Well I for one know that I am quite fussy when it comes to IDM (and all
other music for that matter). I know almost instantly if I like it, but as I
find new music, and since I am now trying to make my own music, I have
started to listen in a different way. Unfortunately this is a one way
conversion, as since the transformation has occurred, I find myself far more
understanding of new and different IDM as well as other music.
But I just love having as big a collection of CD/mp3s to fit today's
particular mood. Indeed I may also listen to the same songs over and over
for weeks, not wishing to change. I have been listing to the same tape in my
walkman for the last two months. (FSOL ISDN transmission) It gets better and
better every time I listen to it. Sometimes I see how something has been
constructed, and make a mental note, smile and carry on walking.
I agree that it is hard to know a large collection of music as well as maybe
you used to when you were younger, and therefore had less music, but my
tastes were a lot broader, and as I age, I find them becoming more refined
(well to me at least)
J.
Justin King NT - No Thanks
Great music at ->
http://www.mp3.com/getafixx/
Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.
Bernard Berenson
-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Piontek [mailto:apiontek@yahoo.com]
Sent: 19 July 2001 14:54
To: idm@hyperreal.org
Subject: RE: [idm] loving older music
quoted 5 lines -----Original Message-----
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin King [mailto:Justin_King@five-d.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 7:17 AM
>
> Irene, I would have to disagree, I can still find
new music
quoted 2 lines these days that
> these days that
> makes the hair on the back of my neck still stand
up!
I can't really speak for anyone but myself, but I
think you missed the point. It's not that "old music
is better" - not at all. This isn't another "I'm
losing interest in new IDM" thread.
This, for me, is about how I choose to listen to
music, and about dealing with the sheer quantity of
stuff I find available. It's not like there's
suddenly a glut of music, although due to electronics
there's probably more than there used to be.
It's more about the fact that there has always been an
ocean of music out there, but when I was a teenager I
just wasn't aware of more than my little inlet. I
played there and got to know the waters quite
intimately. Then I began to discover that the water
just kept on going, and I felt that I needed to swim
through everything, as if it all deserved my
attention.
Basically, it's not that the quality of music is going
down, it's that I am just not personally as satisfied
simply being familiar with a large quantity of music
as I am intimately knowing a smaller quantity of
music.
That's all.
-Adam
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