There’s an ever-growing amount of music available today, a few taps (or clicks) away. I for one feel like there’s a lot of great music in many genres and styles, coming from many countries, and in many languages. And there’s always new, interesting stuff coming out regularly.
Whether a new release from an artist you like, or an old one you want to go back to, there are so many options to choose from at any given point in time. Yet we can only hear one at a time, so we must choose. So…
How do you choose what to listen to, and how do you keep up with everything you want to keep up with? Do you manage to listen to everything you want to on a regular basis? Do you instead choose to articially limit yourself to keep sane? Or is your music taste narrow enough this is of no worry?
It is the same thing with all other media. You have to realize and accept that you simply will not ever have all of the time in the world, to enjoy every single piece that is released. When you’re gone, that wheel is going to keep turning. So you’re probably best just getting what you can when you’re able.
I listen to a lot of songs over and over because I never know when it’ll be the last time I’ll ever hear it. I explore music sometimes through others and if I just happen to get enough of a hitch to go on my own. It would be mentally taxxing for me if I had to spend every waking minute, desperately reaching for new stuff, especially if it isn’t something I’m going to like.
Oh and people should also check out https://everynoise.com/ to get a very staggering amount of genres and artists for you to listen to.