I’m assuming everyone here listens to music somewhat regularly, but I’m curious about how much you care about it. And i specifically want to know about your enjoyment regardless if it’s considered a timeless masterpiece or just a meme song. (feel free to share you favorite artists while respecting other’s tastes)
Do you care about having decent enough devices to enjoy it or do you just buy the cheapest pair of earbuds to silence the world around you?
Do you have favorite albums or do you just hit play on a random playlist and zone out?
Do you ever listen to music just to enjoy it and nothing else?
Do you talk with passion about your favorite songs/albums/artists?
Do you spend time searching for music?
TL;DR is music art or content to you?
I think good quality devices are important for the experience, but I stay in the sub $500 range for portable. Diminishing returns with honest claims at least. Get expensive enough and there’s just snake oil scams or bling cringe at the very top. My surround sound speakers I’ve been re-using most of them on multiple receivers since 2014 and won’t replace them unless they break. They were mid range at the time. I’ve replaced the center speaker and sub woofer with better ones.
I go through phases where I’ll browse Bandcamp for a few hours as an example, buy a few albums and then listen to the same album(s) on repeat almost every day for awhile if I find any worthy of that. That’s usually because of the lyrics primarily, and relating to what the artist is singing about strongly. This happens most often with modern/recent Psychedelic Rock. I’ll post a song from a local band for a bonus: https://youtu.be/1iyfXDFBgHw
I listen to F.M. radio when commuting, and discover new artists to lisyen to this way pretty often. Usually I screenshot the playlist history on CKUA app and then look them up at home later. Really only that one station: https://ckua.com/ donor sponsored radio. My favourite segment is The Road Home: https://roadhome.fm/ which conveniently is scheduled as I’m getting ready for work and ends when I arrive to work. The host lives alone in the forest in a cabin wood fire heated with his dogs. He mixes spoken word, poetry, music, letters people send him, stories, and more all together. Wild life noises and the fireplace can be heard in the background whenever he’s talking. Often birds and squirrels. It’s most excellent. This is 50/50 with commuting. I also like total silence with earplugs in while driving half the time.
Or my YouTube playlist on regular YouTube (ReVanced for screen off playback) which I’ve been adding to ever since 2006. I don’t use any other music streaming services and pay for none.
There’s also my NAS and bittorrent, but I’ve been buying music a lot more often these days. I like vinyl which is why I use Bandcamp so much. Usually you get a digital copy when buying vinyl, though I do buy digital only too.
Yeah, usually that’s through the Shortwave application on Linux. Both on my desktop and living room PC. That’s for internet radio. I pay less attention to it. Background noise for chores, web surfing, or hosting dinner dates.
No because nobody I know cares about music I like :(
Art! Usually.