i like music. a lot! but i just don't really ever feel the desire to listen to it. and when i do, it's always the same handful of albums ive been listening to for years and years. zero desire to listen to something new.
is that normal? genuine question. i don't really see anyone else like this.
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i generally only listen to music when im doing something else like driving or coding, not just on its own. and same, only really ever the same few dozen albums or so
I think lots of people feel this way! In particular, finding and taking in new music is often something of a task that can be hard to do while doing other things. But in general I think that listening to music is something of a habit you build.
I've wound up listening way more to non-lyrical things than anything else precisely because I find it easier to do while doing other things, and so building up that habit.
this resonates! finding and especially taking in new music is hard for me. i have this feeling that i need to take in a new experience "properly," which in the case of music means sitting down and just listening. but music just doesn't hold my attention in that way, and i get easily distracted... so i think about listening to a new album and it kinda just feels like a chore.
visual mediums just work better for me in that regard, i guess.
wow that was a poorly put together stream of consciousness. hope it was coherent.
Entirely coherent!
I've had pretty much the same kind of problem, and only really got out of it by accepting that I'd have to get in that "proper" listen over time, frequently getting distracted but eventually taking the whole thing in.
If it would help to have lyric-free things, I naturally don't know what you're into but I could try offering some suggestions on that front!
phew, i'm really glad to hear i'm not the only one with that problem.
yeah, that does seem like the best way to deal with it. that's kind of what i do when i listen to music while driving via youtube music. sometimes songs come on i don't know, but after i've heard them a bunch of times they become familiar just like my ye olde albums.
sure, i'm interested in some suggestions!
I'll basically just order these artists in terms of energy level, highest to lowest...
Frontline Assembly (afaik only AirMech and WarMech are lyricless)
Master Boot Record (also their stuff is really cheap on bandcamp so it was nice for switching away from Spotify)
Keygen Church (same guy as MBR)
HOME
Tycho (at least two of their albums are mostly lyric-less I think, I haven't listened to all)
These are all really different moods or genres so no surprise if some aren't a right fit but! Hopefully it gives you some things to work off of. c: