Who sits down and listens to music?
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MakeMineVinyl
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I sometimes lay on the couch. The imaging does suffer to a degree. Does that count?
And here I thought you were supposed to have a "good" system. pfft
MakeMineVinyl
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Ah, why must I suffer morons......
One of us is confused.Ah, why must I suffer morons......
hawk52
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Yes I recently posted an afternoon where I sat down and played a bunch of albums. At least once a week I spend time playing a selection from my album collection. Usually a couple of hours or 2 maybe 3 albums. As I am retired, I have the time to do this, which some might not have. I know when I worked I couldn't do this.
I actually schedule time to sit down and listen to an album, or double album, in full at least twice a week. My current lifestyle doesn't require I put it in my schedule, but when I was traveling and working pretty much all the time I had to remind myself to stop and relax and do one of the things that makes my life worth living.
I prefer to listen to entire albums - usually on CD if I am at home, but sometimes it is on my phone using my IEMs or over the ear cans. I love the majesty of a good song series which tie together the best the artist(s) could do at that moment and time. I also still find that my favorite song on my most favorite albums tends to shift over time. By isolating the one or two tracks I liked when I first hear a record I miss out on the tracks which may not have appealed to me initially but which grow better and better as I give them more listens. Often the song that ultimately becomes the definitive example of that moment in music making history for that artist(s) isn't the one which stands out on the first few listens, but the one which takes time to understand and appreciate.
But, that's my method. I get deeply engaged emotionally and physically to music, so enjoying the complete collection of songs an artist makes is essential to me.
That said, when it comes to classical music, I listen to the piece I want to hear. Often the signature piece recorded to sell an album isn't long enough to justify a full disc, so the label will ask the orchestra to record something usually by the same composer which goes well with the primary piece. If I put on one of those albums, such as the 1812 Overture, I will only listen to the piece I wanted to hear and not always the entire album which may have some avant garde or modern piece the director imaged would be good for listeners to hear.
I prefer to listen to entire albums - usually on CD if I am at home, but sometimes it is on my phone using my IEMs or over the ear cans. I love the majesty of a good song series which tie together the best the artist(s) could do at that moment and time. I also still find that my favorite song on my most favorite albums tends to shift over time. By isolating the one or two tracks I liked when I first hear a record I miss out on the tracks which may not have appealed to me initially but which grow better and better as I give them more listens. Often the song that ultimately becomes the definitive example of that moment in music making history for that artist(s) isn't the one which stands out on the first few listens, but the one which takes time to understand and appreciate.
But, that's my method. I get deeply engaged emotionally and physically to music, so enjoying the complete collection of songs an artist makes is essential to me.
That said, when it comes to classical music, I listen to the piece I want to hear. Often the signature piece recorded to sell an album isn't long enough to justify a full disc, so the label will ask the orchestra to record something usually by the same composer which goes well with the primary piece. If I put on one of those albums, such as the 1812 Overture, I will only listen to the piece I wanted to hear and not always the entire album which may have some avant garde or modern piece the director imaged would be good for listeners to hear.
It was harder to truly listen while on the road, certainly not on an airplane were my Spidy-senses kept me hyperaware of my surroundings. I would, from time to time, decompress in my hotel room with my IEMs, but usually it was more of a mix of songs, not full albums.
Yes, a lot of time listening to music on the plane............one thing that I get to do is listen to a complete CD numerous times during my flights, not necessarily back to back, but this is something that I never get to do at home. I always enjoyed listening to complete CD's over and over. Driving back and forth to the office doesn't allow enough time for this.
Some recent new to me listens:
Beck - Colors
Nora Jones - Day Breaks
Melissa Etheridge - Fearless Love
Deep Purple - Infinite
Lorde - Melodrama
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
Anathema - The Optimist
Sons of Apollo - Psychotic Symphony
and a bunch more...............
This has been on my desk waiting for a listen for weeks. What do you think of it?
Yeah I'm deeply saddened that I haven't had as much time for listening. (But it's "Norah" BTW
) I think I might need to take Flint's advice, and (paraphrasing) "remember what's important about life." Things have kinda sucked lately, and I need to find a way out of it.
Dentman
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I sit and listen to just music, lights down or off, in the main seat for a couple hours at least twice a week, often more.
Since I'm just getting my system back together I tend to be all over the place with the music. Hell, last night I went from listening to Matalica right to Manhattan Transfer.
Since I'm just getting my system back together I tend to be all over the place with the music. Hell, last night I went from listening to Matalica right to Manhattan Transfer.
Lone Stranger
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I do take time just to listen to music but there is no set schedule that I work with for that. I do it when the time is there and I either listen on my main system in my living room, in my computer room watching online videos or when I am driving.
