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How adventurous are you with music? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 hours ago by MurrayL@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Personally, I think I’m pretty adventurous. I love music and my library has thousands of artists across dozens of genres like classic rock, new wave, Motown, smooth jazz, shoegaze, drum & bass, prog rock, hip hop, and more. Hitting ‘shuffle all’ is a recipe for absolute chaos.

I love finding new artists and connections between them (solo projects, supergroups, samples, etc), and every 5-10 years I discover a whole new genre and enjoy going down the rabbit hole. I have all-time favourites, but listening to the same thing for too long drives me crazy.

By contrast, my wife only ever really listens to 2 or 3 different artists and somehow never gets bored of listening to the same few albums on repeat for literal years.

Where do others fall on that spectrum? Do you feel the need to constantly seek out new music, or are you the kind of person who prefers settling into a groove long-term?

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[–] Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Like the Smaug or any dragon from myths. Constantly hoarding new music regardless of how much there already is.

While there is the baseline collection(taste) which has remained the same since teenage years, though with less shame nowadays. The collection is constantly expanding. Maybe the only commonality is leaning towards fast paced, but there are exceptions of some odd ambient music or just chanting.

I cant pin down the taste exactly. I just keep clicking next/new recommendations until the feeling of avoidance(maybe) dissipates and brain decides it will activate flow state with this random song this time. Sometimes it happens with old songs, sometimes it happens with new songs, sometimes it happens with covers of old songs, sometimes it doesn't happen at all and i listen to audiobooks instead.