Originally Posted by starrynight

When people talk about their music like this though, about routine, immersion, unconscious, deeply routed...it makes me think whether it's bordering on background music. I suppose if you listen to any music often enough it might become routine and part of your psyche. But music which is more streamlined is probably easier to do this with as you don't engage with it so strongly and it can just flow over you. I know many people nowadays do like music that just has a beautiful sound. That's why there is this idolization of the vocal now, or a beautiful production, over the musical content. I like music that engages and interacts with me more though.