When you have a lot of new music, how do you approach it? - Music Banter Music Banter

Go Back   Music Banter > The Music Forums > General Music
Register Blogging Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read
Welcome to Music Banter Forum! Make sure to register - it's free and very quick! You have to register before you can post and participate in our discussions with over 70,000 other registered members. After you create your free account, you will be able to customize many options, you will have the full access to over 1,100,000 posts.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 05-07-2011, 08:15 PM   #1 (permalink)
SGR
No Ice In My Bourbon
 
SGR's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: /dev/null
Posts: 4,330
Default When you have a lot of new music, how do you approach it?

Out of curiosity, I was wondering how you guys dealt with alot of new music when you get around 5-10 new cds. Do you listen to them all once and then go from there or do you tackle one album at a time listening to that one album maybe 5-10 times before moving on to the next one? What do you find is the easiest and most enjoyable way to listen to new music?

Also, how much do you guys think music is worth per hour? When I buy a 5 dollar cd that is one hour long, ideally I want to listen to that album at least 10 times, so for me, music is generally worth 50 cents for an hour. I guess I'm a little obsessive with getting my moneys worth.
SGR is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-07-2011, 08:25 PM   #2 (permalink)
Mate, Spawn & Die
 
Janszoon's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: The Rapping Community
Posts: 24,593
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by SoundgardenRocks View Post
Out of curiosity, I was wondering how you guys dealt with alot of new music when you get around 5-10 new cds. Do you listen to them all once and then go from there or do you tackle one album at a time listening to that one album maybe 5-10 times before moving on to the next one? What do you find is the easiest and most enjoyable way to listen to new music?
I usual pick a couple to focus on then set the others aside for later. That makes it feel like I'm getting new stuff when I finally move on to the ones I've set aside.

Quote:
Originally Posted by SoundgardenRocks View Post
Also, how much do you guys think music is worth per hour? When I buy a 5 dollar cd that is one hour long, ideally I want to listen to that album at least 10 times, so for me, music is generally worth 50 cents for an hour. I guess I'm a little obsessive with getting my moneys worth.
I'm sure this sounds cheesy to some people but I really don't think you can put a monetary value on art.
Janszoon is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-07-2011, 08:28 PM   #3 (permalink)
Music Addict
 
Insane Guest's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: CA
Posts: 1,322
Default

I could go weeks without listening to an album I just got. Of course I could just listen to them all at once, but I would eventually lose interest. There is always that one point where you are browsing your selectiong, in my case, my iPod for on the go, and you see that album and you think "I'm going to give this a listen". That's what I find works best for me. I also try to not do anything when listening to a new album, just so I could focus on it. Then everytime I listen to it after that it doesn't matter what I'm doing. I also try not to make the mistake of listening to the **** out of an album, and than start to despise it because it's "overplayed", but it's my own fault.

As for the hours go, I have no idea what you are ****ing talking about.
Insane Guest is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-07-2011, 08:42 PM   #4 (permalink)
Partying on the inside
 
Freebase Dali's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 5,584
Default

I generally only obtain and absorb an album at a time, unless it's for a discography of a single artist. In that case, I always go from earliest to latest. I generally listen to an album several times before moving on to the next, unless I immediately think the album is crap upon the first listen.
Freebase Dali is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-07-2011, 08:49 PM   #5 (permalink)
( ̄ー ̄)
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 3,270
Default

When I download several (or many) albums at once, I will pick one to start with and digest it, and then listen to the rest once I feel I'm in the right "mood" to do so, which might not be for weeks or months after the download date
RVCA is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-07-2011, 09:25 PM   #6 (permalink)
Buzz Killjoy
 
BastardofYoung's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Canada
Posts: 2,692
Default

I download an album by a band I have not heard of at a time, and if i like that album, I will download another one by them and so on. I can do this with 10 bands a day if i really get in the mood.

I usually get into a style at a time. Right now i am on post-hardcore. I tend to get into obsessions like that. Like if I like a band, I try to find something in that style, then something in the style of that band and so on..

I like to get into scenes. I can listen to one styles for weeks, sometimes months on end.

I remember when I got into Johnny Cash and had to get everything I could by him and I listened to him almost exsclusively for about 6 months. I tend to go through obsessions like that.
__________________
last.fm

‎"I hope that someday we will be able to put away our fears and prejudices and just laugh at people." - Jack Handey.
BastardofYoung is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-07-2011, 09:35 PM   #7 (permalink)
Chocolate Homunculus
 
Phantom Limb's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Posts: 1,293
Default

i usually start listening to an album, and if it doesn't catch my attention within the first 3 or 4 songs I just put it aside and listen to the next. This is a little problematic though because i have a **** ton of albums that i havent listened to all the way through and possibly won't ever (just because of how much music i download).
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by Goofle11 View Post
Hip Hop generally bores me now I just listen to stuff I know will be slightly interesting.

Last.Fm

My Bomb Music Shit
Phantom Limb is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-07-2011, 10:04 PM   #8 (permalink)
Quiet Man in the Corner
 
CanwllCorfe's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Pocono Mountains
Posts: 2,480
Default

Seeing as I have a background in Electronic music, I'm good at this. On a daily basis I check out around 30-50 songs from a WIDE variety of genres, so I'm accustomed to speed listening. Especially considering that some songs, especially Progressive House and Trance ones, can run around 7-9 minutes each.

My technique is simple. I skip through some songs and get the general feel of an album. If it doesn't jive with me, I'll get rid of it. I'm very finicky, so that's usually the case. And when I say "doesn't jive", I mean I don't enjoy the feeling or tone of it. I could care less about lyrics and nuances and technique. It's all about feeling for me.
__________________
Your eyes were never yet let in to see the majesty and riches of the mind, but dwell in darkness; for your God is blind.

CanwllCorfe is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-07-2011, 10:25 PM   #9 (permalink)
Music Addict
 
Paedantic Basterd's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 5,184
Default

When I purchase that many albums at a time, most of them get neglected for the favourites from the batch. Alas.
Paedantic Basterd is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-07-2011, 11:13 PM   #10 (permalink)
A.B.N.
 
djchameleon's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: NY baby
Posts: 11,455
Default

I have to go through and listen to them all at least once. Most of the time I will find standout tracks that I really get attached to and I will end up repeating said tracks for the next few days.
__________________
Fame, fortune, power, titties. People say these are the most crucial things in life, but you can have a pocket full o' gold and it doesn't mean sh*t if you don't have someone to share that gold with. Seems simple. Yet it's an important lesson to learn. Even lone wolves run in packs sometimes.


Quote:
Originally Posted by RoxyRollah View Post
IMO I don't know jack-**** though so don't listen to me.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Franco Pepe Kalle View Post
The problem is that most police officers in America are psychopaths.
Quote:
Originally Posted by The Batlord View Post
You're a terrible dictionary.
djchameleon is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Similar Threads



© 2003-2024 Advameg, Inc.