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?
I actively only monitor a couple of channels for music, but try and be open to new sources. I follow a couple of genres on Bandcamp (most of these are bad, but it’s fun to hear new things). I follow MrDoom666, StonedMeadowOfDoom, and Atmospheric Black Metal Albums on YouTube.
I get enough music to listen to. I ask friends for what they are listening to, and I know I am going to be missing some music, and that’s okay.
I don’t listen to everything that comes through the channels I follow, and will quickly turn it off if I’m not liking it.