Thank you all for your postings
@ghdprentice
Audiophilia tends to be a solo activity. Personally, I value my alone time more than anything
I agree and I value my alone time too, it is mostly a solo activity. My wife she is a pianist, she loves music, she loves to sing, but she got to the point she tells me "are we listening to music AGAIN?, I'm going upstairs to watch some TV" yeah I guess I'm intense with that, or sometimes she doesn't like the program of whatever I'm listening to.
@oldhvymec
I have something to talk about.. Usually with the dog though
Does the dog has a fluent dialog? Kidding aside I know what you mean, I talk to my dog too, she doesn't talk back but he eyes and body language says everything.
@tomic601
OP I do hope you find people to share music with, but also enjoy the deep connection only solitude and introspection can bring
I agree, thank you for the kind words, as a matter of fact last night my post was due to the fact I enjoyed listening alone, it is just that "sometimes" you think about it and you realized you are alone most of the time, not that is bad, but social interactions are important.
OP.....what a wonderful thread you may have launched...I am streaming an artist I have never heard..in a language i can at best stumble thru at a first grade level...beautifulll.....
Ricardo Arjona featuring Gaby Moreno...
Ha, I'm glad you like him, his songs are basically about life, women mostly, but always realistic things that you can relate to, the one with Gaby Moreno "Fuiste tu" is one of my favorites, it is just a song about lost love, when I met my wife we just to sing the song in duo, she taught me how to breathe through singing, how to go lower or higher registers, (don't know the term in english "impostar la voz") is like "setting your voice to mimic whichever singer registers you are doing", I'm not a very good singer though LOL. Granted you can't compare a popular music / ballads singer to something like Rimsky Korsakov, or John Coltrane, or even bands from the past like Glenn Miller's or even Rock and Roll bands like Zepp and others, still you can enjoy it. Fun fact, I learned the English language through rock, I had a notebook and manually copied the lyrics from albums into my notebook (I did not owned the albums) or had my English teacher to translate and write the lyrics for me, she made it an entire class exercise, it was fun. First lyrics I wrote were Journey's Frontiers and Escape, then Styx's Crystal Ball... fun times.
@toro3
Bringing it back down to earth. I’m sure it’s a universal principle that adding a dog to the equation will help future listening sessions veer away from feeling lonely - it obviously has with me
You know what I have been afraid the sound of my system could damage my dog hearing, maybe a silly thought, she does not like thundering or fireworks so I figure if I'm listening to high levels she could not stand the sound.
I would argue that outcast and solitude within a framework of audiophilia are the same reflection
good one, I think the word "social outcast" was a little extreme, but I tend to separate myself from people when listening, if I would have a friend over possibly he would not like the music I chose, 2 days ago I listened to Pictures at an Exhibition, I always struggled with the first part of the album, I imagine many others will do the same, so another reason why most of the time we listened alone or in solitude.
@oldhvymec
My mighty K-9 companion is always just an arms length away. Heaven will be full of dogs...All my old buddies will be there, or it just won't be HEAVEN.. Plane and simple..
Apparently I'm overthinking it, but my dog doesn't stick for the audio sessions.
