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The Anders
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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?
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Cristi
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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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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Octopus II
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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.
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Grumpyprogfan
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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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Psychedelic Paul
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Listened to online yesterday:-
1992: The Beach Boys - Summer in Paradise - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtGDN7i8dXA59PaX64Sq0A1urz4dIVmJK 1996: The Beach Boys - Stars and Stripes Volume 1 - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpBKS47q7J6c0h_oMAJn1VoD4VbUZOkWU 1998: The Beach Boys - Endless Harmony Soundtrack - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k3dNxnppmc3Ma1gOdk_f5jZDi1WSrIlkg 2012: The Beach Boys - That's Why God Made the Radio - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMxkpnetcodPb7redh85fKMGf4Xc1MLnQ 1969: Aesop's Fables - In Due Time - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np0JS6MRZmE 1972: Aesop's Fables - Pickin' Up the Pieces 1976: The Enid - In the Region of the Summer Stars - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdU5MQKDXsk 1977: The Enid - Aerie Faerie Nonsense - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJOT707sogc 1979: The Enid - Touch Me - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja0bqTOyecU 1980: The Enid - Six Pieces - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsMQfw_0L0s 1983: The Enid - Something Wicked This Way Comes - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mKHWGN-FcDirVvf05Jm3rF-cSvL_or-m4 1984: The Enid - The Stand - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lfFlnWOk1gVw5ofaQN-EsCPFnTYtKK8-U 1985: The Enid - The Stand 2 - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l6_j8xpOP0EjIhbI5_X1lBKgWQWSuzjlE Just another typical day of listening to albums back to back for twelve hours a day. |
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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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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Yeah, I'm with you there.
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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JD
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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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suitkees
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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. Edited by suitkees - September 18 2023 at 11:26 |
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Psychedelic Paul
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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. Albums listened to online so far today:- 1985: The Enid - The Spell - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mtsJNfwAJ4M-FaYYmNWuq31tBt71KJEJ4 1986: The Enid - Salome - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nQVwn91QbwizunsvtnP3OkQcmzdGUx0e4 1968: Africa - Music from Lil Brown - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_ki3VKsU9BtrgQ4zKCZfdwqpCo2o_bfwiw 1988: Brian Wilson - Brian Wilson - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k77vAuIR71GK_7WY4j9abeQ_bjgm0evcA 1993: Brian Wilson - Sweet Insanity (unreleased) - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-vizOLRAqzMmPRc0brWUNBLbV_ZkZ3NF 1995: Brian Wilson - I Just Wasn't Made for These Times - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mgf-1rkgNQoj-mqbC-gfWA3Vn4UKrZEKY 1998: Brian Wilson - Imagination - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mPJV3uCanPKIqD82xgpopuBH-V2BXlMgM Edited by Psychedelic Paul - September 18 2023 at 11:23 |
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Octopus II
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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.
If you're reading this Cherry Red Records?
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Jeffro
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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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Psychedelic Paul
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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. 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.
I'm now dressed for unfolding maps. Edited by progaardvark - September 18 2023 at 11:59 |
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Octopus II
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Many thanks. I will give that anthology a listen!
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David_D
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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. Edited by David_D - September 19 2023 at 03:01 |
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quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond
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Saperlipopette!
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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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Grumpyprogfan
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^I'm curious about your studio. Give us some equipment details please.
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