle and Giant - September 19 2023 at 06:47

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Posted: September 19 2023 at 07:25

I listen to probably 3 hours of music a day; I live alone and now am retired so nothing gets in the way of that. And when I do listen, most of the time, I don't multi-task, just me and the music. Mostly on headphones and either classical music (symphonies, piano sonatas, piano concertos, violin concertos, opera) or progressive rock (Symphonic Prog, Jazz Rock, Electronic)

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Posted: September 19 2023 at 07:30

I try to listen to 2-3 cds per day. Sometimes I only get to one. Sometimes I listen to music on youtube also. I'd say on average maybe 2-4 hours per day.

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Posted: September 19 2023 at 07:44

I used to listen to music for hours each day. That was when I was single. Nowadays, with a wife and three years old daughter, I'm usually listening to music at work, while commuting or when working out / running. And to add insult to injury, we've bought a house and are currently moving. Hopefully I'll have more time for music again in the coming winter months.

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Posted: September 19 2023 at 08:07

It's always on. Even if I leave for a bit, I keep the winamp going so there's something playing when I enter. Sometimes if I watch a video, I'll go complete a quick task, and the silence is too much, and I must drop everything I'm doing to play some music, unless I'm recording my own.

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Posted: September 19 2023 at 08:48

Hi,

In my older days, I tend to not listen to anything anymore ... as much as I used to have music all day and night, just about. However, I still probably average around an hour or two a day, although many of those would be Space Pirate Radio, that is anywhere from 3 to 4 hours long, and the mixes in there are too good and enjoyable to not hear it ... in many ways way more satisfying than putting on an album by any band, just about.

It's the element of "surprise" and "difference" for me, something that almost all albums do not have after the first piece, unless your name is AD2, but even then, i don't listen to them as much now as the music is cemented in my soul forever. Listening to any of the early albums is sort of like validating all the images and thoughts in my head in so many of those pieces, and I still find the MM Soundtrack (Dance of the Lemmings) to be one of the prettiest and best pieces to fly with ... such touch, such imagination, and such creativity ... and it's all an improvisation ... outstanding work!

Too many albums today are about having a sound that is this or that ... and so few of them are strictly about the music and screw the ideas and what it is supposed to be. But I don't think that folks today have enough of the INNER LIFE to be able to create something that is not based and full of ideas from everything else. How quickly we forget how much different and NEW so much of the music we love was 50 some years ago ... and how fast we have forgotten it all for stuff that is just a format and a sound, instead of pure music!

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Posted: September 19 2023 at 08:50

I try and listen to around an hour or two a day, usually on Spotify, sometimes YouTube, and occasionally bandcamp...

And of course, records and such, my ever-growing collection must be listened to, records are meant for listening, just as guitars are meant for playing, not for show

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Posted: September 19 2023 at 08:52

Gentle and Giant wrote:

I sometimes wonder how others' get on dealing with their other halves when playing tunes.

Well, my life may not look quite like Paul's (I sleep more Big smile

), but my other half now is my Hi-Fi and my albums. Wink

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Posted: September 19 2023 at 09:19

Not as much as I used to, I'm afraid Disapprove

Still listening at least one hour in the car (work & back) and part of the evenings (years ago, this would amount to five hours/day - except for saturdays - too busy at something else)

Nowadays, I'd say 3h on average per day. ... CD and Bandcamp mainly.

Hi-fi in both my places, and will have a dedicated library/music room once retired, so I won't annoy the GF (she hates jazz-infkected musics)

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Posted: September 19 2023 at 10:31

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My wife works part time on Mondays and Tuesdays. So those 12 hours are my main listening times when I play my vinyls (I never play anything when she's there - 1. She doesn't like prog 2. She doesn't like loud music). Of course if she's out at other times I'll stick something on too. If I can't sleep at night I'll listen to something in the spare room - with headphones of course - until I nod off. So all in all about 20-25 hours a week.

I sometimes wonder how others' get on dealing with their other halves when playing tunes.

About the same as you by the sounds of things. Mine has a bit of overlap in my music, Perter Gabriel and some of the more accessible prog stuf (think ELP Take a Pebble or ABWH stuff) So LP's are mostly after 9:30 at night or when she is out of the house and I don't have any honey-do list stuff to do.

Otherwise, it's ear buds, mid level cheapo small over the ear phones, JBL Charge portable speaker (when gardening) or if I'm chillaxin' in the house, my AKG-240 Studio phones.

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Posted: September 19 2023 at 11:26

If I am under pressure, I prefer not to listen to music at all, and this can last for weeks, sometimes even months. Music, like any other noise, can become a strain if I am stressed, and I really need silence around me. Listening requires some surplus, but then it can also be the artistic stimuli that I need.

When I do listen to music, it is always with headphones. Firstly because I don't want to disturb other people like f.e. my neighbours, secondly, my listening experience gets more intimate, and I can better focus on musical details. My listening is usually very thorough, and I can live myself very strongly into music (it depends on mood and mental surplus, though). I usually prefer not to do other things at the same time; however, I will sometimes hear music while washing up or cleaning - which doesn't require much intellectual energy anyway.

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Posted: September 19 2023 at 12:02

Cristi wrote:

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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Posted: September 19 2023 at 14:44

Psychedelic Paul wrote:

A typical day In My Life...

12 hours listening to music online, gaming and reading

3 hours walking and shopping

3 hours watching DVD movies & TV shows in the evening

6 hours sleeping

I'd say, you spend much time on walking and shopping, Paul. Big smile

Edited by David_D - September 19 2023 at 14:46

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Posted: September 19 2023 at 16:59

So much music, so little time... Usually 5 -6 hours per day (Cd ,Vinyls) plus 2-3 hours of random stuff, radio, youtube ,phone etc

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Posted: September 20 2023 at 19:03

Usually 2 or 3 hours in the morning .

If it snows I'll sometimes listen to music non stop or until I fall asleep. During a snow blizzard I may end up playing Procol Harum, Renaissance, Jethro Tull, Omega, for hours.

Or modern chamber music. Usually the stormy weather conditions are inspiring and I get lost in music for hours.

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Posted: September 21 2023 at 05:27

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I guess the typical is to have periods when we don't enjoy it as much as usually.

Edited by David_D - September 21 2023 at 05:53

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Posted: September 21 2023 at 06:09

moshkito wrote:

Hi,

Always using every opportunity to turn the topic towards "modern musicians are crap" ... quite predictable. I for one am glad that I wasn't around 50 years ago. Who knows, if I had I might be as closed-minded (eared) today.

So for me it is quite the opposite. Working on my website has rekindled my interest in music, and for the last six months I have listened to more than 150 new releases from this year. So while, as I explained above, I don't have nearly as much time to listen to music as I had twenty years ago, I am really trying to use it to listen to NEW music, at least 4-5 release per week.

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