Listening habits

AK TRAINER · 09-16-2016, 11:19 PM

I happen to listen to two music websites SupremeVibz on Sundays from 9 pm to midnight EST and MUZICALMAESTRO on Wednesdays from 9 pm to midnight. They vary the genres and have a lively chatroom to like or dislike the music. I think their styles are special

Justthefacts · 09-16-2016, 11:45 PM

If you don't religiously listen to records everyday (old or new, familiar or not) I don't think you have any business on this site.

Norg · 09-17-2016, 12:36 AM

right now just touching up my playlists and waiting on dat new KOrn album ..:P

Lonesome Hobo · 09-17-2016, 04:23 AM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

That sucks. Mine is thankfully sort of moderate. It's often enough for me to just keep my mind occupied. But sometimes, I really don't like silence.

I know exactly what you mean.

Blank. · 09-17-2016, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Norg

right now just touching up my playlists and waiting on dat new KOrn album ..:P

I haven't been excited for a Korn album in a long time. But this new one sounds like they went back to the old sound a bit. While it's not as much of a jammer as the old stuff, it's pretty cool.

The Batlord · 09-17-2016, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by CJ21

I don't mix it up much to me honest. Reggae, dancehall and hip hop in rotation 90% of the time.

Stoner?

djchameleon · 09-17-2016, 08:09 AM

I touched on it a little in the shouty yesterday but the way I listen to music is that I will go through an entire album and then cherry pick out the tracks that I ended up liking the most or has the most replay value or what I would deem a radio hit if they were smart enough to push it. I take those tracks and put them into a playlist that I can listen to later on.

Good, bad and in between, I listen to it all and give bands/artists a chance. I also venture outside of my listening comfort zone to go through an album of genres I really don't like to see if I can find tracks that I am surprised by and end up liking.

Thelonious Monkey · 09-17-2016, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

I touched on it a little in the shouty yesterday but the way I listen to music is that I will go through an entire album and then cherry pick out the tracks that I ended up liking the most or has the most replay value or what I would deem a radio hit if they were smart enough to push it. I take those tracks and put them into a playlist that I can listen to later on.

Good, bad and in between, I listen to it all and give bands/artists a chance. I also venture outside of my listening comfort zone to go through an album of genres I really don't like to see if I can find tracks that I am surprised by and end up liking.

I do this as well, as I go through the album I pick out tracks I really liked and add them into my main playlist.

innerspaceboy · 09-17-2016, 09:20 AM

I'm an INTJ with OCD, and as such I study my latest musical discoveries of micro-genres, artists, or movements obsessively for days or weeks at a time, with a meticulous methodology for listening.

I drafted a process guide at one point but I've honed the procedure so that it has become invisible and instinctive.

But for the sake of simplicity, here is an excerpt from pp 32 of The Innerspace Library Emergency Reboot Manual which summarizes my listening process:

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GOING FORWARD – EXPANDING THE LIBRARY

1. Discover something which would be of value to the archive

2. Research the history of genre, historical/social context, etc

3. Read Wikipedia entry for the genre and log all relevant artists

4. Read related literature (e.g. Mark Pendergast's The Ambient Century in the case of ambient music)

4. Check for essentials Collages of the genre

5. Generate a Custom Chart at RYM with the following parameters:
TOP + ALBUMS + ALL-TIME + ONLY INCLUDE GENRES: + [GENRE] + SUB-GENRES + AS RATED BY RYM USERS

6. Log the top 20 entries / albums with a score of
3.5 or higher

7. Cross-reference Collages, Wiki recommendations, literature highlights, and RYM Top 20 to find recordings named in 3 or more sources.
(Get these albums first.)

8. Obtain all box sets and compilations related to genre

9. If there is a label directly associated with genre, pick up a discographic archive of the label (Ninja Tune, Warp, Ohr, Nonesuch, Deutsche Grammophon Avant-Garde, etc)

10. Pick up all albums, EPs and singles from the artists within the top 20 release map

11. Structure ALBUM tags and folders chronologically by date of release: "[YEAR] ALBUM"

12. Construct playlists:

A. ~60-100 disc map of albums representing genre

B. Record label playlists (if applicable)

C. A top 10 essential albums set

D. Separate playlist for artists with 50 or more albums in their discography

13. Listen to recordings, beginning with albums from step 7, then top 10 essentials list, then first 2 LPs from each artist, and so on

14. Purchase original or best-mastered pressings of the finest examples from these collections. Buy directly from their labels where available. Secure imports from established channels. Combine shipping where possible.

I may modify this process to incorporate the RYM Ultimate Box Set, which might streamline a few of the stages. But at present this is how I listen to music.

~~Dude111~~ · 09-17-2016, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Black Francis

I'm curious to know about the music listening habits of members here. Especially cause mine are very sporadic and I'm sure we all have different ones.

Well I guess ill tell ya buddy

I listen to alot of records,cassettes and 8 tracks as I love the beautiful warm sound of analogue

Mostly rock but I love other kinds as well......

09-16-2016, 11:19 PM	#21 (permalink)
AK TRAINER Groupie Join Date: Sep 2016 Posts: 1	music lovers I happen to listen to two music websites SupremeVibz on Sundays from 9 pm to midnight EST and MUZICALMAESTRO on Wednesdays from 9 pm to midnight. They vary the genres and have a lively chatroom to like or dislike the music. I think their styles are special

09-17-2016, 12:36 AM	#23 (permalink)
Norg Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,358	right now just touching up my playlists and waiting on dat new KOrn album ..:P