Listening to music I don’t particularly like
Do you find yourself listing to music you don't particularly like because it sounds so good on your system? If I'm honest with myself I am an old dude who grew up with classic rock and really enjoy it but a lot of it was not well recorded. So I find myself listening more and more to other genres of music that I normally wouldn't just because they sound so good on my system. I don't know what this says about me, maybe I am more of an "equipmentphile" than a music lover? I keep listening to music ranging from classical to vocal jazz to country and I love the sound of it but it doesn't get my toes tapping like a good old rock song from my youth. I was even listening to Chinese drums today. Is there hope for me? Will I ever ever enjoy this music as much as I enjoy the "sound"?
One advantage of having a nice system is listening to it and I think trying new music is an ancillary effect. I often have Linn Jazz on my system - I have my system on a large portion of the time including when I'm away so my dog doesn't feel alone. There's some vocal jazz tracks with some amazing vocalists. There was one song I heard - I stopped what I was doing to find out who it was. (It was Nikki Yanofsky) I thought that was really cool! |
@millercarbon thanks for the humorous analogy |
