Hello, fellow progheads. I've been seeing in a couple of threads lately thoughts along the lines of: 'I'm not buying any more new music right now, because I haven't given enough listening time to the stuff that I have bought'. This got to me thinking.,,just how much has the way we listen to music changed? I'm not talking about whether it's on a $5000 stereo, or a cheap set of earbuds, but rather the approach you take in listening to the music you purchase. Specifically the amount of time you spend on listening to new releases/purchases.
Back in the day, most of us on this site probably got started with the 70s classics: Yes, Genesis, etc. And we wore the shit out of our vinyls, tapes, cds, etc. Most of us probably know the lyrics and music to Yes's Fragile album, for example, backwards and forwards...listening to each track hundreds of times...becoming completely absorbed in every detail and nuance of each song.
Nowadays? I find that with all the new music I get, for the most part I don't even know the titles of tracks anymore, let alone remember the riff coming up in the next song, and play a lot of stuff, maybe 4, or 5 times before moving to the next thing. I use as an example: the last Accordo dei Contrari disc. A very good record from a few years ago. Filled with great instrumental fusion. Worthy of my listening time, and yet...if you asked me how track 8 goes, I'm quite sure that I couldn't tell you. It might jog my memory and be somewhat familiar when I play it, but that's about it.
How about the rest of you? Do you still listen to new releases dozens and dozens of times, and get deeply immersed in the album, or do you listen to them a handful of times, and then move on to the next one, simply because there is so much music out there? And is this a good or a bad thing? I mean, at least stuff always sounds fresh, if you don't over listen to it, I suppose, lol.
What say y'all?
neil
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